A delegation of South Asian chief election commissioners led by Dasho Kunzang Wangdi, Chief Election Commissioner of Bhutan called on Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang on October 2, 2013. Lyonchhen extended his warm welcome to the delegation and thanked them for having chosen to meet in Bhutan. Lyonchhen …

Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay met Ambassador of Singapore to Bhutan Lim Thuan Kuan, at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang on October 3, 2013. Mr. Kuan is on his first visit to Bhutan after being appointed as Singapore’s Ambassador to Bhutan. Lyonchhen expressed that he had great admiration for Singapore and said …

Some villages have been electrified recently and they deserve subsidy on electricity and at the same time it would have a far reaching impact in safeguarding our pristine environment.Those industrialists who have been enjoying electricity subsidy should now be prepared to pay normal tariff and such subsidy should be extended …

As the Tobacco Control Act has shown- simple and one-sided arguments without proper research and consultations often makes for bad policy and even worse laws. It is in this context that one must remember that the debate around mining has become highly polarized, and taking either of the polarized views …

The PM’s first “State of the Nation” report highlighted importance of the King, country and the people The Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay presented the report on the state of the Tsa-Wa-Sum to the joint sitting of the Parliament as per article 10 (10) of the Constitution on September 30. In …

The first session of the second Parliament which started on September 11 and due to close on October 1 has been an interesting and revealing one. The Parliament session took place in the context of a stronger and more experienced opposition party and a new ruling party representing change but …

The bill which has been pushed to be discussed in the 2nd Parliamentary session by the NA also seems to be drawing extreme views The National Assembly (NA) members earlier this week on September 24 decided to discuss in detail the Right to Information (RTI) Bill in the winter session …

An eminent 10-member d elegation led by chairperson of Special Committee on Official Development Assistance (ODA) of the House of Councilors, H.E. Ms. Eriko Yamatani called on Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang, Thursday. The delegation and Lyonchhen discussed on pertinent areas of development for extending Official Development …

Whenever Bhutan has stood on the cusp of some major change, there has always been hesitation, doubts and fears, but eventually the country, its leaders and its people have taken the path going forward. Even when democracy was introduced, the Bhutanese people had to be cajoled and convinced by our …

First of all, my Kudos to this brilliant and well researched article that shows the many potential and serious flaws in the RTI Bill. I do not see the point of having a RTI Law which has provisions in it to deny the very information that the law seeks to …