EDITORIAL

His Majesty The King in one National Day address after another has called upon institutions and individuals to be responsible and accountable for their work and actions. His Majesty has also pointed out the dangers of a care free attitude which can impact the nation in the long run. This …

Recently, the Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) publicly accused a reporter of a private paper of ‘theft’, after the reporter published a confidential draft report from the agency, which showed the Ministry of Health in poor light. The DRA did not have evidence that the report was actually ‘stolen’ by the …

The news of a new variant B 1.1.529 found in increasing numbers in South Africa and also other countries is causing global worry, because it is likely to be more transmissible than Delta. For a long time, the richer countries were warned to do more to help Africa and other …

The US Federal Reserve and the US government pumped in trillions of dollars through monetary and fiscal measures respectively, to save the US economy. Many central banks and governments around the world have done the same, and no one can argue against it. Bhutan has also gone down a similar …

The level of disability of a person with disability is not so much a reflection on the person with disability, as it is with Bhutanese society’s disability to accommodate and mainstream people with disability in Bhutan. While people with disability in developed and even developing countries around the world are …

Many Bhutanese breathed a sigh of relief when the Thimphu District Court dismissed the sedition case against Penjore in June this year. Most felt that justice and freedom of speech had won the day. However, in what can only be called a major lapse in judgment by the OAG and …

This paper, so far, has been exposing the harassment and extortion faced by those involved in exporting and importing Bhutanese products across the border by Indian customs, SSB, local journalists and others. However, it now appears that our officials on our side of the border are no better with prima …

For centuries, Bhutanese society has been known to be a sexually liberal one with no major hang ups about the issue to the point that a man and woman living together are considered married even without a formal ceremony. This is a healthy trait for any society, however, the other …

While a lot of public anger has been directed at the Sherubtse management and the President for being insensitive and not taking strong enough action against the assistant lecturer, the real problem is much deeper. When the 10 female college students in Sherubtse came forward at great personal risk to …

In Punakha, a minor girl student who was highly traumatized ran away from her step father accusing him of rape, after the death of her mother, and sought shelter in her school. The school has given her shelter as a boarder and has reported the case to the police. While …