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 ...

School is taught in English and it's free, as is health care. And though the country has a king, Bhutan is also a democracy. A quarter century after introducing Gross National Happiness ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday said India does not want to see democracy in its ...

German-Bhutan Himalaya Society, and Friedrich Naumann Foundation, explored the evolving role of Bhutanese citizens in strengthening democracy. The event highlighted the progress made since Bhutan’s ...

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 ...

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’s path to democracy has garnered considerable praise. However, its human rights record is tarnished by its treatment of the Lhotshampa minority, ethnically Nepalese people who began ...

Bhutan's 'one nation, one people' policy has forced more than 100,000 'southern borderlanders' into neighbouring Nepal over ...

And in Sri Lanka, there is calm after prolonged strife. As for my country, we have just begun treading the perilous path of democracy. How then can I speak of Bhutan’s role in promoting peace and ...

Bhutan had witnessed a pro-democracy agitation in the 1990s with a section of Nepali-speaking residents in its southern parts rising in revolt against the monarchy. The crackdown that followed led ...