A cause of great concern
April 24th, 2019
The latest statistics on our import and export is scary. It is a big cause of concern. The country’s biggest export, hydropower, is not able to meet the demand for fossil fuel. We exported Nu 10.5 billion worth of clean electricity from hydropower. But we imported Nu10.2 billion worth of fossil fuel, a bulk of which […]
Working from outside Thimphu
April 23rd, 2019
The scarcity of health professionals has become so acute that an...
The cost of bad planning
April 22nd, 2019
The idea was good, but the execution was not. Thimphu city...
Challenges facing tourism sector
April 20th, 2019
At a time when the government is making serious effort to...
When farmers are forgotten
April 19th, 2019
Our cardamom farmers are unhappy. Reports from various parts of the...
Waste, a problem we can manage
April 18th, 2019
Of late, waste management has picked some momentum. With the recent...
The gaydrung enigma
April 17th, 2019
In the last four months, four different decisions by four separate...
Make ranking schools meaningful
April 16th, 2019
There is not only inherently, but also dangerously wrong about ranking...
The purpose of salary revision
April 13th, 2019
There has been a lot of debate, if not discourse, on...
Are we forgetting the nitty-gritty in the planning?
April 12th, 2019
We are faced with new challenges—of the modern day Bhutan. Development...
The proposed pay revision
April 11th, 2019
The Pay Commission’s report on the salary revision is out. By...
The Olakha workshop predicament
April 10th, 2019
The case between automobile workshop owners in Olakha, Thimphu and their...
Feeding our children
April 9th, 2019
The government is confused. After its indecisiveness on whether vocational education...