EDITORIAL

The 2013 elections saw a pledge that attracted the attention,and one would also say, the votes of many women. The pledge was to do with the current ruling’s party’s promise of a nine month flexi-time in addition to the three month maternal leave. It has been some time in the …

The soundest national advice in the last few years has not come from expensive consultants or jet setting international economists, but from His Majesty the King in important fields from the economy to youth issues and beyond. Delivered in a subtle manner and gentle tone on rare national occasions, the …

With less than a year left in her term before the 2016 May state assembly polls, the West Bengal Chief Minister dropped in for an impromptu five day visit to Bhutan. Given that not even a single major agreement was signed during the visit some critics in Kolkata called it …

The Bhutan Chamber for Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has traditionally been seen as a preserve of the mainly big business houses representing and lobbying for their interests. So the question to ask is why the private sector should be concerned about the resignation of the BCCI President. The first reason …

This newspaper, ran a story around two weeks ago on three children who were begging for food as their family was going through very difficult circumstances. The paper brought out the story to highlight the growing phenomena of urban beggars in Bhutan. We expected some reaction and then the interest …

When was the last time, while browsing through your Facebook newsfeed that you came across some shocking news, which you later found out was false news? This could be about the death of an international celebrity or one asking you to click and contribute to something. The news often comes …

An important precedent was set earlier this week when the Prime Minister called the contractors executing the Nu 8 bn East-West Highway from Thimphu to Trashigang and asked them to do a good quality job. The precedent was not so much in the meeting but in the PM warning of …

I n 2010 more than the umbrella Economic Development Policy business houses showed interest in the Fiscal Incentives or tax exemptions that accompanied it. This was rightly so as this was where the main meat and intent of the document lay. However, four years later it is disappointing to find …

For all our claims of happiness and ambitious goals it is clear that Bhutan is struggling to even get its basics right. In every society the basic ability to provide food on the table is followed by the ability to have the means to cook it. However, the government, helped …

This paper, in this issue, has covered four different types of stories which reveal a lot about the quality of infrastructure, equipment, food and services in Bhutan. In terms of infrastructure we saw overnight swimming pools forming on roads in Thimphu and across Bhutan with the advent of the monsoon …