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Of late the express way which connects urban Thimphu to its outskirts, has proved to be a gross misnomer of itself, and for the commuters cruising along its surface the drive is everything but a pleasant driving experience. The root of all tainted records for the 6.2 km stretch of …

Media houses’ priority number one is sustainability, nevertheless BMF, JAB and DoIM will work toward effective human resource development in media Lack of professional and technical capacity in Bhutanese media proved to be the key findings of the media baseline study which was launched during the media stakeholder meeting earlier …

Land officials say this is unconstitutional while MoAF officials say the cabinet introduced the highly controversial changes The Land Bill of Bhutan 2012 even before being introduced in the Parliament has already created much controversy. National Land Commission officers accused the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests and the Cabinet of …

The Prime Minister Lyonchen Jigmi Y. Thinley who addressed the parliament in its inaugural ceremony spoke on various national issues like the Rupee crunch, Youth unemployment. The PM said one of His Majesty’s biggest concern, is youth unemployment and their quality of education, job opportunity. The PM thanked HM for …

Kuenzang Choden / Thimphu The economic affairs minister, Khandu Wangchuk who recently visited the Indian Capital to follow-up on the increase in the Line of Credit announced that the Indian Government has assured the increase from Rs 3bn to 10bn, in a press conference yesterday. “India itself is going through …

This will take the total number of political parties to six for the 2013 elections. One of the main organizers of the party, Sonam Tobgay says that the party is a ‘unique one’.   In the recent months there had been speculation of a political party organized primarily by a …

The Columbia University team researching MoIC’s draft RTI Bill says RTI will benefit Bhutan, incur low cost of implementation and will be easier to have sooner than later   A five member team comprising of students from Columbia University (CU), working under Professor Annya  Schiffrin in New York is now …

There was very little that could trump the ‘Pedestrian’s day’ initiated in an all altruistic fashion with citizens ‘walking’ to their daily destinations of jobs, schools and businesses. The nation’s premier Lyonchen Jigmi Y. Thinley himself was the torchbearer to the whole ‘save the environment’ initiative. The Prime Minister walked …

Party already has 300 members and 12 candidates Druk Chirwang Tshogpa or Druk Democratic Socialist Party will be the fifth political party competing for a spot in the 2013 general elections. The party has claimed that so far it has 300 members and 12 confirmed candidates of 25 potential candidates. One …