While new mothers in the civil service have six months of maternity leave for exclusive breast feeding, many government owned corporate employees are increasingly left wondering about maternity leave for them. These doubts can now be assuaged with the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay saying that the government would have …

On 16th February 2016 the Home Ministry sent out a circular to its Dzongkhag cultural officers instructing them to ensure that women only wore Ada Rachu. The issue became a major controversy after it recently came to the attention of the media and outrage soon spread with many people expressing …

One of the wonders of the modern world is the Republican Party in the USA and its stand on climate change, as it refuses to believe in it even calling it a hoax. It was the Republican controlled Senate and Congress that prevented President Obama from making the Paris declaration …

Industrialists want more focus and resources on the Dham Dhum Industrial estate in Samtse over others There is a debate brewing between the private sector and the government on the upcoming Industrial Estates in the country at Dham Dhum in Samtse, Jigmeling in Sarpang, Motanga in Samdrup Jongkhar and Bondeyma …

In December 2015 the Chithuen Phendey Association, a Civil Society Organization without revealing any names or identity talked of three destitute HIV positive women in Thimphu, who at different points were being exploited by men on the streets and bars, unaware of their HIV status. The women were also going …

For some time now Bhutan’s industrial sector has been complaining of various problems from electricity tariff issues to excise duty refund to reduced demand for their goods. The Department of Industry (DoI) has now hired a local Bhutanese consultant company to study the heath of Bhutan’s Industrial sector across the …

A plan to attend a Donald Trump rally on 2nd May as a part of an international media delegation organized by the Foreign Press Center under the State Department got off to an ominous start when some early requests by some members for press credentials were denied. Donald Trump’s campaign’s …

A political earthquake, with its epicenter in Indiana shook the USA on 3rd May when Republican candidate Ted Cruz dropped out leaving the way clear for Donald Trump to be the Republican Presidential nominee. A day later, this path was made even more firm when John Kasich, the last competitor …

The 2013 General Elections in Bhutan saw social media playing a major role with supporters of both parties using it in both positive and negative ways. This seems to be part of a global trend with the United States Presidential race, since 2008, being the global trendsetter with both Democratic …

The eyes of USA and the World will be on the American state of Indiana, come Tuesday as the Republican Primary results will likely decide whether Trump can get to the magic 1,237 figure to clinch the nomination for the Presidential race. This is especially so after Trump’s big wins …