Despite ongoing works to light up the Gelephu international gateway, the country’s second internet gateway which was supposed to be lit last year has still not been operationalised. Bhutan Telecom Limited (BTL) confirmed that the prolonged rental negotiations with Bharti Airtel in India were finalized by the end of last …

Changes are coming – in big and small ways.   The fact that Bhutanese contractors did not have a share in the hydropower pie was an issue much wrangled about by Bhutanese entrepreneurs who aimed to make it big in the area. But the government had closed the doors of …

It has been more than two months since the revered Nyingma master Dungse Thrinly Norbu Rinpoche passed away and since  then his presence is missed around the globe by thousands of devotees. Now, the question doing the rounds is, who will take his place? In the Buddhist context, a lineage …

“If Sangay Khandu is looking for greener pastures, it is his choice,” top DPT activist on Sangay Khandu’s plans to form new party   When this former Samtse chimi took a Bangkok flight after the 2008 elections to finish his graduation, it did not surprise anyone. Sangay Khandu, the DPT’s …

Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC)’s  plans to set up a hydropower construction company by October 2010 did not see the light of day but now there is good news for Bhutanese contractors who felt that they were denied a fair share of the hydropower pie. Around 35 contractors jointly decided …

As a child, I remember I was incredibly fascinated by baking. It amazed me how a person could just whip up some eggs, milk, flour, sugar,butter and create something so gorgeous. It was make believe; it was stuffs of fairy tales. Mind you, this is Bhutan we are talking about. …

The blood bank in Thimphu Hospital requires 6,300 units of blood to meet emergencies but it has collected only 50 units so far this year. Last year, the blood bank collected 3,804 units of which 78 percent came from voluntary donors including mobile camps and walk-ins. Patients’ family members donated …

Most university graduates are not happy with the screening exams conducted by the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) because they feel it is a burden for them to sit for the preliminary exams (PE) before sitting for the Bhutan Civil Service Exams (BCSE). “For the PE, we have to study …

Last December, the Maldivian government ordered the city counsel of Addu to dismantle the monument presented as a gift from Bhutan by the prime minister, Lyonchen Jigmi Y Thinley. The monument, unveiled by the prime minister there last November, was a wooden carving on which the mythical four friends (Thuen …

While the political scenario in the country is upbeat with the next general elections just a year away, parties are not the only ones gleaning lessons from the past.  Learning from Experience Program( LEP),  initiated by the Election Commission of Bhutan ( ECB)  and headed by the Chief  Election Commissioner …