DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Responding to a question on the BBIN (Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal) motor-vehicle agreement, the foreign minister, Dr Tandin Dorji, during the government’s first Meet-the-PM session with the press on Friday, said that the government has plans to reconsider the agreement after intensive consultations with all the stakeholders involved. The BBIN …

It has been confirmed that the cause of death of a 24-year-old Bhutanese student in Fukuoka, Japan is suicide. The student had gone missing since 4 December. His body was discovered in the morning of 5 December at a park in Fukuoka. The incident was immediately reported to the student’s …

Women’s quota, to ensure maximum women’s participation in politics is still a widelydiscussed topic. However, people in the country including women, themselves, have mixed feelings on implementation of the quota system. They say there are positive and negative impacts of quota implementation in the country. Some are of the view …

People Merak-Sakteng, shared on how happy they are to have the Minister of Work and Human Settlement, Lyonpo Dorji Tshering – represent them. They said that, until now they did not have any representative from their community reaching the level of Dasho (holding kabney and patang) or Lyonpo. Thereby, before …

The National Assembly Secretariat conducted a five-day long induction program for the members of the National Assembly which concluded on Friday. The Induction Program for the new Parliamentarians was conducted mainly with the objective to familiarize and orient the members on the roles and functions of Parliament, to equip the …

With a mission of delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every children is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled, the United Nation’s reproductive health and rights agency,United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is working toned the unmet need for family planning, end maternal death and end violence …

Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering, during his first press conference as the Prime Minister, said that as of 18 October 2018, DNTcame in as the ruling government. “But I have resigned from DNT since 18 October 2018 because I am with the Royal Government of Bhutan,”Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering added. Lyonchhen …

Addressing the press amidst tight schedule with thousands of well wishers in queue to offer their wishes to the new Prime Minister of Bhutan, Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering, in his first address to the press after receiving the Dakyen, said that henceforth,the media houses and the government must work hand-in-hand …

The government-elect officially presented the ten ministers that will form the Cabinet for the next five years on November 3, 2018. The party spokesperson and one of the founders of DNT, Dr Tandin Dorji, 50, has masters in international public health and MBA and who worked as a pediatrician has …

His Majesty The King granted a Royal Audience to the Interim Government on Monday on the completion of its term. The Chief Justice Tshering Wangchuk, who was the Chief Advisor of the Interim Government, met with the representatives of the media at a press conference on Monday and informed that …