Category: Politics

Explosion in Phuentsholing

It seems the warm up ahead of the general election has not only hit parties in the country but also the underground armed groups in Bhutan. But it is just guess, no one knows yet who was behind the action. A minor blast at the Kharbandi forest check post...

Parliamentary entitlement act

Of many amendments made to many legislations this winter session of the parliament in Thimphu is Parliamentary Entitlement Act where the amendment entitles the Members of Parliament (MP) of all annuities even if they retire or resign before the service expires. The older version of the act had odd...

Nepal debates on form of government

The peace process in Nepal has been stuck at a point where the political parties and pundits have not been able to decide which governing system should be country adopt. The constitution making process has come to a complete halt due to opposing supposition on form of government. The...

Taiwan’s vice presidential candidate in Bhutan visit

Bhutan is currently hosting Taiwan’s vice presidential candidate Lin Ruey-shiung as state guest since Thursday. Lin, a professor of public health, had arrived Thimphu in his endeavour to learn more about happiness. Lin said of his impression about Bhutan on landing that the Himalayan kingdom has a higher standard...

Additional pain to DNC

The judiciary in Bhutan is still under influences of the autocratic regime of the past upholding verdicts that are intended to crush all possible oppositions in the country. Few days before the death of freedom fighter Rongthong Kunley, his supporters in Bhutan, now serving jail sentence, have been given...

A man to herald an era

In early 2008 when I visited Delhi for the first time, I was inspired the way Rongthong Kuenley Dorji briefed me about the importance of taking Indian leadership into confidence to push Bhutanese democratic struggle. And enduring through torturous restriction within capital city, he stirred the movement gradually and...