DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

The practice of undercutting in the tourism industry, which has become a norm rather than an exception, is seriously comprising the visitor’s experience say some industry insiders. Undercutting is generally referred to the practice of bringing in tourists at lower than the fixed tariff of USD 250 a day during …

Samtse police arrested a 32-year-old man on April 3 for possession of illegal prescription drugs. Police seized capsules of SP (six files) and three tablets of Nitrosun (N10) from the man from Rubesa, Wangdue. Police said the substances were brought from a medical shop across the border paying Nu 600 …

There have been seven cases of homicide in the country since January this year according to records with the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP). Three were registered as murder, one as voluntary manslaughter and two as involuntary manslaughter. According to the Penal Code, murder is when a homicide is committed knowingly …

The Anti Corruption Commission is looking into allegations that 24 support staff of Gelephu Thromde who visited Bangkok, Thailand, last year on a study tour did not actually undergo a study tour. The ACC received complaints from a training institute in Bangkok of such being the case with the Gelephu …

Chogyal, a forester with the Paro Division, was awarded a certificate of appreciation and cash prize by the prime minister for his bravery and loyalty in the line of duty during the Annual Forestry Conference held recently in the capital On April 23rd, 2014, Chogyal suffered injuries on duty and …

The Prime Minister delivered the keynote address at the First Meeting of the 7th Replenishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund this morning in Paris. Lyonchhen appreciated the good work done by GEF and its partners in the past 25 years. He acknowledged that the GEF is a …

Many private and government schools in Thimphu along with their students and parents are in a fix with the Thimphu Thromde’s tracksuit rule. Thimphu thromde pronounced, both private and government schools in Thimphu will not be allowed to wear tracksuits during the morning assembly and in classes. It was decided …

Last Friday at around 1:30 am Thimphu police received a complaint from a shopkeeper in Semtokha that they caught a boy stealing from his shop. Police on reaching the location found the boy had stolen five bags of edibles. The 15-year-old boy confessed to police that nine school friends were …

Social networking sites are nowadays the platform to share and break news but the information is not always accurate. Certain forums on Facebook have started hosting not only viral fake news and rumors but also highly sensitive content including some that declare war on Bhutan and also try to incite …

To make the zebra crossing more effective the Thimphu traffic police has decided that it will strictly impose fines on all motorists to who fail to give pedestrians the right of way. The zebra crossing safety initiative was started in 2015 and put into practice in the past year with …