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Bhutan: Smooth Transition To Democracy

Posted by Rezwan on 23/10/2009

Tshering Tobgay, the Leader of the opposition party in the National Assembly of Bhutan, comments that: “the transition to our democracy has, indeed, been uniquely smooth. So smooth that most of us werent even paying attention.”

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Bhutan: End Tobacco Ban

Posted by Rezwan on 21/10/2009

I am Drukpa brings to our notice “the rising insane and inhuman prices” of freely available smuggled cigarettes in Bhutan because of a outright tobacco ban in the country. The blogger advocates for “ban-free legalized tobacco that is reasonably taxed and regulated”.

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Bhutan: Tax On Cars

Posted by Rezwan on 22/09/2009

The Bhutanese government is thinking about increasing the taxes and other fees levied on vehicles to control the increasing number of cars. Tshering Tobgay opines that the import quota system for the bureaucrats should be abolished to control traffic congestion. Bhutanese Blogger at Whatever Matters ...

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Bhutan: Drug Abuse - Sign Of Changing Times

Posted by Rezwan on 15/09/2009

Dipika wonders why there is a boom in newspaper reports about drugs in Bhutan. “A change in attitude, perhaps, on how we look at drug abuse, or rather, how the young generation looks at drug abuse,” comments the blogger.

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Bhutan: World's Youngest Democracy

Posted by Rezwan on 01/09/2009

Liz Warren at Teaching in Thimphu comments on the progress of the people of the world's youngest democracy: “Bhutanese are increasingly inundated with ads telling them what to want, news telling them what to believe, and programs (usually made outside of Bhutan) explaining whats cool, it i ...

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