Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering may not be coming back in 2013 due to health reasons   While there has been a lot of attention on the new parties coming into the Bhutanese electoral scene the ruling Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, (DPT) party has maintained a low profile. The party, however, is on …

Bhutan is a highly oral-society and in that word travels fast. And the word becomes news so soon that the facts are at times stripped of core ingredients. Proof of statement: Various mediums have been citing that Bhutan is already a multi- party democracy, but in reality there are only …

A headline story of The Bhutanese published over a week ago read, ‘RTI Bill to die an early death in the National Council.’ Amongst others, it reported that while the bill was supported by some members, it drew criticism from me and one of my colleagues. This upset some readers …

After defying the market trend for a long time the New York Times recently was resized as a smaller paper. The paper had to follow the popular demand of readers who found it more comfortable to read a smaller paper. The Bhutanese based on popular demand has decided to resize …

This will take the total number of political parties to six for the 2013 elections. One of the main organizers of the party, Sonam Tobgay says that the party is a ‘unique one’.   In the recent months there had been speculation of a political party organized primarily by a …

The Columbia University team researching MoIC’s draft RTI Bill says RTI will benefit Bhutan, incur low cost of implementation and will be easier to have sooner than later   A five member team comprising of students from Columbia University (CU), working under Professor Annya  Schiffrin in New York is now …

There was very little that could trump the ‘Pedestrian’s day’ initiated in an all altruistic fashion with citizens ‘walking’ to their daily destinations of jobs, schools and businesses. The nation’s premier Lyonchen Jigmi Y. Thinley himself was the torchbearer to the whole ‘save the environment’ initiative. The Prime Minister walked …

The Lhakhang ‘Sangay Mingyur Ling, Sekhar Gu–Thog’, will be constructed in the mold of the legendary tower, ‘nine-storey son’s house’ in Tibet which Marpa Lotsawa (11th century Buddhist saint) ordered Jetsun Milarepa to build for his son in Lhodrak district of southern Tibet. The location of the Lhakhang is at …

The Druk Holding and Investments (DHI), declared a net worth growth of Nu four billion from Nu 60.41bn in 2010 to Nu 64bn in 2011, but there has been a decrease in income by 2.43% owing to the decline in the profit made by two portfolio companies, Druk Green Power …

The Secretariat for the new economy has been formed which is the first step toward the establishment of a new commission to be formed by the Prime Minister, Jigme Y. Thinley as proposed at the UN Conference in New York conference in April. “The Executive order is not to form …