Bhutan must prepare for ageing population
The country may have long passed critical juncture. This is the nation’s worry. Jigme Wangchuk Vision 2020: Population: Bhutan has witnessed significant socioeconomic development since the advent of...
View ArticleWhat happened to the engine of growth?
MB Subba Vision 2020: Privet Sector: Twenty years ago, Bhutan’s private sector was at an “embryonic stage.” It had to change to help the government diversify the economy base and help create jobs. If...
View ArticleIs Bhutan’s conservation development-oriented?
Contribution of the forestry sector to GDP is three percent Choki Wangmo Vision 2020: Environment: As envisioned in the Vision 2020 document, Bhutan’s long term commitment to the maintenance of...
View Article100% organic target by 2020 pushed to 2035
Less than 1 percent of total arable land certified organic as of 2020 Chimi Dema Vision 2020: Agriculture: In an effort to make agriculture more sustainable and establish a resilient, productive...
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Unemployment: a problem that will never go away
Yangchen C Rinzin Vision 2020: Employment: Like any other country, Bhutan recognised that unemployment would be a serious problem in the future. That was 20 years ago in 1999 when the government came...
View Article20 years on, tackling the same issue?
Ugyen Penjor Vision 2020: Urbanisation: The rapid rural to urban migration since the early 1990s, the change in the population dynamics and the implications it could bring along was long recognised....
View Article2020 is gone. Looking beyond
Twenty years ago Bhutan launched one of the most comprehensive development plans in its history in response to the kind of changes the country was beginning to witness—“2020: A Vision for Peace,...
View Article2020: Are we there?
An account of socioeconomic progress Tshering Dorji Vision 2020: Economy: The year 2020 has been set as critical phase for the nation when the government has charted a vision in 1999. It is supposed to...
View ArticleAbused, harassed and cut off: Bhutanese women in Iraq
Govt. trying to rescue all women who want to come home Tashi Dema and Tshering Palden “Will the government be able to help us?” In a hushed tone, Choden asked. She sounded desperate. When she called...
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Private schools to raise teacher salary
PM agrees to private schools’ fee revision proposal Yangchen C Rinzin Teachers of private higher secondary schools can expect an increase in their monthly salary beginning this academic session. The...
View ArticlePanbang: Zhemgang’s hope
… aims to be the environmental capital of the country Younten Tshedup | Panbang While the rest of Zhemgang dzongkhag is slowly drying up, down south, Panbang is buzzing with life. Usually, at this time...
View ArticleSaving the vision of the youngest in the family
… as the siblings battle vision loss Younten Tshedup, | Panbang It is every mother’s dream to see her child grow but only some have the privilege. Rinchen Yangzom, 30, from Tsangtsiri village under...
View ArticleBring them home
From the very beginning people took the former government’s overseas employment programme with a pinch of salt. There were doubts and debates but young job seekers were told that working conditions in...
View ArticleTrongsa court convicts drayang owner for employing a minor
Staff Reporter Trongsa dzongkhag court sentenced a drayang owner in Trongsa town to a year and six months in prison for employing a minor as a dancer in the drayang. Tshering Dorji, 37, from...
View ArticleMan seeking donation convicted for trespass and battery
Neten Dorji | Trashigang Trashigang dzongkhag court convicted a man who came to seek donation but battered the man who took him to a hotel downstairs to give donations. Tashi Dorji, 23, from Bidung in...
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Roadblocks due to heavy snowfall
Staff Reporter Continuous snowfall for the past two days on the passes has caused roadblocks and hampered vehicle movement in some parts of the country. Phrumsengla between Mongar and Bumthang, Chelela...
View ArticleOCP warns businesses against misleading and false representation
Phub Dem Following numerous reports of fake authorisation letters submitted in official tendering of works, the Office of Consumer Protection issued a notification warning businesses against such...
View Article120 workshops squeeze in space meant for 31 at Olarongchhu
Chimi Dema Olarongchhu workshop area in Thimphu is running out of space. The number of workshop and business operators in the area has spiralled unabated in recent years. The present location was...
View ArticleNC conducts first public hearing on TVET
Implementation of recommendations on track Yangchen C Rinzin Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) revamping works are underway and would cover most of the recommendations on TVET the...
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