By Yuen Yuen Ang WASHINGTON, DC – For a mathematician, 2025 might stand out for being a “perfect square”: 45 multiplied by 45, a rare symmetry. But its significance goes far beyond numerical elegance – it marks the year the postwar global order expired, and a new one was about …

By Yanis Varoufakis ATHENS – This was the year that the remaining pillars of the late-20th-century order were shattered, exposing the hollow core of what passed for a global system. Three blows sufficed. The first was Russia’s impending victory in Ukraine over Europe’s combined leadership. For almost four years, the …

The Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is seeing its fourth round of thousands of volunteers from all parts and walks of life. The GMC maybe a project meant to attract international investors, but it now has major buy in and ownership from every Bhutanese. Knowledge about the project was first shared …

HONG KONG – For the past two years, the dominant narrative about AI has been one of boundless possibility. Larger models, trillion-token training runs, and record-breaking capex (capital expenditure) cycles have reinforced a sense of uninterrupted acceleration. But technological change is rarely so straightforward, and this time is no exception. …

This week this paper faced a peculiar situation as there was a slew of new and old crime cases that this paper was following up, but each time, we came up against an invisible new information barrier in the Royal Bhutan Police.  When our reporter contacted the respective police station …

This National Day is especially meaningful as we celebrate the 70th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, at a time when, in the nearly twenty years of my own reign, we are engaged in a national endeavour of profound significance which will shape the future of Bhutan. …

By Tshering Tobgay We must not allow our limitations to overshadow the sacred duty we owe to our children. When some regions have more teachers than they need while others struggle with acute shortages, the problem is not a lack of qualified educators, it is a failure in planning, coordination, …

In 2008, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Bhutan’s first democratic Parliament and announced that India is committing to 10,000 MW by 2020. This commitment was made as hydropower had become one of the key cornerstones of the Bhutan-India relationship. The projects were even identified along with the cost and …

When the Livestock Bill of Bhutan 2025 was introduced in Parliament, there was a clear attempt by some MPs to politicize the issue. The Bill is not encouraging slaughter houses but only retains the provisions of the old Bill that already permitted slaughter houses. The new bill was an attempt …

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – US President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on a wide range of Indian goods, from a steep 25% to a catastrophic 50%, is reshaping India’s export economy. Half of what India sells to the United States – its largest trading partner – is now …