Penjore, who was alleged of defaming the OAG through his social media handle has appealed to Supreme Court on 8 September, as the High Court has upheld the District Court’s judgment. In his appeal he claimed Nu 140 million (mn) as compensation from OAG for his arbitrary detention for 16 …

Government agencies won 54 cases while contractors won 47 cases After the inception of the Bhutan Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre (ADRC) in May 2018, the office has facilitated the resolution of 120 disputes, starting from 4 disputes in 2018 to 41 disputes in 2019, 36 disputes in 2020, 27 disputes …

After the High Court has upheld the District Court’s judgment dismissing the alleged defamation case against Penjore but not providing compensation, Penjore has decided to appeal to the Supreme Court by next week. The High Court pronounced its judgment on 31 August 2022. The High Court has dismissed the compensation …

With the re-opening of tourism in the country on 23 September 2022, the hoteliers are excited and doing all the needful works. On the other hand, they are having an issue of not getting the required number of employees. Hotels started getting bookings and instead of being happy they are …

The five impaneled doctors and two radiologists at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) are overburdened with the high number applicants that require medical screening to mainly get to Australia. In 2018, JDWNRH facilitated the medical screenings for 3,142 applicants, 4,442 applicants in 2019 and 1,703 applicants in …

Second hand smoke is everywhere With the legalization of importation of tobacco products in the country, more and more people have started smoking freely everywhere, not minding who they are surrounded with. The selling and buying of the tobacco products were legalized in 2021 with the Amendment of the Tobacco …

A 13-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, both 5th graders in the same school, will become parents soon. The incident came to light after the school management in one of the schools in Samtse reported the incident to the police after they noticed behavioral and physical changes in the girl. …

Registered CSOs feel their credibility is hampered due to the lack of transparency and misuse of funds by these unregistered CSOs Bhutan has 54 registered Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) with the Civil Society Organization Authority (CSOA) with their own mandates. However, the growing number of informal and unregistered CSOs are …

Local Government leaders (Gups) have expressed the need for proper consultation to be made before they decide or approve the budget distribution for the gewogs. They are not satisfied with the current practice of how the budget is being distributed among the gewogs. The issue was discussed in the Dzongkhag …

The two airlines in Bhutan have been hit hard since March 2020 by the pandemic. The financial loss incurred is so huge, that it would be difficult for the airlines to overcome the loss anytime soon, despite air travel picking up. Drukair has incurred a loss of approximately Nu 2.5 …