Mainstream economists and almost all national bureaucracies around the world use measures such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or Gross National Product (GNP) to measure and track economic activity. These measurements are evidence-based. Hard data is aggregated and analyzed to come up with a picture of a national economy...

News 10 July 2011...

When I was preparing my flight to Australia last year, I was compelled to write two news about Bhanu Jayanti observation. In fact, three such events were organised – two by Bhutanese community and one by Nepalese. I was committed, there shouldn’t be any division when it comes to...

One of the silent arguments Bhutan insist on 1990 eviction spree was that this small country cannot sustain multiculturalism and that Dzongkha speaking community might become endangered due to growing population of other ethnic groups. In one instance in Geneva, a Bhutanese politician had mentioned that world community must...

Shortage of drugs has badly affected the country in recent months. The situation is likely to worsen further in the coming days as the government failed to attract anyone to work as procurement office who will be in charge of the drugs supply. In two years time, none have...

The seventh session of the first parliament ended Friday. This time, leaders have better debates compared to past and worked little more on drafting and adopting laws. Many crucial issues have been looked into and bitter relations between the two houses have been normalised. Both the houses were ready...