With both the Speaker Jigme Tshultim and Home Minister Lyonpo Minjur Dorji convicted under criminal charges by the Mongar district court the two candidates may not be allowed to contest in the 2013 race. This is because both the Constitution and the Election Act debars anyone who has been convicted …

Reactions to the Gyelpozhing Verdict on The Bhutanese website and Facebook When a person is caught buying or selling tobacco  he or she is sentenced to lavish sentences by the court but people who are guardians of our country like the Speaker and Minister break His Majesty’s Kashos and indulge …

The Anti Corruption Commission has started its advocacy program on political corruption targeted for the upcoming 2013 general elections. The main features of the ACC’s advocacy are three advertisements broadcast after the, 7 pm, 8 pm and 9 pm news with a gap of three to five days starting from …

The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) announced that ‘His Majesty will be pleased to issue the Royal Decree Calling elections to the National Council of the parliament of Bhutan on 9 March’. This Press Release from the ECB is in accordance with the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, …

The conviction of the Speaker and Home Minister along with 14 other plot allotment committee members in the Gyelpozhing land case has generated a lot of public interest and reaction. The verdict in its entirety does credit not only to the Anti Corruption Commission but also to the institution of …

The Mongar district court found the Speaker and Home Minister guilty of charges labeled against them by ACC. The Speaker was sentenced to a two and a half year term and the Home Minister was sentenced to a one year term. Since the ACC had filed criminal charges against both …

The Phuentsholing police detained a 30-year old woman in connection with illegal transaction of controlled substances at the border entrance gate last month. This is just one more instance of many in a line of such incidences encountered by the police. There is evidence that woman are both getting into …

Thimphu police are looking for most probably an 18-year old suspect who stabbed a 24-year old man on the evening of 28 February near the Taxi parking in the capital, Thimphu. The incident had occurred at around 5 pm and the suspect is still at large but the police assured …

Police are on the hunt for miscreants who vandalized Akorwog Lhakhang in Gangtey Gewog in Wangduephodrang on 1 March. The incident was reported to police by the 57-year old Gup of the village after he was informed by the caretaker of the lhakhang. It was noticed that the bolt of …

A 17-year old girl drowned to death at the artificial lake near the airport gate in Paro on the afternoon of 3 March. Sonam Choden, the deceased was out swimming with her friend also called Sonam Choden and of the same age. A prime witness of the incident Sonam Choden …