The Prime Minister at the Thursday Meet the Press dubbed the OL ‘very irresponsible and unpatriotic’ and definitely not speaking the words of a ‘loyal citizen’. He said a small nation’s sovereignty and independence could never be taken for granted. And establishment of new ties with countries would only strengthen …
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Letters to the Editor
Response to 14, 281 cases of violation and 80 deaths in nine months The attitude of passang dorji is bad, how can he say he will fix people. His job sounds more of a punishment rather than correction. His thoughts are negative rather than positive. GIVE NO HAPINESS GET NO …
Read More »14, 281 cases of violation and 80 deaths in nine months
And those are not the death toll accounts from a natural catastrophe or that from a massive crime scene. It would actually come as a bit of a revelation that an everyday thing such as commuters, highways and pedestrians could amount to such nauseous concoction of unending paper works and …
Read More »Bhutan drops to 111th position in Economic Freedom Index
The index is jointly compiled by the Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal The government in Bhutan may not yet have acknowledged the severity of the economic crisis facing the domestic economy but a slew of international economic rankings show that all is not well with Bhutan’s economy. Just short …
Read More »National Butterfly not strictly national but survival is now on the cards
The sightings of the supposedly Bhutan-reserved Ludlow’s Bhutan Glory in India could mean that the national Butterfly is not endemic to the country. For the species however it is good news as it ups the chances for survival. Recently on 3 November, sightings of the Ludlow’s Bhutan Glory were reported …
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Response to “are guns really a must?” Not only the gun license need to be renewed, the license holder must also visit the mental stability check up. Within a span of two years anything can happen to those crazy gun owner and might pose great threat to the society as …
Read More »Failure of Govt’s Green Economy
As one looks back at the four years of the government one of the biggest failures has been the Green Economy policies symbolized in the Economic Development Policy 2010 and the Foreign Direct Investment Policy 2010. Gross National Happiness as a core developmental philosophy is supported by the majority in …
Read More »A historian and author is DCT’s compass for 2013
A prominent Bhutanese author with 23 publications to his name, Dr. Chenkyo T. Dorji popularly known as C.T Dorji is the latest name to feature from the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) camps. The noted historian-author will contest from the North Paro constituency. And if what Meghraj Tamang the general secretary …
Read More »Dangribu gets a Tshogpa after a year of no Tshogpa
The people of Nichula village under Dagana Dzongkhag elected 34 year old Ran Bdr. Batterai of Dangribu as their village Tshogpa. Three candidates were nominated from the village for the post of Tshogpa and Ran. Bdr an experienced Tshogpa won from Kumar Karki and Ganesh Powdyel. The elected Tshogpa secured …
Read More »From Gewogs and Dzongkhags
Survey free of disputes but harvest looks to be delayed A land survey is currently underway for the 331 households in the gewog and till date there have been no disputes between land owners. Gewog Gup Kinzang Jurmey said till now the cadastral survey didn’t face much issue over land …
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