Opinions

Every man has some enlargement of prostate after the age of 50 years. Approximately 17 percent of the men above 50 years and 35 percent of the men above 70 years suffer from Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS).  The common causes of enlargement of Prostate include benign (Non cancerous) enlargement …

This year, for over a period of two weeks in May/June, Fangu in Lunana gewog will host about 500 Lunaps representing all 190 households of the gewog. This is special as it comes only once in five years and no one needs to be reminded or invited to be part …

In 1968, the first manager of Bank of Bhutan died in a car crash in Switzerland. With the tragic accident of Mr. John Roger Stansfield Holmes, the country’s first bank had to explore other options of management. The, ‘Review Report 1968-78,’ which documents the history of the bank talks about …

The theme for World Water Day this year is Nature for Water. Every year, on 22 March, the world focuses its attention on the importance of water through this event. This year’s theme begs us to examine how we can explore nature or use nature-based solutions to overcome the water …

Bhutan is internationally known as the Land of Happiness, but based on our conversations with the country’s top students and entrepreneurs, it may soon have a new title: Silicon Shangri-La. Last week, we visited Bhutan as part of a delegation of 29 Harvard graduate students studying business, law, public health, …

I am thousands of miles away from Bhutan. Like me there are thousands of Bhutanese across the world. Though we are all away from our country, we are eagerly waiting to participate in the upcoming National Council and National Assembly elections. We (most) would like to exercise our franchise of voting. …

Would you imagine a village of six thousand, warmly greeting you with smiles for the reason they live in a safe neighborhood with surveillance cameras in all locations; a smart community in which messages and announcements from the village head office (Gram Panchayat Office) can instantly be delivered to its …

In celebration of science and Bhutan-1 Science as a universal language Science is a universal language without borders. In science, what is being discovered and contributed to the scientific literature and the scientific community is more important than who has done it. In a society where education was traditionally given …

There is a long-standing notion that the struggle for closing the gender gap is a women’s issue and that women are the sole protagonists of the cause. This view is a myopic one as the gender gap is a societal issue. Therefore, engaging women alone is not enough, and for …

After waiting for a long time, I could finally watch Zaira Wasim and Aamir Khan starrer Secret Superstar, written and directed by Advait Chandan. I do not intend to write a review of this film. There are plenty of reviews. I want to rather share the subtle impacts it created …

Lately, both media and social media platforms in Bhutan have been flooded with the exchanges of corruption allegations, and threats to sue each other between the government and the Opposition. Both accuse each other that their allegations are politically motivated, which I agree they are. Otherwise, I don’t see any …

As the countdown continues in Bhutan to Losar and the Year of the (Earth) Dog, we take one last look at what dominated Asia’s headlines in the year that was.  In the outgoing Year of the Rooster, who was up and who was down? Our selection this year draws from …

The morning after I was announced as a candidate of a political party, I went to visit a close acquaintance. It was a warm sunny day in Haa and the usual thing would be for my friend to come out of his house and greet me. That day, he received …