EDITORIAL

The case of Sonam Tamang, a Learn and Earn Program (LEP) student who fell into coma with massive brain damage after getting TB and Meningitis in Japan, has elicited much sympathy. It is perhaps time to ask why Sonam is in the state she is in today and who failed …

Generally speaking, the DNT government has been given credit for being smart in the way it approached a host of issues -including the recent the pay hike. However, trust a smart person or in this case -the government to make some basic but fundamental errors. The government may not have …

A major consequence of austerity measures by successive governments is a continuing decimation of the private media as advertisement budgets get cut, and so the crisis is a creation of the government, unintended as it may be. This decimation flies in the face of the responsibility of any government to …

From the campaign pledges and its recent pay hike, the government has made it clear that its main focus is in the social sectors of education and health. Both, in fact, are correlated -as the first important step to good education is a healthy child with a healthy brain. With …

Going by reports from across the country, there is increased morale among teachers after the recent pay hike. It is not only about the money, but also the realization of the respect and importance being given to their profession and the education sector. For teachers, the hike also comes with …

For a long while, teachers and doctors have been talked up by politicians across political parties, but there was not as much to show when it came time to walk the talk. The DNT government must be commended for coming up with a visionary and long-term pay hike recommendation when …

The proposal to reduce the age of consent from 18 to 16 has led to a polarized debate. One side argues that this will lead to the sexual exploitation of young girls by much older men and predators, and the other side says the law in its current form has …

This whole issue around boulders best signifies how lack of good regulatory mechanisms and the absence of a long-term policy is bad for both transparency and the private sector. Export of boulders and stones to Bangladesh has become big business in the last few years. The logic being that it …

Sexual harassment is a serious issue and it must be treated as so. The recent case in CLCS where a large number of students came forward with complaints and the compulsory retirement of nine lecturers and one support staff shows the extent of the problem. The CLCS case may have …

An observer may wonder about what is common about a people of the great plains of India and and the high valleys and hills of Bhutan, nestled in the Himalayas. We are different not only in our geography but also our language, history, culture, religion, food, way of life and …