Two men convicted for a string of late night gang rapes, robbery, criminal attempt to voluntary manslaughter, battery and consumption, and possession of controlled substance s appeared in the Thimphu District Court for the ultimate judgment yesterday. Tshering Dorji, a 26-year-old ex-soldier from Dogar under Paro dzongkhag was sentenced to …

Child labor is a regrettable-truth worldwide, and Bhutan is party to the social malaise with vey live statistics. A joint news release from the labor ministry and the UNICEF stated: “There are children in Bhutan, who are deprived of their fundamental rights and this requires attention.  Although, the scenario is …

A school Principal’s quick-action to a visibly-worrying situation of nutrition deficiency reports in the media resulted in early detection of vitamin deficient cases from Langthel Lower Secondary School (LLSS) in Trongsa. The LLSS Principal, Kuenga Loday who kept tab through media reports about nutrition deficiency cases at Orong and Lhuentse …

Progress need not necessarily mean the march toward a land of plenty or for that matter it doesn’t mean that ‘sufficiency’ is available at every corner of the settlement. In fact for the residents of Changzamtog, even the need of the hour are sparingly fulfilled in a drip which is …

The Watershed Management Division (WMD) under the Department of Forest and Park Services (DoFPS) has designated Khotokha and Bumdeling as Ramsar site and it currently awaits approval from the Ramsar Secretariat. The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance is called the Ramsar Convention which deals with a particular ecosystem. It …

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Annual Report presentation at the National Assembly (NA) took a detour as contents of the presentation became ready-arsenal for the Health Minister to dress-down the commission. “Punish the guilty and free the innocents. Now it’s high-time. With the beginning there should be an end,” the health …

The Opposition Leader (OL) Tshering Tobgay has acknowledged, MPs had made personal attacks on the members of the opposition party during the National Assembly (NA) Q and A session yesterday. “We are however not swayed to respond to personal attacks, instead prefer to stick to the issues at hand,” said …

Close to 200 truckloads of soil dumped into the Thimchhu between the sewerage plant and the disposal site of Greener Way at Babesa encroached almost 20 meters into the river, and has nearly altered the flow of the river. The National Environment Commission (NEC) recently issued a letter to Thimphu …

It’s not a new thing to hear of communication gap between government Ministries, Departments and Agencies. Often information and data equally useful to one government organization but gathered by another is retained for reasons unknown. On the contrary, sharing of such information and data can help save huge expenses on …

Bhutan in a few years time could face a leadership crisis as the current batch of political leadership retires either voluntarily or because of their age and Election Commission rules on office terms. Therefore it is important that leaders across parties groom competent younger leaders and allow them to take …