Updates: Constitutional Case
Pm Jigmi Y Thinley has announced that the government will not resign because of the court ruling over vehicle tax issue. Read more here He said, court wrongly interpreted constitution and accused the journalist of not questioning the court. He says media is biased. Additional resources Govt says, it...
Two sides of the Bhutanese judiciary
The Bhutanese judiciary came into limelight with two cases that indicates the future course of justice delivery in the country. In one case, the judiciary received appreciation while from other it received such a nasty criticism that appreciation received in first case faded away. The verdict given on the...
After the first constitutional case
PM: We have to be mindful of the fact that there are two kinds of taxes, the direct and the indirect. Direct tax is something everybody is obligated to pay what is due and assessed, in the form of income tax, once included into the tax net. Indirect taxes...
Bhutan walks down the ladder on trade
Bhutan’s huge national income from the sale of hydropower to India is almost consumed by the increasing trade deficit, which has grown by 3.5 times in the last fiscal year than that of a year before. Increased trade deficit from Nu 4 billion to Nu 14 billion within a...
Crocodile tears
Until end 1990s, Bhutanese refugees have been burden for locals in Jhapa and Morang, Nepal. There had been several complaints regarding deforestation, collection of firewood, local workers not getting job due to refugees and countless more. In several cases, they staged to stop refugees coming out from the camp...
New Dzongkha weekly hits stands
Druk Yoezer 21 February, 2011- “Druk Yoezer”, a Dzongkha weekly, hit the stands on February 19, making it the country’s eighth newspaper and the second weekly in the national language. The newspaper, which at the moment has only two reporters, aims to gradually cover all 20 dzongkhags by travelling...