His Majesty The King visited Sarpang Town, where 81 shops and huts were damaged in a fire on Sunday, and met with the people. His Majesty also granted a separate Audience to the heads of the affected families. His Majesty commended the government, armed forces, BIFA and Desuups for wholeheartedly …

With the ongoing Losar celebrations and also the 35th birth anniversary of His Majesty the King, the nation and also the government will be in a celebratory mood. However, this new year should serve as an important reminder to the government that it is close to completing two years of …

I was deeply disappointed to read the story in your last issue on MPs importing vehicles without quotas and then getting special treatment from DRC and RSTA. I agree with this newspaper’s findings and assessments on the issue but I would like to go one step further. My conclusion is …

I think if a poll on the world’s biggest hypocrites are taken then we Bhutanese would feature somewhere at the top. I say this because of our senseless policy of meat bans during the so called ‘holy months’ and our general attitude to meat. In fact one ban is right …

While doing the main story on MPs and vehicle quotas, one MP, on the condition of anonymity, told the writer that no public interest would be served and it would only cause a ‘sensation’ and sell more papers. The statement in itself shows the large gap and disconnect between many …

While the civil servants have to patiently wait for their quotas before buying vehicles, some Members of Parliament (MPs) have already gone ahead and imported their Toyota Prados on quota, even without the Ministry of Finance (MoF) issuing vehicle quotas for MPs as yet. The MoF has not issued vehicle …

The first ever nationwide and comprehensive report on suicides in Bhutan is an eye opener in many ways. Apart from demolishing some popular notions about suicide, it also gives us more data and information than ever before. This is an important first step to tackling a rising social and health …

Sir, I would like to express my strong dissatisfaction on the poor quality of services being provided by Bhutan Telecom (BT). I was earlier using a 2 G data card and had to end up paying a lot of money to compulsorily move to 3 G services like all other …

361 suicide cases from 2009- 2013 Dzongkhag Number of completed cases Number of attempted cases Bumthang 5 0 Chukha 39 1 Dagana 15 1 Gasa 0 0 Haa 1 1 Lhuntse 6 0 Mongar 22 0 Paro 15 2 Pemagatshel 13 0 Punakha 13 1 Samdrup Jongkhar 13 0 Samtse …

I t is good to know that the government is actively pursuing the development of four Industrial Estates after having mobilized some funds. With the lessons learnt from the recent economic crisis, we have to diversify our economic basket and one of the most important items in the basket is …