Prime Minister Jigme Thinely (of Bhutan) is at the top the list of advocators of Gross National Happiness that counts happiness over material or monetary prosperity. In fact it was since his induction into the Wangchuk cabinet that debates for Gross National Happiness began across lands. The financial crisis...

Bhawani Acharya faced it twice when he had to change the way of his life. Two days before the festival of Dashain, he left Nepal for what he hoped as a wonderland. In 1993, he was forced to flee his country of origin, Bhutan, to take asylum in Nepal...

On October 18, 1995, when father William Mackey died of gum that led to blood poisoning, Bhutanese royal family paid a visit to the dead body in honor of his service but then queen mother accompanied the dead body halfway to Phuentsholing not allowing a burial place for the...

That was a utopian motivation for those who heard of party based political system in the country for the first. It was assured, country would do better under their leadership but what all received thought the months was ‘a glass full of air’. Reality check made a come back...

The latest news is that Bollywood luminaries Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif will be the entertaining troupe to Thimphu this November when the nation enjoys the centenary and coronation combined festival pushing the youngest king in the current world into the throne. No matter, the celebrations is expected...

For two weeks of havoc that Koshi flood wreaked in the eastern district of Sunsari, the governments Nepal and India failed to start works to stop further degradation of the embankment but continue to exchange words over who is responsible for the disaster that has displaced over 50,000 in...