By Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI – Israel and the United States have dealt punishing blows to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. “Operation Rising Lion” and “Operation Midnight Hammer” have been portrayed as precision strikes that will stop the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program in its tracks. But whatever the bombings might have achieved …

Ordinary people, the government and Parliamentarians may be happy that the Excise Tax Bill 2025 and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Amendment Bill 2025 will lead to a sharp reduction in vehicles prices from a minimum of around Nu 113,000 to a maximum of Nu 660,000 and even Nu …

The recently adopted Excise Tax Bill 2025 and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Amendment Bill 2025 are undoubtedly a progressive step forward. They promise significant reductions in vehicle prices slashing costs by up to Nu 660,000 for some models. But in a twist of irony, the very laws meant …

This has been one of the most important Parliamentary sessions in recent times with a slew of important tax bills that will have an important impact for years and even decades. The most important of them all is the GST Bill given the fact that it is a new tax …

By Brian J. Chen BALTIMORE – Five months into his second presidency, Donald Trump is already ushering in a new era of imperial technological governance in which both domestic and foreign regulatory authorities are subordinated to a US administration increasingly dominated by Big Tech. Silicon Valley has cultivated its political …

According to Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters. In an internal diplomatic cable signed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, …

By  Kinley Tenzin Wangchuk Whenever I drive in the Thimphu city traffic, I’m reminded of a song The Pretender by Jackson Browne which is about settling for less than our dreams, feeling stuck in the mundane routines of life. I’m gonna rent myself a house In the shade of a …

The media for a while now has been complaining of access to information and rightly so as government officials even refuse to share public information meant for the public. Ironically, when government agencies want information from the public then there are no limits at all, including private information. The private …

By Tandin Wangchuk The past two years felt like a storm, sometimes destructive, sometimes cleansing, always forcing me to grow. I arrived in Perth in July 2023 with two suitcases, a borrowed student visa, and a CV I stretched like taffy. The IELTS certificate-6.5 bands, was the only real part …

Last Saturday on 31st May The Bhutanese did a story on the Income Tax Bill 2025 pointing to its various features like reductions in Personal Income Tax (PIT) slab, 30% Business Income Tax (BIT) being done away with and it now being brought under PIT, reduction in Corporate Income Tax …