A story of unexpected parental death, probable remarriage of surviving parent and imminent hardship for three innocent souls  Rejection is one devastating emotion a human being can experience when the very people virtually ordained by God to give nothing but love goes ahead and throws one out into the cold …

Almost after nine months of wait, the Trongsa dzongkhag court announced its verdict on the rape case of a 31-year old married woman raped on the night of 23 April, this year. The convict, 24 year old, Pema Dorji, unemployed was booked under section 179 of the Penal Code of …

Meanwhile the case has been forwarded to the OAG The Secretariat of the Tourism Council of Bhutan has cancelled the license of M/s Bhutan Kuenphen Tours & Treks with immediate effect and Dorji Tshering the proprietor of tour operator has been blacklisted by the Secretariat and barred from conducting tourism …

Certain changes had to be made to the earlier draft amendment bill that was finalized in March The legislation of Bhutan Information Communications and Media Amendment (ICM) Bill 2012 will have to wait for the next elected government. The ICM Bill, after certain major consultations was scheduled to be submitted …

A quagmire of procedures and technicalities has left two regulatory offices in a state of indecision on the disposal of pharmaceutical wastes while imminent harm that the lethal waste poses to people in its immediate atmosphere will not linger in wait for a decision. Presently it’s been a month since …

To see a proliferation of aspiring political parties is exciting. Four different groups of people coming together to form political parties in a small society like ours shows that the political consciousness is growing. It is a welcome sign, especially, given the short span of time since Bhutan embraced democracy …

The discovery that the run of the river 1,800 MW Kuri Gongri project can now become a 2,640 MW reservoir project generating the revenue of around three Tala projects is a welcome development in Bhutan’s 10,000 MW story. While there have been some minor hitches, the 10,000 MW projects, as …

The seven-point contract also the DNT manifesto prominently outlined ‘economic strategy’ to be the USP of its manifesto After brainstorming its ‘seven-point contract’ with the grassroots people and stakeholders of democracy Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) will unveil its manifesto which the party calls ‘a contract with the people’. The Chief …

Druk Phuensum Tshogpa will suggest six new polling stations in urban centers for the ‘convenience’ of civil servants for 2013 elections. Critics says this is to prevent civil servants from influencing rural voters. The government of the day has plans to suggest to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) to …

Jigme, an Information and Technology (IT) graduate has been jobless for a year. Even after applying for job vacancies regularly, he failed to get his course related job. Similar to him many students who graduated with computer background are not able to get jobs in Bhutan. They say that the …