DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

To minimise youth related problems, reduce dependency on relatives and improve academic performances the education ministry issued an executive order to allow boarding facilities in cities and towns for both private and public schools and also private hostels. Boarding schools were earlier not allowed in Thimphu to reduce rural to …

Gelephu police arrested three people last month in possession of banned substances. On the evening of February 22, police arrested a 23-year-old man from Bardo, Trong, with 17 pieces of hashish, weighing 236.37 grams. The consignment was concealed in his bag and was wrapped in a plastic paper. The suspect …

Thimphu police arrested three men for allegedly robbing a 29-year-old woman on 7 March near Kuensel office at around 10:30 pm in the evening. The incident took place when she was returning home. The three men in a group snatched her handbag, which contained some cash and few cosmetics item …

After keeping the Amochhu Land Development Township Project (ADLTP) waiting for more than 14 years, CDCL along with DHI and with a fund support from ADB, are expected to start their Zone A (phase 1) in September 2017. Being a large scale project, ADB also doesn’t have funds to start …

Bhutan Transparency Initiative (BTI) presented and discussed the preliminary findings on the citizens’ perception on  the 11th Five Year Plan on Friday. The conference was attended by some of the National Council members, officials from financial institutions, members from Civil Society Organizations and other relevant agencies. With the shift of …

The 16th Bhutan National Film Award will be held on 21st February coinciding with His Majesty the King’s birth anniversary. The award this year will be held in Luger Theater and telecast live on BBS. The Bhutan Film Association (BFA) has decided that from this year there will be a …

The Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) has launched a system where civil servants can submit their performance appraisals online. Known as the MaX (Managing for Excellence), the online system is expected to ensure discipline in planning, evaluation of performance targets and competency behaviors and increase accountability. Enhancing service delivery through …

Nima Tshering, the accused in the Melbourne case for the illegal filming of three Bhutanese women while bathing, has accused Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay of having political motives in naming him before a ‘Meet the Press’ session on 3rd February. Responding on The Bhutanese Facebook page where the website …

An independent review carried out by the school planning and coordination division for central and autonomous schools says that central and autonomous schools have instilled significant good practices compared to non central schools. “The story from central schools says that there is an improvement in academic achievement,” said education minister …

The heart of Bhutan is beating in Gyelposhing, Mongar, where people of the six eastern districts have gathered to prepare and celebrate the first birth anniversary of His Royal Highness the Gyalsey, Jigme Namgyal Wangchuck, on 5th February. “Commemorating the birth anniversary of His Royal Highness the Gyalsey has given …