Need to improve preterm care
January 8th, 2019
In September last year, 11 babies died at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Some insiders even took the number of deaths to 19. How that Early Essential Newborn Care (EENC) and Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for preterm babies are found to require improvement is an indictment of our health […]
Water shortage in broader perspective
January 5th, 2019
The monumental irony of the age is that Bhutan is water-rich,...
Putting Science and Mathematics development at the top
January 3rd, 2019
Science and Mathematics are our future. Their development will play a...
12th Plan – for information or deliberation?
January 2nd, 2019
The National Assembly and the National Council have said that both...
Such optimism is welcome
January 1st, 2019
Even as agriculture is Bhutan’s biggest sector that employs more than...
The overseas employment conundrum
December 31st, 2018
Following more than a year of speculations and allegations in the...
Preparing for the change
December 28th, 2018
There will not be examinations for Classes PP to III. This...
Addressing Dzongkha teacher shortage
December 27th, 2018
Education ministry lost 2,716 teachers in 10 years – between 2008...
Bhutanese media look to new dawn
December 26th, 2018
Media sit on uncomfortable chairs. Media see things in the best...
A laborious task?
December 25th, 2018
The plight of Bhutanese working overseas calls for urgent attention. While...
Addressing unemployment demands clear objective and sustained effort
December 22nd, 2018
Youth unemployment is perhaps the biggest social and economic problem we...