Saving Paro from another planning disaster
October 1st, 2020
Local leaders of Paro have changed their minds. They are now not happy with the Paro Valley Development Project, a 20-year development and land use plan for the preservation of cultural landscape, topography and the natural environment among others. There is pressure on the limited land available for construction. Land value has soared overnight and […]
Sharing cost
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Bhutanese quarantined and tested for Covid-19 have the option to pay...
The tobacco dilemma
September 26th, 2020
The government, despite severe criticisms from several groups and political parties,...
Rethinking education
September 25th, 2020
Last week, thousands of students returned to school after a long...
After the holidays
September 22nd, 2020
The festive season is here. We start with the sacred Thimphu...
Going abroad to work
September 21st, 2020
Sometime in December 2019, Choden heard stories of Bhutanese leaving for...
Preparing for another lockdown
September 19th, 2020
Life is returning to normal. At least this is what we...
Food independence is national independence
September 18th, 2020
As a member of the shrinking world, Bhutan has not been...
There may not be another lockdown but we should be worried
September 17th, 2020
The rumours doing the round is that there could be another...
Another good decision
September 16th, 2020
The Centenary Farmers’ Market (CFM) in the capital city will be...
Looking beyond the pandemic
September 14th, 2020
For Bhutan, there is no looking back. We may have torn...
All’s well that ends well
September 12th, 2020
Commuters along the Indian Embassy road at Hejo were yesterday shocked...