EDITORIAL

His Royal Highness The Gyalsey receiving blessings for the Royal Charter on the Gelephu Mindfulness City from the sacred Machen Lhakhang in Punakha is an auspicious and important step as it is seeking the most sacred of blessings to carry out profound new changes. Much has been written about what …

The logic behind the choice of ministers by the Prime Minister has remained a mystery until now. The PM in an interview to BBS-1 revealed the reasons behind the choices he made. The PM made it clear that factors like age, gender and regional background did not matter. It was …

On Sunday evening thousands of Bhutanese headed out to offer Khadars to the Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers and the Speaker. There were long lines everywhere with some taking 1 hour 30 minutes to reach the minister. This time could have been much faster if the late coming officials did not …

Bhutanese people may not like the heading above, but it is a fact of life. Around 11 months ago on 3 March 2023 the nation was shocked as a helicopter crash took the lives of a mother and younger daughter. The father and elder daughter were also in the same …

One of the first tasks for the newly elected PDP government elect will be for the Prime Minister elect to select his ministers. There has been much speculation, suggestion and hopes, but the PM elect has let it be known that the selection will be driven on merit and the …

The General Election results are a matter of concern given the regional divide. It is symptomatic of deeper issues that needs to be explored and addressed. However, there already is a move towards not talking about it and pretending that nothing happened. The regional divide was already there since the …

After 9th January Bhutan will get its fourth elected government and the tasks before it will be enormous. The first task will be to go through the draft 13th plan and give it a final shape by approving or disapproving what is there and inserting their own programs and pledges. …

After the announcement of the Gelephu Mindfulness City there has been a rash of questions demanding immediate answers over land acquisition, investors, infrastructure details and more. There is either extreme optimism on one side or fearful predictions on the other side. It is natural that a project of such magnitude …

When talk about the Gelephu City first emerged many months ago, many imagined it would be full of skyscrapers and resemble any other city in the world. However, the final vision of the Mindfulness City revealed before us has many things going for it. Given our location, resources and stage …

For a while now, Bhutan has witnessed an unprecedented migration as thousands of mainly young Bhutanese have been leaving for the foreign shores of Australia, Canada and UK on student visas to be able to earn a degree and earn money.  The aim for many was to work for extended …