Dzongkha debate in COVID crisis

The COVID-19 has pushed the world into health and economic emergency in an unprecedented manner. However, a section of Bhutanese has their own local issue to address at the time of this crisis – journalists must speak Dzongkha. In a recent press conference that Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering...

What awaits us in next decade

We are closer to crossing the quarter of this century. The technological advancement of this century has been outside imagination while politics has grown to be divisive and regional. Globalisation was the tune of the time while democracies and liberalisation flourished well. Reflecting those impressive development in two decades,...

कथा १७ दिसम्बरको

भुटानको राष्ट्रिय दिवस १७ दिसम्बर मनाउनु हुने वा नहुने भन्ने बहसमा तर्क र वितर्कहरु धेरै आए । छलफलको यो पहिलो परिक्षण हो यो हाम्रो सन्दर्भमा । पुनर्स्थापित भुटानी समुदाय तीन भागमा बाडियो – पक्ष, विपक्ष र तटस्थ । चाहेर वा नचाहेर भुटानसंग संबन्धित धेरै विषयमा हामी भविष्यमा यसरी नै...

Bhutan tourism policy requires revamp

The week was busy for Bhutanese social media crawlers as they debated heavily about impacts of mass regional tourism manifested by an Indian tourist who climbed up on Chorten for a perfect picture. The uproar of the netizens did reach to the height where senior government officials and many...

Economy & Climate Change

While world leaders kept arguing over climate change in UN over the week, the new generation took to the street across the globe demanding action from the governments and the leaders to save their future. Scientific reports that have come from several UN bodies and independent research organisations have...

Sarpang Vs Zhemgang

Sarpang and Zhemgang districts have become the hotspot of political wrangling in Bhutan for over a month. The iron is still hot and none of the parties are willing to back off from their allegations against the other. The race is unlikely to settle soon, if no royal intervention...