Considering that Punakha fortress was built in 1637, 1627 can be ruled out. We can also rule out 1747 or any later years for one reason. The biography of Desi Sherab Wangchuck (1797-1765) gives us different administrative divisions of Wangdiphodrang and a different number of households. Those administrative divisions are …

In the year 1987 His Eminence Barstsham Rinpochey Lam Naku told us that the Bhutanese people would first earn their living by selling timber, then next would be water and at last stones. Mining in Bhutan has become a polemic subject although almost every item in the house comes from …

Asia Society announced Kesang Chuki Dorjee, Director, KCD Productions and Lungten Zangmo Wangchuk as part of the Class of 2013-2014 Asia 21 Young Leaders, a prestigious group of the region’s emerging leaders under 40 in fields including government, business, policy, education, and arts. This will be Asia Society’s eighth class …

Steer into any major conversation these days-and the topic will inevitably gear around to the how the new government is doing. There are those who feel that the government, like its predecessor, should be given time to settle while there are also those who feel differently, and are starting to …

Any employee is now eligible for consumer loans from the bank without fulfilling the earlier requirement of three years in service   Incorporating feedback from clients, the nation’s oldest and largest bank, Bank of Bhutan Limited (BOBL) has come up with a much softer eligibility criterion for those applying for …

To cherish the game of archery, the national game of the country and enjoying leisure hours at the same time, Bhutanese enthusiasts of the sport living in the USA make it a point to organize or participate in tournaments, especially over weekends. This time around, eight teams comprised of Bhutanese …

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 …

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 …

At a day’s walking distance from Khoma village are the idyllic sub-tropical villages of Khomakang and Denchung, lying close to the Khomachu (river). Khomakhang has eight houses and Denchung has six houses. The two villages are about half an hour apart. An hour or so short of reaching Khomakang is …