Thimphu District

Bhutan says no to live telecast of Parliament session!

Updated on Friday, November 20, 2009, 11:58 IST Tags:Bhutan, Live telecast, Parliament session Thimphu: Triggering a huge debate in the public sphere, the Government of Bhutan has decided to do away with live coverage of...

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Dhaka, Thimphu agree on energy cooperation

Bangladesh and Bhutan have agreed to explore the possibility of cooperation in energy sector under Saarc regional collaboration. The agreement came in the wake of growing demand for energy in Bangladesh and Bhutan’s high...

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Bangladesh seeks link to Bhutan via India

Thimphu, Nov 7 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought a road to Bhutan through India for bettr trade and people-to-people contact. She told her hosts at this Bhutanese capital that India had accepted the idea in...

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Three schools in a single ARISS contact

A small school at Sassafras about 40km east of Melbourne is the latest to have an amateur radio contact with a crew member on the International Space Station (ISS) and in doing so achieved a notable first for this activity

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Navin Chawla visiting Bhutan to meet poll officials

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla visits Bhutan Monday on the invitation of the Himalayan kingdom's poll panel chief to discuss election management in the new democracy.

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Climate: When the ice melts

Deep in the Himalayas, the disappearance of glaciers is threatening the kingdom of Bhutan. Their task is to deepen and widen the outlet channel from lakes formed by the rapidly melting Thorthormi glacier. In an area smaller...

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Sri Lanka: Addressing ambiguity of Right to Self-Determination

The international system is erratic in justifying right to self-determination (RSD) of nations set against right to security of states. All areas of discretion were interpreted against, in the case of Eezham Tamils. As the...

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Thimphian week

So there I was stuck in Thimphu, Bhutan, so delirious with fever that I could have sworn that my friends were out bar-hopping rather than sitting by my bedside. But then these fevers make you think the darndest things; for...

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Bhutan's Amazing Festivals

By John Child in Thimphu, Bhutan Visiting Bhutan is an otherworldly experience. The last Himalayan Shangri-La opened its doors to tourism in 1974, and even today only a few thousand people each year are granted visas. The...

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Marijuana smuggling to Assam on the rise: Bhutan police!

Updated on Sunday, October 11, 2009, 10:03 IST Tags:Marijuana Smuggling, Assam, Bhutan Police Thimphu: The smuggling of marijuana growing naturally in Bhutan across the border to Assam has been on the rise, the Royal Bhutan...

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