The dire need of the hour is a bridge In addition to the lack of a motorable road the gewogs of Lawa, Langa, Kashiphako and Rukha under Athang are also in need of a bridge which would make their living a lot better. Athang Gup Khandu Dorji, said to construct …

Response to ‘Denchi land compensation scam’ P’AVA rates have been used to exploit the people of Bhutan. So it is painful that when it suits the PM and his government they can reward some people with excellent rates of compensation. The people of Changjiji were robbed off their land for …

The Denchi case in Pemagatshel Dzongkhag brings to the fore again, serious issues of respect for rule of law and conflict of interest over land involving our elected leaders. The issue at hand is the cabinet bending national laws on to offer a higher rate of land compensation than is …

Response to “PM and Ministers eligibility for 2013 in doubt due to Gyelpozhing and ECB rules”   Well, it is very sad yet the truth is open now. I personally met a family whose land got taken in the pretext of a government project. It was 5 acres of land …

Bardo still in Bardo One of Bhutan’s most remote and backward gewog, Bardo is still the poetic imagery of its namesake which translates to ‘the intermediate state between life and rebirth’. The gewog even now doesn’t have road connectivity or electricity. Nevertheless, 9 schemes of Rural Water Supply Scheme (RWSS) …

Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley met with Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs, Didier Reynders, at the Gyalyong Tshokhang on August 6, 2012. Deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders arrived in the country yesterday on a four-day visit. Lyonchhen said the Belgium …

Response to ‘NLC says Chang Ugyen is in the wrong and asks replacement for grabbed land’ If he has taken land from Thimphu then it’s a prima facie case that land must be replaced from Thimphu and not from other Dzongkhags like Chukha, Paro or Punakha. Why is NLC having …

During the height of the Wall Street Crisis American banks were hit by non performing housing loans and did not have money to lend out. At the time the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made an important statement while asking the US Congress for a USD 700 bn bailout package. …

NCDs account for huge loss of lives and huge expenditure About 250mn people in the South East Asia Region (SEAR) are Smokeless Tobacco (ST) users, this statistical data was presented at the ‘Regional Tobacco Control Program Managers Meeting,’ in Thimphu last July. Among women, ST use is more prevalent than …

Wild boar rescued by forest officials Human Wildlife Conflict is a common problem in Bumthang dzongkhag and the most visible pests are the wild pigs and the Himalayan black bear. A farmer from Jalikhar village which falls within municipal boundary visited the forest office to request permit for poles. On …