BHUTAN TODAY The New Perspective

His Majesty The King granted Dhar to appoint the Ambassador Designate to Australia, and the Tashi Yangtse and Paro Dzongda this week on July 2.  Sonam Tobgay, who was serving as Director of the Department of Bilateral Affairs in the Foreign Ministry, has been appointed as Bhutan’s Ambassador to Australia.  Karma Thinley, Director at the Anti Corruption Commission, is the …

Residents of Phuentsholing are increasingly feeling the brunt of the prolonged lockdown which has now extended to more than two months By Sonam Choki Almost 70-days after the third lockdown was imposed in the border town of Phuentsholing, residents are now expressing their weariness and frustration with the prolonged closure that has crippled many, especially the poor and the economically …

What actually went wrong that the Mines and Mineral Bill is tossed and never inside the basket? By Tashi Namgyal The Parliament,even after a decade of asking, deferred the Mines and Minerals Bill (MMB)yet again. This time, they locked horns on whether the Constitution will be upheld while framing the MMB, and who should be benefitted from the profits. It …

By Phurpa Wangmo In a dramatic overture in the ongoing parliament session, the joint sitting of the National Assembly and the Council unanimously adopted the Tobacco (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2021 which will now allow the import and sale of tobacco and its allied products in the country. The decision comes following the government’s request to the National Assembly Speaker …

The police has returned Penjore’s phone on June 11, but he still feels his rights were violated By Tashi Namgyal Although out of detention, Penjore is still claiming that his human rights were violated by the police. Penjore was what he claims ‘arbitrarily arrested’ on May 6 by the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) following a complaint from the Office of …