One of the main pledges of the DNT was to provide affordable housing, however, major urban places like Thimphu and Phuentsholing are seeing land prices climb to record levels and along with it rents and apartment prices. In response to a question on the issue Lyonchhen said that the government …

If there is one sector of the economy to be concerned about right now, then it is the Hotel sector. This paper has done a series of stories showing the major issues in the sector already. In 2013 the tourism loans, which were mainly hotel loans, was only the fifth …

The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) in Thimphu revealed that the top five common crimes committed are battery, larceny, burglary, auto stripping and drug related offences. The crime rates in Thimphu have been increasing since 2016. The number of cases registered with RBP Thimphu has increased from 1,009 cases in 2016 …

Two major mistruths of the government have been discovered in the past one week and both of them portray the government in poor light. The first was the claim that the government had achieved or partly achieved most of its pledges. However, a closer look by the paper showed that, …

Librarians from across the country attended a four-day workshop at the National Library in the capital last week. The theme of the workshop this year was—‘Giving users the keys to the library’ which was conducted with the objective to empower libraries and librarians across the country to be the agents …

As the government completed 120 days the Prime Minister (Dr) Lotay Tshering shared the status on the ‘25 pledges in 120 days’. The DNT, in its manifesto, had come up with a list of 25 pledges to be fulfilled within the first 120 days. The government divided the status of the …

There are many ways in which we can love and care for our country, society and people. One important way is in fighting for your rights and fighting injustice. Now some may wonder how this is related or if it is even advisable. In fact this is one of the …

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are prerequisites for prosperous societies. To begin a conscious shift towards such a future, we must understand that although gender is merely a social construct for identification, patriarchal systems and practices have made it a major basis of discrimination. And for far too long, men …

Other methods are through tax grants, innovative financing, soft loans and FDI The Nu 310 bn 12th plan has an official shortfall or fiscal deficit of Nu 29 bn. However, given that most of DNT’s main pledges are not in the plan this fiscal deficit is expected to go up …

The DNT’s biggest and main pledge from its long list of pledges is to build a super specialty hospital that can take care of referral patients. The Bhutanese has learnt that the government is in discussions with the Government of India (GoI) seeking up to Nu 10 bn in funding …