Govt reiterates it is in line with the Constitution, will not affect quality of education and is sustainable  Staff Reporter/Thimphu  The government in its 6th Friday meet on 8th February announced the implementation of its much discussed initiative to do away with the class 10 cut off and fund students in …

Some of the worst crimes in history have been committed with the best of intentions. The government, as part of its periodic austerity measures, wants to save costs and so one of the measures is e-procurement bypassing advertising in the media. In the larger scheme of things, the advertisement budget …

BOSTON – The most frustrating part of my job as a public health scientist is the spread of false information – usually online – that overrides years of empirical research. It is difficult enough for doctors to counter medical falsehoods in face-to-face conversations with patients. It becomes even harder to …

Reform will include increasing PIT slab and introducing GST by next year The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is in the midst of drafting a comprehensive tax re-haul and reform measures which are targeted to be implemented by 2020. Lyonchhen said that the government, as part of measures to increase internal …

The trend with every new elected government is to go for an austerity drive at the beginning of its term, until it ends its term with an even more bloated current expenditure. The third democratic government seems set to implement new austerity measures, but unless it learns from what did …

As pledged in the manifesto to raise the minimum daily wage rate to Nu 450 from the existing Nu 125, the Prime Minister (Dr) Lotay Tshering announced recently in the parliament that the newly instituted fourth pay commission is currently working to come up with a decent minimum daily wage …

The unemployment debate in Bhutan, for a long time, has been focused on the number of jobs to be provided, but the debate must now switch to the quality of jobs. The rush to provide youth jobs for the sake of providing jobs or filling up employment numbers will not …

BRUSSELS – As we usher in a new year, the future direction of the European Union has never been more important, both for Europe and for the rest of the world. In these increasingly tumultuous times, the EU can provide the stability and hope that the world so desperately needs. …

Bhutan is at an important juncture as we stand ready to graduate from our least developed country status in 2023 and become a middle income country, albeit at the lower end of the scale. This graduation will mean that we have achieved or are close to achieving our main and …

NEW DELHI – The remote, coral-fringed North Sentinel Island made headlines late last year, after an American Christian missionary’s covert expedition to convert its residents – the world’s last known pre-Neolithic tribal group – ended in his death. The episode has cast a spotlight on the threats faced by the …