The National Council’s (NC) review of the Tourism sector and particularly its observations on possibly reforming the current tariff structure has generated a lot of discussions both inside and outside the Tourism sector. However, the NC’s review and recommendations, while generating debate and new ideas will not be legally binding …

Faced with an increasing shortage of subsidized LPG cylinders across the country, the government is in the process of asking the Government of India (GoI) to allot more subsidized LPG cylinders quota for Bhutan. The Minister for Economic Affairs, Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk said, “We are requesting the GoI to increase …

The National Council in one of its eight recommendations on the review of the hydropower sector recommended that hydropower projects be owned only by the state and not private companies and individuals. This NC recommendation comes in the backdrop of increasing lobbying over the years by some private companies, both …

The Bhutan Medical and Health Council (BMHC) has reversed its earlier decision to bar eminent Dungtsho Sherab Jorden and has asked him to continue with his traditional healing practices. The BMHC in a 13th November 2015 letter addressed to the Dungtsho said that last time around the council had stopped …

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) filed multiple charges coming to around 199 counts against multiple individuals in what is popularly known as the ‘Gelephu Losel Cinema case’. Gelephu Dungpa, Pema Wangdi, who is the main accused and at the center of the case faces the maximum charges, coming …

As His Majesty the King came towards the conclusion of His Majesty’s address to the nation on 11th November, His Majesty paused slightly and announced to the nation that His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen were expecting a prince to be born. His Majesty said, “On this …

His Majesty the Fourth King’s 34 year golden reign saw many important and far reaching changes. However, the sheer nature and scope of the changes required not only good leadership but also a strong personality and sheer will to make things happen. One person who saw, up close, how a …

The 2003 Operation All Clear was one of the most important moments in Bhutanese history as the Royal Bhutan Army; led by His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo removed 32 militant camps from Bhutanese soil. The Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the RBA, Goonglen Batoo Tshering was one of the …

Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay, in the monthly meet the press, said that based on what he had seen in the newspapers, he welcomed the Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) maternity leave proposal. The Prime Minister also called it a progressive proposal from the RCSC. He said that the Cabinet would sit …

Thimphu’s duty free shop, located along the Norzin Lam, is an iconic landmark where senior bureaucrats and politicians go to get their annual quota of duty or tax free shopping in the form of mainly fine wine and the occasional perfume. The shop also does brisk business with many tourists, …