Non essential travel restricted for now The discovery of seven community cases and four frontline staff testing positive while in quarantine duty in Phuentsholing should be an uncomfortable wake up call on the risks along the southern border and the need to better secure it. This is in the backdrop …

For the 31 UN agencies that work in Bhutan, found 2020 a challenging year but they made various achievements under different UN agencies at the same time. UN has launched 2020 Annual Results Report highlighting the challenges faced, lesson learnt and achievements made in 2020.  Gerald Daly Resident Coordinator, UN …

Waste management has been an issue whereby residents complain of poor and unsatisfactory service delivery. Residents hope that the new Thrompon and Tshogde can resolve this issue as one of the main priority and pending issues under Thimphu Thromde. There is increasing illegal garbage dumping and littering which people claim …

Chhungku Dawa Chhungku Dawa is the lone 40 year-old-woman candidate representing Phuentsholing Maed constituency. She was the former Thromde Tshogpa of the constituency. She has a degree in Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) from North Bengal University, India. She worked in a private company for four years as an assistant …

The Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) has conducted a sensitization workshop on copyright and related rights, with special emphasis on its management and enforcement aspects to the music artists. Music composers, singers and bands attended the workshop. Copyright is a right accorded to creators for their …

A group of 49 Bhutanese sex workers have come together to form a network to protect sex workers in the country and overcome challenges faced by them. The network is taking the help of two registered CSOs too.  However, since sex workers are not recognized under law and their work …

Bail denied for all 4 accused An opening statement from the defendants in the criminal conspiracy case -Justice Kuenlay Tshering, Drangpon Yeshi Dorji and RBG’s former commandant Brigadier Thinley Tobgay was held on 17 March, whereby all the three defendants requested the district court to dismiss the charges against them, …

The Office of Attorney General (OAG) has organized the first of its kind joint investigation and prosecution training with an objective to address joint visions of the two institutions (Royal Bhutan Police and OAG) to strengthen the professional capacity of law implementers, to coordinate between the two institutes, to streamline …

3 HIV cases died during the lockdown Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) is a combination of medicines to treat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. ART does not cure HIV, but helps to make it a manageable chronic condition, and reduce the risk of spreading the virus to others. However, some people living …

Thimphu police is investigating a case where five traffic personnel (constables) are being accused of battering a 41-year-old man on 13 February. Though the initial incident took place on the night of 13th February 2021 on the second day of Losar, the alleged victim lodged a formal complaint on 8th …