EDITORIAL

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 …

If one looks at why Bhutan does not grow economically or the barriers to economic growth then it often has to do with the security obsessed mentality of Bhutan. As a small Himalayan country, Bhutan went through the traumatic situation of seeing its cultural and religious cousins being gobbled up …

The primary round results are in and the biggest message from the voters is that they want change as the two parties in the final round were not even in Parliament. It is clear that the voters were not happy with the performance of both the ruling DNT and opposition …

November 30 is only a few days away and the main question on many minds will be on which two parties will make it to the final round. The first thing that must be said is that this is the most competitive primary round till date with five strong parties …

On Thursday, the General Secretaries of the five political parties met over a meal and had a good and informal exchange among themselves. The five of them agreed to overlook minor issues and as far as possible avoid the finger pointing and complaints that blighted past elections. The debates on …

During the Presidential debate a party President said that he burned two applications for a private TV station saying allowing such a thing would harm democracy in Bhutan. This point has been picked up by some other candidates to score political points during the ongoing debates. However, it is strange …

The ECB has announced the election period is on and now it is up to the five political parties to compete with each other. However, this election will be unique compared to the past elections because firstly, it has the most number of parties contesting with two new parties joining …