DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, during the question hour session in National Assembly on May 19, said the Nganglam-Deothang highway construction is not cancelled, but it has been postponed for a year based on security issues in the south. The question on why the government had cancelled the highway construction was …

The meet-the-people program is for all Bhutan citizens, not just those who have wealth and power or those who support the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay emphasized during the question hour session of the National Assembly on 19th May. He also said it’s very important to …

The Local Government Members Entitlement Bill 2014, adopted at the joint sitting of the Parliament on 12th, will have to go through the provisions of the Constitution. The chairperson of the joint committee and Chumig-Ura representative, Tshewang Jurmi, said that the bill would not bring change in the local government …

The joint sitting of Parliament passed the Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Substance Abuse bill (NDPSSA) with majority of 66 of 69 members presented voted ‘yes’ on 11th May. The bill originally had 15 clauses which were not agreed by both the house. The joint committee met for more than …

As one of the current government’s austerity measures is to control chadri expenditure the Ministry of Home and Culture Affairs was directed to examine the chadri protocol. The Minister, Lyonpo Damcho Dorji, said that protocol has been revised, approved and already been implemented. He confirmed this at the 16th meet-the- …

The earlier proposals to impose a curfew on youth and to ban the sale of knives by the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)  are not against the country’s existing law and therefore we don’t have any problems, said the Minister of Home and Cultural Affairs, Damchoe Dorji, at the 16th meet-the-press. …

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay said at the 16th meet-the-press session held on 7th that although the employment issue was not on the upcoming parliament’s agenda it doesn’t mean that the government understated the situation. Ministries have been spending a lot of time on the issue and what the achievement will …

The Royal Manas National Park (RMNP), one of the many protected areas in Bhutan, has been seeing an increasing rate of wildlife rescues over the years. Although the wild animals within the protected areas of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries receive better protection from poachers and other dangers, however, the …

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) is set to establish five ‘One District Three Product’ (ODTP) projects this year, as declared in its 29th annual general meeting held yesterday. The Deputy Secretary General, BCCI, Chandra B. Chhetri, said ODTP is a way forward on enhancing rural-urban interconnectedness and …

Even with the garbage pickup service provided by Greener Way, some of the residents in Thimphu are illegally dumping their garbage along roadsides, backyards, and streams and river. The Chief Operational Officer, Greener Way, Dorji Wangchuk, said 90 percent of the people residing in Thimphu are segregating wastes and disposing …