For many Bhutanese Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) is something that cannot happen to them, but only to someone else until they get a NCD like diabetes, blood pressure, gout etc. In our current society a sense of complacency and invincibility where people think they have time or that their body can …

By Aasim M. Husain KARACHI – Pakistan’s long history of fiscal mismanagement has saddled the country with a crushing debt burden. Interest payments on the public debt consume a staggering 60% of government revenue. And external-debt repayments coming due over the next five years amount to nearly $70 billion, dwarfing …

Ever since the inception of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) project, one of the main questions of the people from the remaining 19 Dzongkhags has been on how it will or will not impact them. The Diamond Strategy announced by His Majesty during the 117th National Day now makes it …

There is no doubt that the nation is facing a series of challenges from the post pandemic economic downturn to the migration of many youths abroad. It is easy to be cynical and give into hopelessness, but this is not helpful and not what the people and nation need. While …

The case of water and electricity being cut to a building in Damphu for Sunday religious gathering in the Karaoke Hall has attracted much interest. The Dzongda seems to have been driven by a fear of the particular religion allegedly spreading rapidly in Tsirang Dzongkhag, and from the comments online …

By Mark LaPrairie In the late 1980s, one of my students at a school in eastern Bhutan, a grade 7 boy, was teasingly called “Pho-ley Mo-ley” by other students. He had a feminine walk, soft voice and made facial and hand gestures like a girl. Today, he would likely identify …

No Member of Parliament or party candidate will say it, but one of the main reasons why the National Assembly MPs made such a strong push for the Prado Quota is in part to recover their election expenses. The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) does provide Nu 150,000 per candidate …