Phuentsholing town will soon have a satellite clinic, which will run more or less like a hospital. The satellite clinic is expected to ease the congestion in Phuenstholing general hospital as a huge number of people come in for check up and other medical needs. Phuentsholing Thromde has identified the …

In 1999, the then Council of Ministers came up with a document ‘Bhutan 2020: A vision for Peace, Prosperity and Happiness’. The vision document set broad targets in a range of social and economic areas. Today, the report card on the Bhutan 2020 is a mixed bag. While a lot …

The economy does not look good with growth hitting 3.03 percent in 2018 and credit slowing down significantly coupled with high Non Performing Loans. The strains are showing with many private associations and companies approaching the government for help. Some would say this is the typical boom and bust cycle …

MUMBAI – I write this not as a professional economist, nor as a policymaker, but as a citizen of a tiny planet that is spinning through a vast universe that we barely understand. I write this “As the clever hopes expire / Of a low dishonest decade,” and as “Waves …

Whenever one looks at the history of any nation one will always notice some pivotal periods in its history that have played a major role in shaping it be what it is today. Bhutan has similarly arrived at a juncture in our history where have taken a call under the …

NEW DELHI – At a time when India’s major national priority ought to be creating economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has instead plunged the country into a new political crisis of its own making. With its penchant for shock-and-awe tactics, the government pushed through parliament a controversial Citizenship …

Bhutan telecom launched the Business Community Management System for Disaster control on 12th December, 2019 graced by the Minster of Information and Communication Karma Donen Wangdi, representatives from JICA, Official Development Assistance (ODA), delegates from Japan, Bhutan Telecom Staff, Business Continuity Plan (BCP) members and the media. The project began …

Thimphu Thromde , with funding from the World Bank, initiated a project worth Nu 400 mn to to augment the existing water supply system for Thimphu . The project includes construction of water intake, transmission main line from Dodena to Taba with further trunk line and construction of 10 MLD …

Many countries around the world celebrate ‘Independence Day,’ but Bhutan is one of the very few that has the fortune of not having to celebrate one. Instead, we have our National Day where we as one country and one people celebrate our sovereignty and remember our leaders who kept us …

CAMBRIDGE – In little more than a generation, the Internet has become a vital substrate for economic, social, and political interactions, and it has unlocked enormous gains. Along with greater interdependence, however, come vulnerability and conflict. Attacks by states and non-state actors have increased, threatening the stability of cyberspace. In …