Every winter thousands of Bhutanese pilgrims head to neighboring countries like India and Nepal, for religious pilgrimage. It is also around  the same time we get a spate of bad news of people dying in horrific accidents, people getting lost and even cheated. Once a Bhutanese leaves the territorial jurisdiction …

The Transparency –Corruption Perception Index  2016 ranked Bhutan as 27th cleanest country with a score of 65 (from a scale of 0-100 where 0 equals the highest level of perceived corruption and 100 equals the lowest level of perceived corruption). In comparison to TI-CPI 2015, Bhutan’s position and score has …

A lot of the current debate around the non-certification of the movie ‘Hema Hema’ has focused on the issue of creative freedom in Bhutan, centering around films. However, the issues at hand are much more complex than just this with this incident touching on and revealing various aspects of our …

Let me share some of my thoughts as the economic affairs minister of the Government. Our rivers are our most important resource. Since 1974 when we first signed the Memorandum of Understanding on hydropower cooperation with Government of India, we have harnessed 1606 MW of Hydropower. We are presently constructing …

Staff Reporter/Thimphu The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) today missed its last day deadline of 10 days to file an appeal against the District Court verdict in the DPT vs Dasho Benji defamation case. The case verdict on 5th January not only allowed DPT to withdraw its defamation case and awarded …

Last year, there was much controversy over the Ada Rachu decision of the Home Ministry, which for a while attempted to enforce a dress code in the colour and type of Rachu that can be worn. The decision, it seems, came as a recommendation from the ranks of cultural officers …

Being a driver comes with great responsibility. The one who is behind the wheel is responsible for the safety of so many people including the passengers in the car and pedestrians on the road. It is for this reason that driving is not something that should be taken lightly. It …

Apart from its main decision on the Dasho Benji case, the Bench five of the Thimphu District Court in its court findings section, has challenged the contention that Dzongkha is the language of the court. It says that the inability of litigants to understand the language used in the court …

What is a vibrant village? What does it take to create one? Can a village vibrancy prevent and curb rural-urban migration? A village is vibrant when it has happy and content people. A village is vibrant where content people help each other. A vibrant village is where everyone is involved …

Breaking: Bench five of the Thimphu District Court has allowed DPT to withdraw its defamation case but has awarded Dasho Benji Nu 450,000 in damages. Court has also found DPT prima facie guilty of sedition and has directed the OAG to coordinate with investigative agencies for a thorough investigation after …