The latest on the ban list seems to be a book written on Bhutan’s political process and democratic evolution by the former NC Chairperson. An extract from the book on the social media account of the former NC Chairman came in for some controversy during the 2018 elections. The interesting …

ITHACA – The Internet was once hailed as a powerful democratizing force – enabling innovative start-ups to compete with established businesses, disrupt entire industries, and create new ones. But as some of those startups grew into behemoths, they turned this force on its head. Far from leveling the playing field, …

Out of five charges against the Bhutan Employment Overseas Agent (BEO) by the LEP students, the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has ruled out three charges, which are Harassment, Abandonment of a Person in Danger, and Trafficking in Person due to lack of criminal elements. However, in the course of police …

The government has come up with the much delayed and anticipated regional tourism policy and guidelines. The government here deserves kudos for not only coming up with the regulations in the first place but also recommending bold measures like number caps, SDF fee for regional tourists, environment fee for vehicles, …

WASHINGTON, DC – Webster’s Dictionary defines “emergency” as “a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence requiring immediate action.” By that standard, US President Donald Trump’s claim that the United States faces an immigration emergency is simply not credible. Immigrants have been coming to the US since its inception, and since 2007 their net numbers …

17 October 2019: The Ambassadors of the Argentine Republic, H.E. Mr Daniel Chuburu, Kingdom of Bahrain, H.E. Mr. Abdulrahman Al Gaoud, Kingdom of Denmark, H.E. Mr. Freddy Svane, the Arab Republic of Egypt, H.E. Dr. Heba Salaheldin Elmarassi, the European Union, H.E. Mr Ugo Astuto, Republic of Maldives, H.E. Ms.Aishath …

The strong national outrage over an Indian tourist standing on a Chorten in Dochula and a Bhutanese carpenter helping him is not just a reaction to a single incident. This is in fact a national reaction to growing series of incidents of regional tourists desecrating our religious, cultural and natural …

NEW YORK – There are several reasons why US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from northern Syria, and leave the region’s Kurds vulnerable to neighboring Turkey’s military incursion, was a terrible one. The Kurdish forces in control of the region had been the principal US partner in …

One would imagine that with so many new buildings and ongoing constructions in Thimphu there should not be a shortage of apartments, but apparently demand still outstrips supply. The problem is that a lot of the upcoming structures are not apartments- but hotels. Surprisingly, people still want to build more …

NEW DELHI – Amid much fanfare, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has completed a hundred days of its second term. Despite his government’s poor record, Modi remains immensely popular personally. This does not bode well for Indian democracy. The Modi government’s supporters tout a slew of new repressive legislation …