Before the 2018 elections the perception in many capitals, including Delhi, was that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government stood a pretty good chance of making a comeback. There was also a good personal equation and chemistry between Dasho Tshering Tobgay and the more elderly PM Narendra Modi. New Delhi …

As the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Bhutan there will be a slew of projects being launched and MoUs signed but silent in all this is the 2,560 MW Sunkosh project which Bhutan has been pushing since the term of three elected governments. The project is important because it …

A newspaper has recently talked about the ‘herd mentality’ in the Japan Learn and Earn Program (LEP) case. The paper’s editorial makes a fair point when it says that some people initially wanted to bring Sonam Tamang back, and this stance changed after a professional medical explanation by the Prime …

Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes to MoLHR asking for explanation In what was a major violation of diplomatic protocol, the Director General of the Department of Employment and Human Resources, Sherab Tenzin had written directly to Bhutan’s Honorary Consul in Japan on 26th July without informing the Cabinet or the …

A NHK Japan investigation uncovers how the ‘Learn and Earn’ program suffers from fundamental flaws that leads to exploitation of foreign students by Japanese language schools The LEP program was originally and mainly meant for Chinese and Korean students who use similar Kanji scripts used by the Japanese A NHK …

GNHC evaluation found program to be 77 percent effective and recommended its continuation but funding was an issue Minister says govt will come up with a YELP program but it will not be a direct employment program The biggest youth employment scheme of the former PDP government, the Direct Employment …

The Ministry of Health has come up with a draft concept paper that is looking at the issue of taxing alcohol to reduce the usage or abuse of alcohol. The concept paper, which was worked on by the Health Minister Lyonpo Dechen Wangmo herself, is a first and important step …

Says it is a worrying political development and that neither DPT or PDP governments ever did something like this Opposition says it also also an attempt to muzzle a vocal parliamentarian and the opposition Of all the questions at the Opposition press conference, the issue that had most resonance and …

The State of The Nation Report says that the government is concerned about the sustainability of the private media as Bhutan is only left with five private newspapers and one state owned daily. One of the key pledges of DNT in its manifesto is to strengthen the Bhutanese news media …

The 1,200 MW Punatsangchu I project, over the years, has become a collective national nightmare with its slides, delays and huge cost escalations but with no guarantee of a solution. The project from its original completion date of November 2016 moved to 2024. However, there is now some light at …