Unlike in other parts of South Asia, where elections are plagued with controversy, Bhutan’s fourth general election was peaceful and not divisive. Tenzing Lamsang, editor of The Bhutanese ...

Both are indispensable to a vibrant democracy. The fact that such discussions are happening at all shows Bhutan’s growing maturity as a democratic nation. When media professionals and government ...

With the National Assembly elections coming up on November 30 and January 9, the role of the media in Bhutan’s young democracy is being spotlighted. Objective, thorough reporting is essential for ...

With an economy hit hard by COVID, many Bhutanese have left for jobs abroad. Bhutan's government, which for years has ...

This is an appeal to the subscribers, contributors, advertisers and well-wishers of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), published by Sameeksha Trust, a public charitable trust registered with the ...

Bhutan, the small Himalayan kingdom known for introducing Gross National Happiness (GNH), is grappling with an alarming trend ...

Bhutan’s long-wielded monarchy became a two-party parliamentary democracy after elections in 2008. In today’s Bhutan, half of the population lives in poor rural communities, making formal education ...

Bhutan a small landlocked kingdom situated in south Asia that had introduced the concept of Gross national Happiness to the ...