Bhutan News

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

First Bhutan polls in December

The first elections to the National Council of Bhutan will be held this December, the country's election commission announced Monday. Bhutan plans a switchover from absolute monarchy to democracy in 2008.7:02 PM on July 02

Prerna, Bajaj of 'Kasautii...' are Bhutanese heartthrobs

The skyline was afire with tints of red and gold with the sun beginning to set over the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Middle-aged Lily Tashi and her two sisters-in-law were busy, their hands in full flow, sowing paddy in this village on the outskirts of capital Thimphu.10:00 AM on June 17

Bhutanese entrepreneurs dreaming big, eye world bazaar

Bhutan looks like a speck on the world map and the Himalayan kingdom generally loves basking in its pristine natural beauty and exotic culture. But with the winds of globalisation sweeping across the globe, more and more people in this nation of just 700,000 are beginning to dream big - especially the country's business community.10:01 AM on June 07