The dzongkhag and gewog extension agents in Paro have conducted a preliminary survey required for damage assessment caused by the recent tropical cyclone Phailin on paddy harvest in Paro. The preliminary report found that approximately 65% of paddy production has been affected in nine gewogs except Naja. The preliminary report …

United Nations (UN) Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Women representative, Rebecca Reichmann Tavares met local journalists yesterday at Taj Tashi, Thimphu. UN Women is a part of the UN family in Bhutan working on the four key areas of gender responsive governance, women political participation, …

Within a span of a week’s time, two cases of people being mauled by a bear in the same dzongkhag were reported to the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP). On October 17, Sangay, a 51-year-old man was mauled by a bear, the second incident reported to Paro police following a similar …

Cho Duba earns a maximum of Nu 54,000 per month on the streets Cho Duba, a street hawker is one of the many men who sell rice porridge in the capital city to sustain his family. It’s an everyday routine for him to get to business by late evening around …

Shortened from 29th Distinguished Speaker Lecture at Hiram College, Ohio, US I would like to discuss the linkages between three greatest debts of mankind: ecological debt,  financial debt, and karmic debt underlying the three cracked pillars of sustainability that holds up our world. In doing so, we have to grapple …

FY 2013-14, economy is projected to grow at 7.1%, which will be driven mainly by industry and service sector The Finance Ministry’s (MoF) National Budget Report for the Financial Year (FY) 2013-2014 states macro-economic outlook in the medium term is based on the macro-fiscal projections of the Macroeconomics Framework Coordination …

A shorter version of the ‘Move for Health Walk 2002’ led by ex-Health Minister Sangay Ngedup With the aim to promote healthy life styles and to raise fund for the Bhutan Health Trust Fund (BHTF), ‘Move for Health Walk 2013’ led by Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Minister of Health Tandin …

The base of Bhutan’s prominent mountain, Jhomolhari will be jam packed with visitors and the people from the local communities on October 23 to celebrate the first ever mountain festival in the country. Dedicated to the pristine snow-capped mountain Jhomolhari, 28 households from Thimphu and 18 households from Soe are …

At the present economic situation it is indeed wrong to increase the pay and allowances for civil servants and local government leaders. For many years I have been working in the accounts section with lots of strains and I have come to know that human desires can never fulfilled. Though …

News that the government recently borrowed around Nu. 3bn from the banks through Treasury Bills and directly through the Royal Monetary Authority to finance budgetary needs attention as it will impact the private sector negatively. This is so because- in a situation where credit is limited due to the limited …