August, 2010
Expertise vacuum
We are at the crossroads. We wear the hats of emerging economy and democracy.The economy has over the years seen various phases of growth and democracy as a culture is yet to become part of our social, economic, and political fibre. A strong economy and vibrant democracy, we expect, should be ... [more]
Right to Information
Information is power. And democracy is about empowering people. Going by this simple logic, people must have access to information to be empowered. The bridge in between is an Act that will give legitimacy to right to information, a Constitutional provision. A debate is raging over whether Bhutan needs a Right ... [more]
Growth in a Buddhist Economy
Jeffrey D. Sachs - The author is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. project-syndicate.org PERSPECTIVES29 August, 2010 - I have just returned from Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom of unmatched natural ... [more]
The Golden Langur: Cross-bred into extinction?
Purity of gene pool goes down with the hybrid process The Golden Langur29 August, 2010 - The endangered golden langur (trachypithecus geei), which is native to Bhutan and some parts of the neighbouring Indian state of Assam, could be under threat of extinction from crossbreeding with the capped langur, according to ... [more]
Keep the customer satisfied
Training course in client management for senior level personnel from its companies 29 August, 2010 - The customer is not king in Bhutan. Despite driglam namzha being an integral part of Bhutanese culture, customers are usually seen as a nuisance, and treated coldly by local service industry personnel. But with market competition picking ... [more]
flying to kathmandu becomes cheaper as buddha air begins service
Monday morning around 10:30 am, the 18-seater Buddha Air bound to Bhutan took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Kathmandu, with some Nepalese delegates as its first passengers. The jet landed elegantly at the Paro International Airport after an hour and five minutes despite indications of bad weather. This was ... [more]
bhutan plans own electric train
Two new reports to be presented to the cabinet next month says that an electric train is feasible to meet the needs of various mega projects coming up in southern Bhutan At a time when the much hyped rail project from Hasimara to Phuentsholing is seeing a slow death, upcoming towns ... [more]
ICT Conference: High brow international forum home
28 August, 2010 - How do we further develop deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) cryptography to enhance security? That is one of the types of questions being presented and discussed at an international meeting being held in Paro, which ended yesterday. The highly technical information communications technology (ICT) conference, entitled ‘software, knowledge, information ... [more]
Putting people first
Key lesson of two-day training for top leaders ICTing Bhutan: Govt. talks to media about the project Chiphen Rigpel28 August, 2010 - That e-governance is first about people and then processes and technology was one of the understandings top leaders came to after attending a two-day “training” on how ICT can make ... [more]
For a free flow of info
27 August, 2010 - How will a right to information act further help you to access more information, which you already have? This was a question posed by the prime minister to the media in yesterday’s meet the press forum, where the cabinet spends about two hours answering questions from the ... [more]