The Opposition Leader (OL) has responded to the PM’s statement in the recent Meet the Press where he proclaimed the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as a party disqualified for 2013. Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley during the recent Meet the Press session said that the opposition party (PDP), should be disqualified …

Samdrup Jongkhar will put-into-action a comprehensive urban developmental plan to end a most bitter phase of chronic water problems, housing problems, sewerage problems and other municipality facilities-related issues. Urban Specialist under Ministry of Work and Human Settlement (MoWHS) Meghraj Adhikari said that these issues would be reviewed through proper analysis …

The enumeration phase has finally kicked off from Paro on July 25 after exhaustive preparations to conduct nationwide forest inventory in Bhutan, by the Forest Resource Management Division (FRMD) of Forests and Park services department. Through systematic collection of the data and forest information for assessment and analysis, the National …

Around 20 University graduates will go to Thailand Vocational Training Institutes (VTI) as English teachers under a labor ministry initiative. Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi said it was a win-win initiation which was planned from 2008. However it could not take off due to the clashes between Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC), …

The two recent issues of Bhutan Post’s controversial procurement process of city buses worth Nu 44 mn and the defunct domestic airports bring to light again the inherent flaws in our procurement system. While the former is an alleged case of not following procurement rules to favor one party the …

Pangkhar Previews Shortage of Medicines People of the community fear if Goshing community and Dikala Project workers continue to visit Pangkhar’s Basic Health Unit (BHU), pretty soon, it will run short of supply. Gewog Gup Rinchen Lungten said there would be shortage of medicine in future as government supply is …

There are around 4,000 Bhutanese students studying in India with most of them studying in Indian Colleges found for them by Educational consultancies. However, based on the growing number of complaints in the last few years many students going to these colleges get anything but quality education or even quality …

People in Wangduephodrang won’t have to travel all the way to the Capital anymore, to appeal for land kidu. On Thursday His Majesty the king granted land kidu to individuals for 8211 land cases amounting to 1989 acres. It included 5,077 cases of excess land which accounted to 782.5 acres …

The Nu 44.6mn city bus tendering process was alleged unfair by the Samden vehicles last week. The issue when raised at the recent Meet the Press was dismissed as “too petty an issue to be raised at this level” by the Prime Minister. The PM said ministers do not deal …

“As I travelled to Wangdiphodrang today, I felt deeply saddened as I saw the ruins of Wangdi dzong. We lost a great treasure. I have prayed often, since the fire, in the Kundun of the Machhen, that we may be able to restore the dzong to its old glory and …