By Kencho Wangdi (Bonz) For ‘The Bhutanese’ the view is never far REPORTING the news in a small, close-knit society where everyone knows everyone by sight or by name is an enterprise laced with conflict. It’s a job riddled with personal, financial and psychological perils with booby-traps high and low …

The Bhutanese paper launched with a bang on 21 February 2012, 10 years ago on the 32nd Birth anniversary of His Majesty The King with the then Chief Election Commissioner, Dasho Kunzang Wangdi as the Chief Guest. 2012-2013 Stating our investigative intent from day one, we launched the first issue …

The whole idea of The Bhutanese started in 2011, as a newspaper that would focus on in-depth and investigative journalism and also push the envelope.  A difficult birth The paper was subject to an extraordinarily long licensing process by BICMA from October 2011 to February 2012. Even after completing all …

While the investigative and critical stories listed here in the last 10 years of The Bhutanese are not as high profile as the ones listed in the main story above, they also deserve a mention. 2012-2013 In its fifth issue on 7 March 2012, this paper questioned why the High …

The launch issue of 21 February 2012 also followed up on a series of investigative stories done by the writer on corruption in procurement in the Health Ministry when the writer was in Kuensel in 2009 which also resulted in ACC investigations and prosecution by the OAG. The issue also …

“While serving and traveling with His Majesty I have heard some advice which I would like to share with the people today,” said Lyonchhen Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering. Lyonchhen said His Majesty in all his meetings said that the most important thing is to protect the lives of the people. …

There are reports of maximum complaints from the Quarantine Facilities (QF) with regard to unhygienic food and poor infrastructure. People complain Meanwhile, Kezang Dema who stayed in one of the hotels in Thimphu shared, “Government is paying a lot, and I am sure the hoteliers whose hotels are being used …

Students of Gomtu and Bajo schools to move to safe places for board exams Although the students in class X and XII and their parents continue to worry due to the uncertainty over the board exams, however, the Ministry of Education (MoE) is ensuring that the board exams will be …

With the official approval from the Cabinet in the end of the September 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) has resumed the Overseas Employment Scheme, which was put at halt after the first detection of COVID-19 case in the country in March 2020. The scheme was initially …

Confusion over CPMS, ePass and RT-PCR report for inter district movement The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) member, Dr Tshokey, said that during the lockdown, essential commodities must be delivered, thus people must go to various locations, from high risk to low risk, and as a result, even though people are …