By Emily Wang In one painting, someone is weaving a wedding dress. In another, people watch television. Elsewhere, a figure goes for a walk, flowers are collected, and a group gathers around an apple. These ordinary activities appear to take place while something larger and less certain waits in the …

By Dhanapati Sharma The recent report by The Bhutanese that 299 cases of bullying were reported in Bhutanese schools over the past two years makes every parent, educator, policymaker, and citizen rethink education and the education system. The increase in bullying cases from 116 in 2024 to 183 in 2025 …

Bhutan may have just received one of the most important pieces of economic news in its modern history. If the ongoing ground validation confirms the airborne survey findings, we could possess significant deposits of tungsten, copper and perhaps even rare earth minerals at a time when global demand for these …

The Special Audit Report on the Bhutan Integrated Taxation System (BITS) has become much bigger than the failed BITS 1.0. It now raises fundamental questions about accountability, governance and whether Bhutan can encourage innovation without creating a bureaucracy too afraid to act. The audit memos issued against the former Prime …

By Kaushik Basu NEW DELHI—During the seven years I served as chief economic adviser to the government of India and as chief economist at the World Bank, I came to appreciate what a strange discipline economics is. Parts of it amount to little more than organized common sense, which is …

Kelly Stonelake SEATTLE—When I joined Facebook in 2009, I believed in the mission that founder Mark Zuckerberg espoused: to connect and empower people around the world. We all know how that turned out. Meta, now the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is focused on generating as much engagement …

The survey by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development on student wellbeing is an important step in the right direction. Policymaking should be guided by evidence, and understanding what students are experiencing inside and outside the classroom is essential if schools are to become safer and more supportive places. …

For one and a half years, Sonam Tobgay has remained in detention in Shigatshe with little information reaching either his family or the Bhutanese government. During this time, his wife has struggled to raise two young children, his elderly mother has lived with unbearable anxiety, and a family has watched …

By Arvind Subramanian WASHINGTON, DC—In the long sweep of history, China’s economic performance over the past 50 years will obviously stand out for the sheer scale and pace of quality-of-life improvements within that country. But China’s impact on the rest of the world has still been underappreciated. True, if the …