This year after the celebration of the National Day on 17 December more than 120 Desuups will be sent to Punakha to take part in the upcoming Pel Dechok Khorlo Dompai Nangchen Wang which will start from the 20th of this month. The Desuups from all the batches starting from …

According to ACC officials, interventions by the Office of the Attorney General, the unfavorable High Court verdict and political opposition in the Gyelpozhing case has put tremendous stress on the Anti Corruption Commission which will weaken it in the near future and hamper its effectiveness. “We can say that this …

After making headlines and being a much talked-about name and issue among election affiliates, the response to the Druk Meser Nazhoen Tshogpa (DMNT) has been lukewarm from the democratic circles and society. The Chief Election Commissioner suggested the newly formed youth organization DMNT either to ‘lean on supports of a …

Many people in different worlds have voiced that disabled people forms the world’s biggest minority’ and it is also said that democracy is about ‘minorities’. On the same lines the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has plans to address the disabled people’s right to vote. The Constitution in Article 9, …

Response to ‘New Chinese passport claiming Bhutanese territory unknowingly endorsed by Bhutanese officials’ While the high profile people of Bhutan are busy changing and claiming their maps within Bhutan. Internationally our neighbors are busy changing their international boundaries. So it is time for the people to work hard for the …

Recent instances have proven how this government is highly allergic to accepting any blame and is also intolerant of criticism especially when the fault lies within. The OAG, acting on a cabinet letter asking for legal clarification on the ACC’s prosecution and suspension has now even questioned the right of …

Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema graced the Special Olympics Meet coinciding with the International Day of People with Disability in Bhutan as the guest of honor. Students of Draktsho, Changangkha Middle Secondary School and Tendruk Higher Secondary School participated in the Sports Meet. The event was attended by ministers, …

The Research team from Ugyen Wangchuk Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) while surveying the diversity of butterflies in Bhutan sighted rare butterflies existing in Tingtibi and Gongphu provinces in Manas. The team was surveying to study the habitat while documenting records by taking pictures of the butterflies randomly in …

The Bhutanese delegation to the Eighteenth Session of the Conference of the Parities (COP18) to the United Nations Framework on Climate in Doha is rigorously working with the Group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to advance its position in the negotiations. Bhutan is a net sink for green house gas …

A bull which resided in Phuentsholing town in the Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB) complex for more than two years will be sent for tshedhar to Thimphu by the taxi drivers of Phuentsholing. A committee was formed by the taxi drivers and the local people of Phuentsholing to send the …