A lot of the attention of the recent leadership assessment has gone on the senior executives being managed out, but the actual Civil Service reforms are much deeper and wider. As His Majesty said in the past, the success or failure of Bhutan as a nation rests primarily on the …

With the recent transition into Living with the virus and preparation of Covid dedicated hospitals, it is clear that our country has decided to survive along with the disease. Bhutan has not yet faced a worse-case scenario situation because of the divine leadership and intervention by His Majesty and the …

TOKYO – Across Europe, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spurred a rethink of virtually all dimensions of security, from defense to energy. The war’s likely impact on security in East Asia, especially in Taiwan and Japan, has received far less attention. But the coming transformation may turn out to be …

When Omicron was found in South Africa in late November 2021 there was first a lot of panic over its higher transmissibility and mutations. However, within a few weeks there was global relief as clinicians in South Africa said it as ‘milder’ than the previous Delta wave in terms of …

LONDON – Russia has claimed, without evidence, that the United States is operating biowarfare laboratories in Ukraine. The US has dismissed the allegations as “preposterous,” and – along with NATO leaders – warned that the Kremlin might be seeking to manufacture a pretext for using chemical or biological weapons in its flailing military …

Right now, Bhutan is like a high diver perched at the highest dive board above the swimming pool nervously looking down. If we dive at the right time and with proper preparation, calculation, balance and technique then we will have dived successfully into phase two of our fight against COVID-19. …

NEW DELHI – It is difficult to see any winners in the ongoing war caused by Russia’s irrational and devastating invasion of Ukraine. But the losers extend far beyond the people of Ukraine, who are being attacked, and the people of Russia, who did not choose this war but now must …

The Punatsangchu I project was the main focus on 17 April 2013 which showed that decision to relocate the dam site by the cabinet based in the advice of PHPA and an okay from Indian Consultants pushed up the project costs. The project later found a right bank weakness which …

To bring the changes in the lives of children in special education, para-professionals are required, says a physiotherapist and also an occupational therapist. A SEN coordinator of the Tendruk Central School in Samtse, Tara Devi said children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) with various fine motors and gross motors needs a paraprofessional …