OPINION

Education loan must be remodeled to suite the nations demand. Right now the National Pension & Provident Fund is providing Education Loan based on stringent norms and is totally targeted towards facilitation of income base thereby resulting in sharing bonus out of PF member’s fund for the operational staff only. …

Following the Art Scene in Bhutan By Aine Carey The Art of History The History of Bhutan Karma Phuntsho’s History of Bhutan seems incredibly foreboding at first glance, much like the history of the country and region it tackles. The author writes; “setting about to write the first complete history of …

Following the Art Scene in Bhutan by Aine Carey NAZHONEN EXPRESS They say that when you travel you experience new things that ultimately help you to find yourself, which is the goal of the artist and the mystic. There is a series on BBS – 2 called NAZHO¬NEN EXPRESS that …

Launched on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King’s birthday on February 21, 2012 The Bhutanese has completed two years as a national newspaper. The paper was the first in Bhutan to publish its Editorial Policy and the names of the owners. The vision and mission of the paper …

The Art of the Venue Mojo Park A “venue” is defined as “the place where something hap-pens”. A happening is a performance, event or situation meant to be considered art, usually as performance art. Hap¬penings occur anywhere and are often multi-disciplinary, with a non-linear narrative and the active participation of …

Drupka Kinley I have been greatly inspired by the life and wisdom of Drupka Kinley. I attended Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche two days teaching in Thimphu about the songs and poems of Drupka Kinley entitled “Outrageousness and Elegance”. It was a profound teaching by Rinpoche in his usual skillful way. For …

FOLLOWING THE ART SCENE IN BHUTAN “Vara – A Blessing” A Film by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinoche This past weekend I had the honor of watching the première of Khyentse Rinpoche’s Film – Vara and it was indeed “ a blessing” on so many levels. I believe the first blessing that I received from …

As a citizen of a young democracy I am very concerned to hear that most private media houses are contemplating to close down soon. Initially given Bhutan’s underdeveloped stage in from the 1960’s to 1990’s our government needed the media to perform basic developmental activities like informing the public of …

Depending on the marginal propensity to import, Nu 2.9 may finally result in substantial INR equivalent requirement as a creditor converts her Nu holding into INR for import purposes. For example, if marginal propensity to import is 0.63, as my rough estimation show, an increase in gross national disposable income …

Off late most media houses have been speculating on the resignation of the former Prime Minister ex-Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley who is also the DPT President. The media speculation has come about because of the Speaker’s office raising various legal and other doubts ranging from interpretation of the National Assembly …