Hindi films, TV soap operas a ‘must’ among Bhutanese (New Kerala)
Zafri Mudasser Nofil, Thimphu: Bhutan’s capital may have just one cinema that screens only Bhutanese language films all year round but Bollywood has been able to make its presence in the country, through VCDs and DVDs of its movies that are easily available.

Thursday, April 17, 2008 (Deccan Herald)
Bhutan will adopt its Constitution when the new Parliament session begins in May. ” The first sitting of the Bhutanese Parliament, scheduled to begin in early May, will adopt the Constitution,” a Cabinet office release said.

Bad new road (Kuensel)
16 April, 2008 - The recently completed eight kilometre Chunzom to Isuna highway in Paro, built by Bhutanese contractors, has now become a safety hazard with increasing instances of shooting rocks and debris falling on the main road.

Miss Bhutan: Ambassador of GNH (Kuensel)
14 April, 2008 - To provide young Bhutanese women the same kind of opportunities as women in other parts of the world, in terms of cross-cultural experiences, Bhutan will organise a Miss Bhutan beauty pageant contest.

Forests falling fast (Kuensel)
16 April, 2008 - Thimphu dzongkhag felled about 29,000 trees last year, or about 80 trees daily, to meet timber and firewood demand, a consumption rate that could leave Bhutan bald by deforestation in two decades.

Sri Lanka: Himalayan Dawn: people take over Nepal, Bhutan (TamilNet)
With the epoch-making electoral verdict for the Constituent Assembly of Nepal, ultra-Marxists have captured the reins of a country, that too in a democratic process, for the first time in the history of South Asia. The Maoists, who were waging an armed struggle for structural changes in Nepal were self reliant, antagonists of the Indian orbit of manoeuvring and have been listed as ‘terrorists’ …

First steps of the government (Kuensel)
16 April, 2008 - The first sitting of the Bhutanese parliament, scheduled to begin in early May, will adopt the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan. The parliament will enact the Election Bill and the Parliamentary Entitlements bill.

Badminton players do Bhutan proud (Kuensel)
16 April, 2008 - The Bhutan Badminton Federation (BBF) team came home yesterday with trophies in the singles and doubles events of the 2nd Himalayan Badminton Open held from May 10-13 at Namchi, South Sikkim.

A decade of crime in Bhutan (Kuensel)
12 April, 2008 - It can only mean two things: Bhutanese society is changing and more Bhutanese are approaching the law for justice.

Sanitation = Safety (Kuensel)
17 April, 2008 - Climbing up and down 40 steps ten times a day is not an easy exercise, but for 28-year-old Dil Maya, it has been a daily routine since she moved into a hut near the IMTRAT hospital in Thimphu.

Dragon Kingdom’s Date with Democracy
Bhutan’s Historic Transition from
Absolute Monarchy to Absolute Majority

17 April, 2008 - From the bombshell His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo dropped on his unsuspecting subjects on 9 December 2006 to the electoral rout meted out by Druk Phuensum Tshogpa on 27 March 2008, Bhutan’s roller-coaster ride from monarchy to democracy has been a run of one irony after another.

The Abdication Paradox –
The Emperor’s New Close

When in late 2006 Palden Drukpa’s fourth hereditary monarch informed an extraordinary meeting of cabinet ministers of his sovereign decision to step down from the golden throne and hand over the raven crown to his eldest son and heir-apparent, Crown Prince Jigme Khesar, a fly on the wall would have heard a pin drop. And when, via grapevine, the momentous news filtered down to the masses, there was general disbelief mingled with grief.

Inflation hits the heights

Essential commodities will cost dearer day by day

17 April, 2008 - Pushed by rising prices of food items, inflation in the first quarter of 2008 could cross six percent, one of the highest rates in recent years, say officials of the National Statistical Bureau.

Call centre responds to charges
17 April, 2008 - Responding to the allegations made by its agents saying that the Drukonnet business services located at Changzamtog was facing problems, the management of Drukonnet said that the centre was doing good “without any problems”.

Sanitation = Safety

Bringing home the message of International Sanitation Day

17 April, 2008 - Climbing up and down 40 steps ten times a day is not an easy exercise, but for 28-year-old Dil Maya, it has been a daily routine since she moved into a hut near the IMTRAT hospital in Thimphu.

Two rangers fired in gun imbroglio
17 April, 2008 - Zhemgang police have apprehended three men for illegal possession of a firearm.

On March 5, an unidentified caller informed the police that Lham Dorji, 53, from Dungbi under Trong gewog, possessed a firearm, which his son, Sithar Dorji, used for hunting.

Another chorten ransacked in Zhemgang
17 April, 2008 - An ancient chorten in Thrisa, Shingkhar gewog, Zhemgang, was robbed of its zung (inner relics) and other religious artifacts on the night of April 5.

Woman dies from horse kick
17 April, 2008 - A 65-year-old woman died after being kicked by her horse on the chest in Drametse, Mongar, on April 13.

Corruption – first challenge
16 April, 2008 - Corruption is so rife in developing countries that it is often seen as being synonymous with democratic governance. Political corruption has become such a norm that it is mistaken as an element of democratic culture. This has taken root because the lines between political motives and actual corrupt behaviour can sometimes be thin.

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16 April, 2008 - His Majesty King Jigme Khesar meets with devotees who had come to offer prayers on Zhabdrung Kuchoe at the Puna-Dewa-Chenpoi Phodrang yesterday.

His Majesty the King was in Punakha yesterday to attend the special religious ceremony performed by His Holiness the Je Khenpo and the monks of the Central Monk Body at the Kuenrey of the Punakha dzong.

First steps of the government

The new cabinet in session

16 April, 2008 - The first sitting of the Bhutanese parliament, scheduled to begin in early May, will adopt the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan. The parliament will enact the Election Bill and the Parliamentary Entitlements bill.

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