EDITORIAL

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has been engaged in one of the highest forms of national service for the past few months in the border town of Phuentsholing. ACC has managed to crack a gang of prominent businessmen in Phuentsholing who in collusion with corrupt government officials engaged in a …

18 Indian soldiers of the Dogra Regiment were killed on 4th June 2015 in an ambush attack by NSCN (K), which is one of the two major Naga militant groups in India’s North-Eastern region. They also maintain a presence along the Indo-Myanmar border since Naga tribes are also found in …

Back in 2008, when 10,000 MW by 2020 was announced it was seen as a huge economic step, that once completed, would make Bhutan self sufficient for all times to come. Even today, there can be no doubt that the strongest sector for earning huge government revenues is hydropower, and …

The government’s expansive and detailed draft Public Private Partnership (PPP) policy is unique in that it offers a lot of opportunities for the private sector. However, the first priority of the policy, and rightly so is to provide better social infrastructure and services to the public in the face of …

After all the debates and discussion it now emerges that the government is not going to go in for a slaughterhouse. Though the government claims that there never was a plan for one, it should clearly clarify on whether this is a change in stance or there was some confusion …

Every government has some idiosyncrasy or the other. The previous government had a few of them from Pedestrian day to telling the world about happiness. There is no doubt that there were deep convictions and noble intentions behind them but the Bhutanese public either did not buy it or feel …

The spectacular failure of the Natural Resources Development and Corporation Limited’s (NRDCL) foray into the stone quarry business from 2011 onwards throws up many important lessons and issues. The first major lesson is that even well intentioned political interference in the running of a commercial company can lead to major …

For quite some time now there has been hue and cry over the growing rural-urban migration figures in the country. Everything has been blamed from the decline of agriculture, to the breakdown of traditional village communities to even universal education. It has been assumed that it is the duty of …

There have been two things that the government has been doing enthusiastically for quite some time, and both of them are bad for the private sector. One, is that it is starting to get into an array of activities meant for the private sector, and the other is that it …

The mining sector’s image has taken a severe beating over the past few years on everything from violating mining rules to environmental norms. This has been made worse by the mole-hill of revenue it generates for the govern¬ment compared to its mountains of ongoing problems. With report after report exposing …