Category: Economy

The stories of black evenings are common in Nepal and India, for they lack adequate power supply to meet the consumer demands. But Bhutan remained exception to this; at least the country supplies power to those bulbs where wires are connected. To remain out of connection, which is the...

The wangchuk dynasty not only has its economic dominance, it also expands its hands in all forms of social activities in its best effort to look good in the face of isolated Bhutanese society. This is an open secret that most donations and money these days are poured into...

Bhutan-Nepal relations go back to the days of Shab­rung Ngawang Namgyal. It was a profound, sublime and symbiotic relation. History tells us how Bhutan helped Prithivi Narayan Shah in unifying Nepal, who in return gave the Bhutanese complete authority over all Gompas in Nepalese territory. There were postal services...

The lap of Himalayas may be curse for agricultural society but a boon if possibilities are searched for mineral extraction. For centuries this part of the world remained untouched from any exploitation. Fortunately and hopefully, the Himalayas could be the last resort of human search for precious metals. Being...

In recent days, I wished following what new journalists in Bhutan have been writing and how they make their sources for news they compose. I found very few journalists on their job also running blog. Few days back I read Dipika Chhetri’s blog where she had mentioned that blog...

On December 24, our van carrying five of us, including driver and an interpreter, rushed to Laxmipur (the locals call it Lakkipur), the five-hour drive to south-east from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. It was part of the election observation mission under Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), but for...