As with all sessions of this conference, we meet yet again to not only share our hopes and aspirations for a safer planet but also to advance our collective efforts in the fight against climate change. The warning signs of climate change cannot be ignored. Extreme weather patterns have become …

A youth-lead primary cooperative, formed by youths called Happy Green Cooperative will organize a seven day winter agriculture camp for students at Punakha from 10 till 17 January next year. The week-long camp themed “Harmonizing Agriculture & Education” aims to encourage urban students to appreciate the rural farming life and …

All development works completed Four and half kilometers of farm road in Dekiling to Redkor are under maintenance with the budget of Nu 300,000 which will be completed by the end of this month. Four kilometers of Rural Water Supply Scheme (RWSS) in Changkhar and Khardhung chiwog is under construction …

Popular votes are on the need for farmers to maintain consistent supply and quality vegetables plus there should be room for negotiations on the otherwise exorbitantl price the farmers hope for The customer is always king, if any economically sensible business is not bereft of the most common sense, that …

In the wide ranging and free flowing talk the Indian Ambassador to Bhutan Pavan K. Varma gave his views on Indo-Bhutan bilateral relations, the smooth transition of democracy, the monarchy as a guiding role and his personal attachment with Bhutan.   Bilateral Relations “As an ambassador my role was to …

Recently I went to photograph the migratory ducks on the sands of the Punatsangchu River with my family. I have seen them year after year and admired them since I know a little about them. It was at this time of the year my class teacher in junior school would …

One of the causes of the ongoing Rupee and Credit crises is the lack of a saving culture in Bhutan. Many Bhutanese citizens instead of saving away excess money used it for imports like cars, luxury items, holidays, etc contributing to the Rupee shortage. Banks are unable to give out …

This fund is also expected to prevent Rupee and Credit crises in the long term In an effort to avoid financial problems like the rupee and credit crises in the future, the government is planning to set up a stabilization fund for Bhutan in the 11th five year plan. A …

While the current economic situation hasn’t shown any signs of abating, it could give birth to a much more severe financial predicament. With all the banking institutions closing their accounts for the year, banks are finding increased numbers of non-performing and defaulting loans. Commercial banks have already alerted their customers …

In a process where even blame got lost, a man and his family remain without a country even though they spent half a lifetime in the very country they live in Such a thing is citizenship, people may spend a life time in a country but they will be proven …