EDITORIAL

Bhutan’s loss at the non-permanent Security Council seat election brings into sharp focus the realities of global politics where economic might and size far outweigh the ambitions of a small country. Despite the loss it must be acknowledged that Bhutan gave its best in a campaign which was doomed to …

One of the biggest news makers in the recent years, has been Bhutan’s foreign policy moves. These include hosting the Sixteenth SAARC Summit, passing happiness as a resolution at the UN, the Security Council bid, establishment of new diplomatic relations, etc. As a result, there have been numerous articles, publications, …

There is no better symbol then the Royal Couple of His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen, for a country that is fiercely independent, has a rich heritage, a bright future and has citizens who are largely good and honest folk. Bhutan no doubt is going through a …

More than ministers and Dzongdas the quality of life of the majority of the Bhutanese population are determined by the Gewog office consisting of Gups, Mangmis and Tshogpas. It is the Gup and Tshogpas who put up proposals for rural infrastructure in the five year plans, organize local projects, gather …

Bhutan has seen a series of scams, improprieties and abuse of power cases coming to the public attention. These have been understandably greeted with outrage but there is also a need to delve deeper into the issues. It is clear that there is a systemic malaise as most of these …

It is interesting that the majority who commented on this papers interview with Dr David L. Luechauer agree with his critical assessment of GNH in its current form. There are of course those who agree with him only in parts or those that do not agree with him at all. …

The nine page ‘opinion’  of the OAG on the ACC’s Gyelpozhing report, according to a practicing lawyer in Thimphu reads like arguments put forward by a defense lawyer defending the accused in the Gyelpozhing case, instead of a government prosecutor doing his job. Some have also seen a degree of …

It is an old saying that ‘Health is Wealth’ but too often this adage is forgotten in Bhutan where there is an increase in the number of various diseases both in the lifestyle and communicable category. The sad reality is that most of them especially lifestyle diseases can be prevented …

The price of diesel going up by Rs five per liter is only one more piece of bad news for an already struggling Bhutanese economy. With diesel being the fuel used by trucks the cost of transportation and conversely the price of goods will go up like vegetables, meat, construction …

As of the latest count Bhutan has around 76,360 Facebook accounts which are 11 percent of the total population and up to 5,000 Twitter accounts. In the case of Facebook the majority demography are of the ages of 18-34 who make up 74 percent of the accounts. Those between 13 …