Bhutan News

Bhutan all set for Monday's historic vote

Hundreds of officials have set out for remote and inaccessible areas in Bhutan with poll material on mules and horseback to conduct the Himalayan kingdom's historic parliamentary vote Monday.1:00 PM on March 22

Bhutanese apprehensive about democracy

Ahead of a historic election Monday that will end 100 years of monarchy, the people of Bhutan appear to be apprehensive about their future under parliamentary democracy.1:00 PM on March 21

One killed in Bhutan explosion, security alert sounded

Bhutan has put its security forces on a maximum alert after one person was killed in an explosion ahead of the historic parliamentary elections March 24, officials said Saturday.5:30 PM on March 15

Maoist camps busted in Bhutan, eight rebels captured

Bhutan's security forces have busted two Maoist militant camps and have captured at least eight rebels with weapons in a crackdown that began last week, Bhutanese authorities said Thursday.12:30 PM on February 21

Explosion rocks Bhutan again

A powerful explosion rocked Bhutan Monday while two more bombs were defused, the latest in a string of blasts in the otherwise peaceful and isolated Himalayan kingdom, officials said.6:00 PM on February 04

Serial blasts rock Bhutan

A string of explosions rocked Bhutan injuring one woman and damaging shops and businesses, officials Monday said.4:32 PM on January 21

Bhutan's monarchy to end, National Assembly polls in March

The National Assembly elections in Bhutan will be held March 24, formally ending the Wangchuck dynasty's 100-year-rule and transforming the predominantly Buddhist nation to a parliamentary democracy.9:30 PM on January 17

Bhutan's brush with democracy begins Monday

Bhutan is all set for Monday's historic parliamentary elections, the Himalayan kingdom making its first big leap towards democracy by shedding a 100-year-old monarchy.12:01 PM on December 29

Bhutan ready for historic parliamentary polls

The transition from a 100-year-old monarchy to democracy in Bhutan would begin Dec 30 with voting for the National Council, or upper house, which will make up the first phase of parliamentary elections.1:04 PM on December 28

World Bank to globally replicate Bhutan's happiness model

Bhutan's unique concept of gross national happiness (GNH) to measure the country's wealth, an alternative to the world's economic scale, could now become a global buzzword with the World Bank trying to popularise the model.10:31 AM on November 10

Resettlement of Bhutanese refugees to US begins

The process of resettlement of hundreds of Bhutanese refugees living in camps in neighbouring Nepal to the US has begun and the first batch is expected to migrate by January next year.11:01 AM on November 08

Bhutan upper house polls on Dec 26

Political frenzy has gripped Bhutan with the poll panel announcing that elections to the country's National Council -- the Upper House of Parliament -- will be held on Dec 26.1:01 PM on October 22

Caretaker prime minister appointed in Bhutan

Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji was appointed the new caretaker prime minister of Bhutan as seven ministers, including Prime Minister Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk, resigned to enter politics. The Himalayan kingdom holds its first parliamentary elections next year as part of a historic shift from monarchy to democracy.1:01 PM on August 03

Bhutan's PM resigns to contest elections

Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk and six of his cabinet ministers Thursday resigned to enter politics when the Himalayan kingdom holds its first parliamentary elections next year as part of a historic shift from monarchy to democracy.12:02 AM on July 27

Resentment brews among ticket seekers in Bhutan

A large number of civil servants who resigned from their jobs in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to contest the historic parliamentary elections next year are now in a quandary after being sidelined by political parties.11:30 AM on July 11