EDITORIAL

The Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services Limited (RBHSL) through its many services has become indispensable for the nation. So it comes as a matter of great surprise that the four Bhutanese trainee pilots there are very unhappy with the way they are being treated by the two foreign expat pilots, including …

If one does an analysis of the salary structure in JDWNRH one will find that foreign doctors are paid way higher than local doctors. The same trend will show in the aviation sector or other high skilled sectors. This is not to begrudge these foreign professionals their pay as we …

The Phajo Nidup case running into now around Nu 800 mn NPL is no longer about just bad loans and double and triple mortgages, but also about bribery at a large scale running across several government agencies. The bribery questions the sanctity of the Thrams in the NLC and Thromdes, …

We must always look forward and improve our standards to progress, but it is also important to sometimes look back and be grateful to not lose touch with our roots and to even learn lessons from the past. On the 115th National Day it is a time to look back …

One of the depressing things about reading the annual RAA report is not just the findings, but how the findings seem to repeat over the years and quite frequently the agencies and at times even the characters. There is almost a Déjà vu feeling about the whole thing and you …

In 2008 soon after MPs were elected to their posts they started getting calls from constituents requesting for voucher recharges and many complied. It was from then that our political thinking and culture took a very wrong turn with people expecting soelra and gifts from politicians for their votes. The …

One key aspect of the recent Royal Address in the Parliament was that despite a lot of budget and time spent in the past to address various issues facing the nation, the outcome was not satisfactory. The address in essence brought out the repeated failures of the governance system and …

The Property Tax Bill is a long due up gradation of the land and property taxes stuck since 1992. However, what does not make sense in this bill is the provision to transfer the local land and property taxes collected so far in local government CD accounts into the central …

In the last year of any elected government, they normally stay a mile away from any controversial decisions or legislations that would impact its political prospects. The most controversial of these are tax legislations that increases taxes. However, almost counterintuitively this government has already introduced two major tax legislations that …

The transformation reforms from its inception has generated much speculation, but His Majesty’s detailed Royal Address to the Parliament not only clarified all confusions but also showed that the reforms are keeping the people at its very center. His Majesty’s impactful words that the people cannot serve the RCSC, RMA, …