After more than a month’s delay from when the rape case was first registered by a 17-year-old girl against her step father, the Punakha police have finally sent the rape case to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) for prosecution. Following a story by The Bhutanese last week highlighting …

The Foreign Minister Lyonpo Dr Tandi Dorji and the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Wu Jianghao signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Three-Step Roadmap for Expediting the Bhutan-China Boundary Negotiations. The …

In a stinging report titled the ‘AG’s Occasional Paper on Agencies Rationalizing Irregularities,’ the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) goes beyond its usual numbers and points to declining ethics and morality of public officials as one of the main causes of rising irregularities. The report says that over the recent years, …

His Majesty The King visited Lunana on the morning of 6th October, and granted Lagthram to the 191 households who are receiving Land Kidu in Goenshari, Punakha. Traditionally, the people of Lunana migrate south with their animals during the winter months, when it gets too difficult to eke out a living …

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) has been listed among the World’s 75 Most Innovative Organizations in Tourism Policy 2021. Even before the pandemic, the global tourism industry has been exploring ways to reshape the way people travel, seeking solutions to minimize impacts of tourism on the environment and opportunities to …

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Department of Information Technology and Telecom (DITT) are presently collaborating on the joint development of a small satellite for Bhutan which is targeted for launch in December 2021. A Bhutanese team will travel to India in October 2021 for Phase-II of the training …

The PDP President Dasho Tshering Tobgay said the outcomes of the first 11 FYPs were successfully delivered, and it has benefitted the people and the country. He pointed out construction of roads and bridges, building schools and hospitals, safe drinking water, irrigation water, and other developmental activities in the agricultural …

The Ministry of Health in a release said it is pleased to share that Bhutan completed 21 days with no community case on 3 September. More than 500 samples collected on 2nd September from enhanced surveillance areas, flu clinics, communities and quarantine facilities in Phuentsholing also tested negative. “However, with …

The People’s Democratic Party in a press release called upon the Government to implement the new school Assessment Rule from the new academic session. It said the Government has announced the new Assessment Structure in schools from mid this year. According to the changed assessment system, “the minimum pass mark …

The government’s recent and many pronouncements on the Drayang issue has lead to a feeling among Drayang owners and workers that they are being unfairly defamed and belittled. In an earlier interview the Druk Drayang Association President Kelzang Phuntsho said that a lot of work had been put in to …