The former Heal th Secretary, Dasho Dr Gado Tshering who resigned “on moral grounds” after the health ministry was enmeshed in the corruption controversy, is now planning to join politics. However, he has no plans of forming a new party but will be joining one of the existing or new …

After the Orong incident in Samdrup Jongkhar which resulted in the death of two students, this time a 42- year old prisoner, Karma Gyeltshen from Lungzor jail, Trashigang has been referred to Thimphu Hospital with “peripheral neuropathy” (nerve damage) reportedly due to nutritional deficiency. ‘Peripheral Neuropathy’, according to a health …

Is Bhutan ready for a woman Prime Minister? This remains a question as less than 14% of women represent Parliament, and with the first ever local government elections held in June, 2011, less than 5% of the newly elected local leaders are women. To encourage women in active participation in …

Proposed amendments include new chapters pertaining to broadcasting, cyber security and data protection The Bhutan Information Communications and Media Amendment Bill 2012, after certain major consultations and amendments was submitted to the Cabinet Secretariat by the ministry of information and communication (MOIC) recently this month. The converged ICM Act was enacted …

The late Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, was bestowed the Bangladesh Liberation War Honour on March 27, 2012, 40 years after his untimely demise, by the government of Bangladesh for his contribution during Bangladesh’s independence in 1971. The people of Bangladesh struggled a brutal occupation by Pakistan right after the …

Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) which became an autonomous body since July 1, 2011 seems to be achieving its mission in upgrading tertiary education in the country notwithstanding a few hiccups. At the end of the University Council meeting held on January 30, 2012, the Director for Research and External …

My appreciations to MP Sangay Khandu for the initiative of persistently taking this bill forward singlehandedly. Why aren’t the other MPs talking or doing anything about it, or have they succumbed to the money and muscle power of a few in politics today? Your efforts will be closely observed by …

There are many reporters, who on bended knees and with unyielding spirit want to flag information from the roof tops but the impression that most people have of reporters is that they are more akin to animals than the homo-sapiens. Hello! Let’s talk off the record; we have hides of …

I will be candid: There exist few intellectuals but more than a few intellectual snobs. Who are they? Books, you name it and they have read it (As for me, I did not even have the patience to go through Salman Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children.” I thought it was “too heavy …

  Bhutan’s young media is currently at crossroads, with many signs pointing to different roads that should be taken. Each signboard has compelling reasons to take a certain road, but other signboards have equally compelling reasons to take their paths. Similarly, at one level the Bhutanese media seems to know …