One of the biggest criticisms of the Gross National Happiness philosophy is that, it is an elitist philosophy. This view will get more traction as the head of the government, the Prime Minister, is away on a GNH meet in New York, meeting top global leaders and intellectuals when the …

The four political parties on the fray are in for a major contest for capable and charismatic candidates in a backdrop where there is a dearth of such. However, the parties have not lost hope. People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who lost badly in the 2008 elections feel that it needs …

Forest fire rages on with 200 battling it out Yesterday morning, a fire broke out at Mitsina under Bap gewog and spread to Talo gewog. Two hundred people comprising dzongkhag authorities, police, monks and villagers prevented the fire from spreading further though volunteers are still fighting the inferno. “The fire …

Forty-five gewogs have been surveyed for road feasibility under the gewog connectivity (GC) road project 2011 including two remote gewogs – Soe and Naro under Thimphu dzongkhag, and Merak and Sakteng under Trashigang dzongkhag. “The survey has already been completed,” said chief engineer under survey and design division Tshering Wangdi …

On March 28, a four-year old boy was knocked down by a speeding car at the Centennial Farmers’ Market. He sustained serious injuries on his thigh and ankle. This is the third accident case reported till date at the place resulting in one lost life. Several cases like this have …

Of the total 45 cases in the 2003 High Level Committee report on land grabs and excess land in Thimphu around 35 cases involving mainly high profile people were reported as solved as of 2007. The report also looks at how careless government institutions were by not registering their own …

Ministry says that it will release money for unpaid bills but will have to be refunded by ‘memory loss officer’ Chenda Topgay The ministry of finance (MoF) recently released 13mn bhat or Nu 18mn as funds for outstanding medical bills in Bangkok pertaining to the former head of Chancery, Chenda …

With just two parliamentary sessions left before the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) government’s term comes to an end, certain quarters are raising concerns on the Right To Information (RTI) Bill that prime minister Lyonchen Jigmi Y  Thinley had assured would be introduced by his government within its tenure in power. …

  The Bhutanese has in its possession a copy of the High Level Committee report of 2003 which shows 45 cases of excess land being found registered within Thimphu from Chunzom to Pangrizampa. The High Level committee was instituted by the government in 2001 to study cases of excess land …

Earlier, the border towns of India ruled the roost where business was concerned, with Bhutanese shoppers flocking in herds for a wider and cheaper variety of goods. But now, with the rupee crunch, the scenario has reversed with Indians entering Bhutan so that the business community of places like Gelephu …