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His only condition is that he will not join the DPT An important issue emerging in the upcoming 2013 elections is on what candidates would do if their parties do not make it past the primary round. While there is speculation that some candidates of losing parties are planning to …

With just a month left for their mid-term examinations, students of some classes of Rinchen Higher Secondary School in Thimphu are worried as they do not have textbooks in some subjects yet. The students The Bhutanese talked to said they do not have Dzongkha, English, and  commerce (supplementary) textbooks. The …

Consumers are finding it tougher to find familiar eatables, medicines, lifestyle items etc and are   paying more for the ones they do Current restrictions by the government on imports of consumer goods are affecting shopkeepers and their customers from all walks of life as much as the restrictions on …

Getting rid of the household garbage in the morning may be a familiar ritual to most households and businesses in Thimphu. Though the service is free many residents complain that the trucks come at office hours forcing some to store their garbage for weeks. However, according to officials at the …

The Children’s Parks, Kuensel Phodrang Park, Botanical Garden and so on are what we all have seen, heard and visited in the capital. This time around Santa Barbara Park  is joining the club. Santa Barbara Park was constructed by some 20 students of Rinchen Higher Secondary School in just two …

Company promoters say that the company will help solve the Rupee crunch, accelerate hydro projects and build national capacity in hydro construction Bhutan’s first hydropower construction company to be called the Bhutan Energy and Infrastructure Limited (BEIL) will be registered with the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) within this month. …

The transfer of three Directors in the agriculture ministry leads to questions over the efficacy of RCSC’s transfer rules The recent transfer of three directors in the agriculture ministry to different departments that do not match their expertise has led to some debate on the Royal Civil Service Commission’s transfer …

The Nu 100 mn project of the MoE that bought laptops and desktops for around 3000 teachers comes under fire The Ministry of Education’s (MoE)  ‘Empowering Teachers’ project which was initiated in mid-2009 and ended in April  this year has created loan repayment and miscommunication problems among three agencies – …

Just has food self-sufficiency has become an important national priority with the government working overtime to increase domestic vegetable production, a new report says that Bhutan will experience decreasing yields of rice and maize due to climate change. However, all is not bad as the same report says that potato …

Although a second probe was called into the Orong student deaths, people are worried and confused. This is because in Dec 2012, all the students who were affected had been boys. The theory at the time was that they were supposed to have suffered from nutritional deficiency disorder while the …