Is there alternative to Dzongkha?

They must have made a preliminary assessment by now that Dzongkha is not a convenient language Bhutanese can hold for a long, owing not only to linguistic diversity of the country but also differences in meaning and pronunciation of Dzongkha. Dzongkha changes with village and standardization of the language...

Triple factors to end wangchuks in Bhutan

Many praised when tyrant Jigme Singye Wangchuk abdicated the throne in favor of his illegitimate son Jigme Khesar two years ago. Do these people praising abdication learn what the cause behind it was? I think, they never. Here you get the real motive behind the abdication. The wangchuk dynasty...

Is Bhutan ready to resolve refugee impasse?

He can do nothing but he cannot say he can’t. And he is still taking advantage of the weak political will of Nepalese politicians in raising the issue of Bhutanese refugees for last two decades. Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley on his latest visit to Nepal re-spoke his regular...

200,000 jobs on cards

The new DPT government, celebrating its super majority in the government and the first elected establishment, even after two years in helm, continues to fool the national populace with assumptive projections. The latest of the fooling tool is that the country will create additional 200,000 jobs. The high hopes...

Largest producer faces power shortage

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...