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The Bhutan Observer was Bhutan's first private bilingual newspaper. It was launched as a private limited company by parent company Bhutan Media Services (BMS), and began publishing on June 2, 2006, in Thimphu. Its Dzongkha edition was called Druk Nelug, and the newspaper maintained an online service in English until 2013. [1] [2]
Below is a list of newspapers published in Bhutan. [1] [2] Bhutan Observer — English and Dzongkha; formerly bi-weekly, now only online; The Bhutan Times — English; weekly; Bhutan Today — English; bi-weekly; Bhutan Youth — English; The Bhutanese — English and Dzongkha; weekly; Business Bhutan — English and Dzongkha; weekly; Druk ...
The Bhutan Media Foundation is a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) [1] ... BMF is currently headed by Needrup Zangpo, former editor-in-chief of Bhutan Observer. [5]
The Bhutan Times is Bhutan's first privately owned newspaper, and only the second in the country after the government owned and autonomous Kuensel.Its first edition, with 32 pages, hit newsstands on April 30, 2006, [1] with a high-profile interview of Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, the young crown prince of Bhutan, who had recently been designated to succeed his father as king in 2008.
Kuensel is published from the capital, Thimphu, and Kanglung, Trashigang, in eastern Bhutan where a press was set up in 2005. This has ensured that the paper is available in all districts on the day of publication. Kuensel was the sole newspaper in Bhutan up until April 2006 when it was joined by the Bhutan Times (and by the Bhutan Observer in ...
In 2003, the stadium hosted “The Other Final,” a soccer match between Bhutan and Montserrat to determine who would be considered FIFA’s lowest-ranked national team. Bhutan won 4-0.
Later, he worked as Research Officer with the Centre for Bhutan Studies, Senior Program Officer with Save the Children US, Thimphu and Executive Editor for Bhutan Observer (private newspaper). After his election to the National Council during the historic parliamentary elections of 2008, [ 2 ] he served as the deputy chairperson between 2008 ...
The Bhutanese media, for its part, have recognized dire societal problems resulting from and associated with substance and alcohol abuse. In response, the Bhutan Observer has encouraged religious and community support for those seeking recovery. [30]