Did we live up to the Vision 2020?

Vision 2020: Bhutan realised the importance of having a longer-term vision for the future. A visionary document called Bhutan 2020, A Vision for Peace, Prosperity and Happiness, released in June 1999, during the silver jubilee celebrations of His Majesty The Fourth King’s coronation by the then Planning  Commission. 

Did we live up to the Vision 2020?

Bhutan realised the importance of having a longer-term vision for the...

At least two people are diagnosed with TB every day

Despite interventions to control multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), 77 new MDR-TB...

BDBL’s project officer and five clients convicted in illegal loan enhancement case

Thimphu dzongkhag court’s criminal bench I sentenced the former Bhutan Development...

First day of the year records 143 PIT payers

The trend among Bhutanese tax payers is leaving it to the...

Estimating public financing for malnutrition a challenge

Despite significant progress in health outcomes in recent decades, malnutrition remains...

Youth women group milking the way

When not many expressed interest in a prorgamme they were organising,...

Mongar Dzong needs renovation

Mongar Dratshang’s clergy and dzongkhag officials say more than eight-decade-old Dzong...

The big disconnect between central and local governments

Efforts to amend the Local Government Act 2008 have been ongoing...

RAA will ensure accountability of audit observations

The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has now come up with rules and...

Engineering conference adopts 11 “doable” resolutions

As the rest of the country prepared to welcome the New...

Two students given corrective sentencing

Two students of Sherubling Central School will be busy during the...

Development threatens takin habitat

Human-induced changes are threatening the habitats of Bhutan takin (Budorcas taxicolor...

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