Bhutan observed the International day for Elimination of Violence against Women last Sunday on 25 November, 2012. The day is internationally observed to highlight and address violence against women and girls prevalent internationally and even back home. “Millions of women and girls around the world are assaulted, beaten, raped, mutilated …

With the 2013 race only seven to eight months away a series of predictions are being made of the future results, some depending on facts and some on ‘feelings’. What the final results will be, nobody can truly say, though the current opinion of Bhutan’s ‘chattering classes’ would suggest that …

Forming around 60% of the population and 30% of the voting population (18 yrs to 25 yrs) political parties across the board including the Prime Minister himself acknowledged the strong role, youth would play in the 2013 elections. Of late the dissolution of Druk Mitser Tshogpa party and its reformation …

A withering 45 year old diabetic man dragged himself to the Punakha Hospital on three occasions to be turned away each time in absence of a dialysis machine. About medicine and lack of staffs, a 37-year old woman said “We come from Samdingkha and it is very far away- we …

  Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) plans to make football the most popular sports in the next five years. “It is BFF’s dream to make other regional teams take Bhutan seriously and play their best game to beat us. Give us five years and we will prove it,” said the BFF …

The noise, the chaotic routine and a redundant everyday life eventually and naturally sends all minds into a state of saturation with the urban baggage of polluted sights, sounds and smell. In that state of overly-exerted emotions waiting to explode into fatigue, frustration or just a submissive whimper, one thing …

The three day program to assure quality trainings called ‘Lead Auditor Training Workshop’ ended yesterday in the capital. The 20 participants comprised CEOs, Principals and trainers from 13 private training providers who are selected trainers from five Technical Training Institutes (TTI) and two Institutes of Zorig Chhusum (IZC). The head …

The absence of a mental asylum for patients who wander aloof to different places and authorities brings the need to establish suitable facilities high on agenda for the country’s authorities and policy makers who are yet to figure out their lines of jurisdiction to handle such cases which are noticeably …

The recent incident of a 15 year old shooting his 36-year old father to death has raised the question whether we really need guns in a relatively peaceful country. Guns should be banned – the sooner the better. That’s’ what many people along with some members of parliament feel. Today …

 Opinion: Evolution of Bhutanese Democracy –Final Part VISION:  As far as the vision is concerned the 4th Druk Gyalpo and our present King have unequivocally outlined it. The way I understand it is: their Majesties have envisioned the best and most suitable system that ensures Good Governance and Citizen Participation, …