DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Over 40 members of the press, supporters of the defendants and the general public crammed into the small Bench 1 courtroom of the Thimphu district court where the preliminary hearing of Sonam Phuntsho’s (Ap SP) charges of libel against Namgay Zam and Dr. Shacha Wangmo was held on Thursday, August …

Thimphu police arrested three suspects in relation to a burglary in a week’s time. However, one suspect is at large. On August 8, Thimphu police arrested a 19- year-old man for burglarizing a house in Babesa. The suspect stole Nu 110,000, one gold ring, one mobile phone and B-Mobile and …

The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa has criticized the Central Schools program of the government  calling it archaic and reversing the advances made in self-reliance. The party said that while there is no disagreement on the consolidation of the school system to improve efficiency and quality of education in the long run. …

Dzongkhag election team in Zhemgang is busy informing and sending circulars to the heads of Local Government since the date for the 2nd Local Government election is scheduled on August 9. Election Commission of Bhutan notified that the elections to the Gewog Tshogdes of 205 Gewogs of 20 Dzongkhags and …

Lumang gewog’s five women candidates for the upcoming local government elections are beginning to have a change of heart as election day draws closer. No final election dates have been announced yet but three of the candidates say they are not ready and two say they do not feel confident. …

Phuentsholing police have handed over the abandoned vehicle which was found parked near Norgay compound in Phuentsholing. The vehicle, a Toyota Inova with a Sikkim registration number was spotted abandoned and later on the incident was communicated with the Sadar police station, Sikkim, Gangtok. Later on it was found that …

Heavier than normal monsoon rains over Bhutan and especially southern Bhutan wrecked havoc  in the last two weeks with mega landslides  cutting off the Phuentsholing-Thimphu highway and nearly all major highways and smaller roads across Bhutan. Meanwhile rivers and streams in southern Bhutan over flooded its banks destroying Sarpang town, …

At a press conference on Friday evening, the Prime Minister called for the nation to keep calm and work together with the government through the heavy monsoon that has damaged public infrastructure and temporarily blocked roads into some parts of the country. “We need to work as a team and …

By the end of this year, a crop insurance scheme is to be implemented in the agriculture sector in Bhutan. It will provide a hitherto absent safety net to the policy subscribers, among 70 percent of the country’s population, that are dependent on agriculture. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) …

Lyonchhen interacted with the people who have difficulties finding accommodation in Phuentsholing. Speaking to over 1000 people residing in the border town of Jaigaon , Lyonchhen informed them that the government will soon start building 72 buildings with 500 units in Phuentsholing. The ground breaking ceremony was held earlier in …