OPINION

Irrespective of the earlier name-callings and judgmental exchanges, seven DNT candidates including its President and Vice-President joined PDP All this talk of morality of a party (Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa) that will let candidates hop to an inviting party, in contrast to that of one party, who will most definitely not …

This is with reference to the letter from Mr. S Dorji, Changangkha titled ‘Tariff Hike to Hit Ordinary Consumers Hard’ regarding power tariffs wherein he states that, “The stand taken by the owner of BPC on this issue, the Druk Holding and Investments (DHI), has also been extremely disappointing.” Though …

An everyday Bhutanese is for the most part simple, and does not require codified language or tact to be demystified or clearly understood. That’s generally speaking, about a person’s daily routines, his or her likings and to a certain extent whether the person is a true Manchester fan or a …

Unemployment, particularly the youth unemployment, continues to stubbornly top the national “worry” chart, and has become a perennial thorn in the side of the government. Unfortunately, the government has yet to crack the youth unemployment nut in a meaningful way. The government says that unemployment has dropped from 4% in …

The outcomes of the recently concluded National Council (NC) elections have been a fairly sound and comforting bases for the second round ‘successfully-conducted’ by the Election Commission (ECB). It has in the process ensured general thoroughfare for the young Bhutanese Democracy, in terms of its growth and health. Still, and …

For any discerning user of the Expressway these days in Thimphu one is usually greeted by the sight of school children practicing marathon along the road. What is more dangerous is that most of the practice happens in the evenings when the lighting is not good and it is not …

Sir, This has reference to your news article ‘RCSC says committee members stand to be terminated”, published on 13 March 2013. It is regarding the involvement of civil servants as committee members in the ongoing Gyelpozhing land allotment case. The nation knows that people involved in the Gyelpozhingzhing case are …

I am writing about every corner of Bajothang because I love this place and I am living the best part of my life here. The loop hole I am going to write about is not that of 3G network which is not working yet- I know it just a rough …

In his inaugural address, the speaker  announced that the Parliamentary Entitlement Act would be introduced for amendment during this session. Now here, we run into trouble, both by law and by principle. Section 30 of the Parliamentary Entitlement Act states that, “A member of Parliament upon retirement on completion of his term …

I watched with interest the news coverage of the BBS on the blocking of the Bhutannomics website. Though the topic was interesting I felt the news coverage was biased in favor of the government. Both the tone and the content of the news coverage were aimed at declaring that Bhutannomics …