EDITORIAL

The world including neighboring India are witnessing a rising second wave of COVID-19 infections. This second wave is led by new strains and mutations of the virus that are spreading faster and stronger. If there is one thing that the pandemic has shown, it is that societies that have trust …

A good reason that many of us are hale and hearty today and are not afflicted by anything from polio to small pox is due to the many successful vaccination programs. If one looks at the infant mortality rate of children in Bhutan before vaccinations and modern medicine, it was …

In 2011, based on investigative reports by the Editor of this paper a special RAA report said that in 2007 the actual legal Bhutan Lottery turnover in India was Nu 263.6 bn but Bhutan was only getting a fractional Nu 210 mn of this. Bhutan being taken for such a …

In 2008 the then PHPA MD convinced the cabinet to shift the P-1 dam location to the current site which in all eventuality will now have to be abandoned with billions in losses. Nobody thought to ask if adequate studies had been done on the new site. Bhutanese hydro officials …

Last year when the nation was celebrating the 40th birth anniversary of His Majesty The King there was little inkling of the tumultuous year ahead. However, COVID-19 made its first appearance in March 2020 with the first COVID-19 case and since then His Majesty has led Bhutan’s fight against the …

If there is one thing that marks out His Majesty The King, it is the vision and ability to bring about great and far reaching reforms all the way back from 2006. These include poverty alleviation through land reform, land kidu and resettlement; better corporate governance and performance through DHI; …

As the nation comes out of the second national lockdown and more than 300 cases of local COVID-19 transmission, mainly in Thimphu and Paro, the words of His Majesty, as relayed by the Prime Minister, should ring clear and loud. His Majesty advised the government to be cautious, alert and …

The combination of the government’s incredulous ‘Dana’ month excuse, and out of context online information on the side effects of the vaccine has given rise to a wave of overnight vaccine doubters. There are an increasing tribe of people, both online and in real life, declaring they will not take …

At a time when the need of the hour is national and societal unity in the fight against COVID-19, the last thing the people want to see is two National Newspapers having a go at each other. However, what is also equally true is that the most important asset for …

With a large outbreak in Thimphu and Paro it is increasingly becoming clearer by the day that coordination issues and complacency on the ground contributed to the virus spreading in the two Dzongkhags. These twin qualities have long vexed the Bhutanese bureaucracy and system, and this time it reared its …