With the 7th January 2022 Executive Order of the Prime minister banning Drayangs, a new question is if this ban violates Constitutional Rights and laws and its future impact. The paper talked to former Judges and practicing lawyers to get their view on the issue. A lawyer the paper talked …

Until recently, Lyonchhen Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering was very clear that Drayangs would have to undergo some reforms to re-open, but the sudden Executive Order of 7th January 2021 to close down all Drayangs caught many by surprise and has caused much controversy. Now, the Prime Minister in his first …

In the first ever in person meeting with Indian ministers in more than two years, the Minister of Economic Affairs Loknath Sharma went to Delhi on January 10 with a host of issues from difficulty in exporting vegetables to hydropower to the third internet gateway. Lyonpo met the Indian Power …

In October 2020 it was announced that Bhutan and India had finished a survey for the first ever rail link connecting the two countries with a 37.5 km stretch between Mujnai in West Bengal and Neyopaling village under Phuentshopelri Gewog in Samtse somewhere close to Gomtu. It was announced that …

Pictures of convicted rapists to be made public from this year The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has started work in setting up a Sex Offenders Registry where the information of convicted sex offenders will be registered and submitted to all police stations. Colonel Pasang Dorji of Crime and Operations, RBP …

In what is perhaps the most heinous rape case of 2021 on the 2nd of March 2021, Nima Dorji Sherpa aged 38 of Tsirang raped an eight-year-old, class two boy. The Tsirang Dzongkhag Court sentenced him to 16 years in prison for the crime on 3rd November 2021, but while …

On 4 May 2021, Penjore put up a post on his personal Facebook page on the Bank National Bank (BNB) recruitment case asking for the resignation of the Attorney General. The post did not attract much attention. However, Penjore was arrested and detained on 6 May 2021, based on a …

The Sherubtse Harassment Case is not just about one educational institution, but it is the story of a culture of sexual harassment in educational institutions, and how even when victims gather the courage to complain, the issue is either buried or the perpetrators are often let off lightly. It is …

From March 2021 onwards The Bhutanese did a series of stories showing a large difference in the price of Gypsum sold by the State Mining Corporation Limited (SMCL) to middlemen, the price in Nepal, illegal cash collected from Gypsum transporters, and other issues. Initially, a person had filed a written …

On 16 February 2021, the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) detained the Supreme Court Justice Kuenlay Tshering (Elephant Bench or Bench 1) and Pemagatshel Dzongkhag Drangpon Yeshey Dorji, following the earlier detention of the former Royal Body Guard (RBG) Commandant Brigadier Thinley Tobgay, in a criminal conspiracy case. It was initially …