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Although our roads are now much better I see the need for authorities to look into few problems which I find are quite serious given the fact that they could cause accidents and loss of life. Firstly, the many small potholes along the road, especially on the highways, are very dangerous to vehicles travelling at high speed. There is a small pothole just near the road junction past Motithang High School where the road coming up from Changangkha Lhakhang... (more...)

Bhutan is moving at an unprecedented rate in its pursuance of economic development. We want to be a hub of medical, educational, and financial services. We aspire to be a tourism hotspot. We want to open several sectors to foreign investment. We have already taken upon ourselves to export 10,000 megawatt of electricity to India by 2020. And thus, we are already onboard a commercial flight, airborne, and zooming. In the process, while our end is defined,... (more...)

All private newspapers in the country had received a rather nonchalant welcome when they were launched. Now the latest entrant, Druk Neytshuel, is entering the market in smog of uncertainties and, of course, with intensified vulnerabilities of an already seemingly saturated market. The existing six newspapers are already grappling with numerous challenges owing to a largely inflated but tiny advertisement market. All the papers claim they are merely... (more...)

There are talks going around about the youth gang culture. The media pointed out the names, numbers and areas of the gangs. And it was written that there are gangs formed by girls too. Although this is a serious issue that could graduate to organized crime in the future, yet I feel that the situation should be studied properly so that we do not annihilate the most valuable value of our society, which is friendship. If we go by the numbers given in... (more...)

The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) is now fully institutionalized in its new role as the central bank of the country with the appointment of its governor on Wednesday. The appointment of its managing director as the governor comes less than three months after the RMA Act was endorsed by the parliament on June 2 repealing the 1982 Act. It also comes in the wake of a revolution in the financial market with the entry of private banks, a huge impetus... (more...)

This is regarding the Business Bhutan story “What everyone wanted to know about the 400 bicycles but could not ask”. I was one of the hopeful candidates of this drive to make Thimphu a bicycle city but then it seems like the over popularized show is going to be a legend of the capital city. I do understand that the bicycles were a gesture of goodwill to Bhutan by the Buddhist group from Japan, but then I do not understand why the government should... (more...)

Let’s meet two teenage students. The first one is Sonam, a student in Thimphu. His life is scheduled. His day begins with his civil servant father screaming that it is time for school. At school, he sits through eight periods where eight frantic teachers rush up lessons to cover the syllabus. After school, on his way home, he gossips about the latest Korean action movie he has watched and often brandishes a brand new knuckleduster which he calls... (more...)