In recent years, various government agencies have built a significant following on their social media handles and particularly on Facebook. This trend, which accelerated during and after the pandemic, was part of a larger trend of government agencies trying to communicate directly with the public on various issues. These pages …

By Dorji Dhradhul (Creativity Catalyst) An international perception survey was undertaken between April and June 2025 to assess the global relevance of Bhutan’s High Value, Low Volume (HVLV) tourism policy in the context of mounting challenges facing tourism worldwide. These challenges include the accelerating climate crisis, over-tourism and mass tourism …

By Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – One year into his second presidency, Donald Trump has established himself as the most revolutionary US president in recent history. Whereas “America First” once seemed like an isolationist posture (not least to Trump’s MAGA base), it is now clear that it embraces a Hobbesian …

There is some controversy over the fact that some foreign nurses are being paid more than Bhutanese nurses. However, the sad reality is that if Bhutanese nurses are paid significantly better than now, then there would be hue and cry from other civil servants from other sectors. This is because …

By Yuen Yuen Ang WASHINGTON, DC – For a mathematician, 2025 might stand out for being a “perfect square”: 45 multiplied by 45, a rare symmetry. But its significance goes far beyond numerical elegance – it marks the year the postwar global order expired, and a new one was about …

By Yanis Varoufakis ATHENS – This was the year that the remaining pillars of the late-20th-century order were shattered, exposing the hollow core of what passed for a global system. Three blows sufficed. The first was Russia’s impending victory in Ukraine over Europe’s combined leadership. For almost four years, the …

The Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is seeing its fourth round of thousands of volunteers from all parts and walks of life. The GMC maybe a project meant to attract international investors, but it now has major buy in and ownership from every Bhutanese. Knowledge about the project was first shared …

HONG KONG – For the past two years, the dominant narrative about AI has been one of boundless possibility. Larger models, trillion-token training runs, and record-breaking capex (capital expenditure) cycles have reinforced a sense of uninterrupted acceleration. But technological change is rarely so straightforward, and this time is no exception. …

This week this paper faced a peculiar situation as there was a slew of new and old crime cases that this paper was following up, but each time, we came up against an invisible new information barrier in the Royal Bhutan Police.  When our reporter contacted the respective police station …

This National Day is especially meaningful as we celebrate the 70th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, at a time when, in the nearly twenty years of my own reign, we are engaged in a national endeavour of profound significance which will shape the future of Bhutan. …