A cause of great concern

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

The scarcity of health professionals has become so acute that an...

The cost of bad planning

The idea was good, but the execution was not. Thimphu city...

Challenges facing tourism sector

At a time when the government is making serious effort to...

When farmers are forgotten

Our cardamom farmers are unhappy. Reports from various parts of the...

Waste, a problem we can manage

Of late, waste management has picked some momentum. With the recent...

The gaydrung enigma

In the last four months, four different decisions by four separate...

Make ranking schools meaningful

There is not only inherently, but also dangerously wrong about ranking...

The purpose of salary revision

There has been a lot of debate, if not discourse, on...

Are we forgetting the nitty-gritty in the planning?

We are faced with new challenges—of the modern day Bhutan. Development...

The proposed pay revision

The Pay Commission’s report on the salary revision is out. By...

The Olakha workshop predicament

The case between automobile workshop owners in Olakha, Thimphu and their...

Feeding our children

The government is confused. After its indecisiveness on whether vocational education...

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