The National Assembly (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2024 is a major move by the National Assembly to strengthen itself even against the executive that comes from it. An interesting feature is its effort to outline who will be given the chance to speak based on the push of the button …

Bhutanese citizens should be free to move to safe countries across the world for studies or work, and this is what is being followed with no restrictions of any kind by the government. We have seen the migration of thousands of Bhutanese in the last two years facilitated by Education …

BERKELEY – Much of the media coverage of artificial intelligence has focused on its potential negative impact. Science-fiction scenarios like the human-robot wars of the Terminator franchise and real-world controversies, such as the proliferation of deep fakes and OpenAI’s unauthorized use of Scarlett Johansson’s voice for its new digital assistant, have captured the public imagination, …

The next five years will go down as the most important and consequential in modern Bhutanese history. This is because Bhutan will make several important moves in several major fields that will determine the future of this country and its people for a long time to come. The 13th plan …

WASHINGTON, DC – Donald Trump has been convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. But this is unlikely to make much difference to the Republican Party. Not only is he still the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee; Republicans have repeatedly proved perfectly willing to forgive his indiscretions, however serious. …

While the Pamtsho case and other sexual assault cases draw a lot of outrage and condemnation, we are not addressing the root cause of the issue. Bhutan is a small country with a small population, but day in and day out we hear of horrendous crimes against women and even …

NAIROBI/BOSTON/WASHINGTON, DC – On December 12, 2019, a group of patients in Wuhan, China, started showing symptoms of an atypical pneumonia-like illness that did not respond well to standard treatments. Ninety days later, with more than 118,000 cases reported in 114 countries and 4,291 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 …

In a recent briefing session with reporters it was let known by the National Assembly Secretariat that they should not disturb ministers with queries when they are heading for their snack and lunch breaks in between the sessions. To be fair this is not a new request but was also …

Phajo Nidup, a former monk, has been asked to refund around Nu 1 bn to banks and private individuals for cheating them. This does not even cover the several officials he bribed and put in trouble across multiple agencies. Anima Damchoe, a nun, has been imprisoned for 15 years for …