His Majesty The King appointed Kinga Singye as Bhutan’s representative to the United Nations mission in Geneva. The PM said, “Having served in the foreign ministry for 31 years, Ambassador Kinga is one of our most experienced diplomats, Tashi Delek.” The selection of ambassadors is the prerogative of the Prime …

Come winter and Thimphu along with other major urban areas empties out a part of its population. A large portion heads down to the Indian plains or to Nepal for mainly pilgrimage. We all know about this, and the numbers have been documented and talked about especially in relation to …

The Ministry of Labour and Human Resources has an employment program called the Guaranteed Employment Program (GEP), which pays more than 60 percent of a reasonable total salary of an employee for up to a year on a monthly basis. The company has to meet the rest of the sum. …

The National Council’s position that former Judges cannot practice law after retirement in the amendment of the Jabmi Act may sound like a reasonable stand. This is especially so given that it has been the norm for many years before the proposed amendment of the Act. However, when compared with …

The Department of Information and Media commissioned report on overcoming the financial crisis in the private media has hit the figurative bull’s eye, in identifying the main problem plaguing private newspapers, and it has also found the way out. The report has been drafted by a well regarded and neutral …

What transpires between a diplomat posted abroad and politicians of the host country is usually kept under wraps. But India’s Home Minister, rajnath Singh, who enjoys the distinction of being appointed acting premier whenever Prime Minister narendra Modi is away, recently went public with what one of the most important …

The polarisation around food consumption has created a culinary war where people’s identity is defined by what they eat. Beef has become an incendiary issue in India. Last monthaMuslim teenager was burned alive in Kashmir for the unproven sin of transporting beef in his truck. It was one of a …

Most New Year resolutions focus on some positive change in people’s lives, and while making these resolutions most people know that such changes can happen only from within. So the question to ask is why it should be any different when it comes to the nation and our society. Granted …

We don’t need India to wreck our country, Nepal’s politicians are doing it just fine One aspect of the 18-week-long Indian blockade of Nepal that has always baffled us is why New Delhi would want to inflict such harm on a little neighbour, and to a lesser degree, on itself. There are …

The Royal Monetary Authority’s (RMA) announcement that rupee restrictions will be lifted from next year will be welcome news. It is one more sign that the fundamentals of Bhutan’s economy are recovering after the late 2011 to 2013 battering that the economy received, in the form of the rupee crisis …