DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

All valid points considered, the National Assembly (NA) forwarded the Domestic Violence Bill to the women and children committee for review and recommendations. Most of the views expressed revolved around the premise that there were already too many punitive measures in place to ensure prevention of domestic violence, therefore a …

The Opposition Leader during the Question hour in the National Assembly (NA) raised the issue of Taxi business which had been affected by many factors relating to other transport means in the country. The Opposition Leader (OL) said he had talked to many taxi drivers and received many complaints and …

The Bhutan Kuen-Ngyam Party (BKP) which forayed onto the political bandwagon last week has engaged informal discussions with the Election Commission of Bhutan, to ensure its registration as a legitimate political party. Although, the party claims to a have a sizeable number of candidates, registration will only come at an …

The new parties have owned up to having passed politically-charged comments on the ruling party following the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) Secretary General’s who said that the new parties who are not officially registered with Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) have openly criticized government acts and polices. In an interview …

Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering may not be coming back in 2013 due to health reasons   While there has been a lot of attention on the new parties coming into the Bhutanese electoral scene the ruling Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, (DPT) party has maintained a low profile. The party, however, is on …

Bhutan is a highly oral-society and in that word travels fast. And the word becomes news so soon that the facts are at times stripped of core ingredients. Proof of statement: Various mediums have been citing that Bhutan is already a multi- party democracy, but in reality there are only …

The Bhutan National Bank (BNB) has not been able to declare any dividends for the year 2011 as per the annual report of Druk Holding and Investments (DHI). Earlier with the encouragement of the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), BNB had encouraged all the shareholders to buy the rights issue where …

The Druk Holding and Investment has suggested the Government to increase the revenue from DHI to the government in light of the decreasing revenue from the sale of electricity. DHI Chairman Om Pradhan in a press conference yesterday said there is a need to increase revenue from DHI to the …

The horse is saddled and the stirrup is set, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has tightened its reigns, with acquired skills from the last elections and the party is raring to go. The PDP has started strengthening its institution in two fronts; fund raising and voluntary contributions, and strengthening its …

Following the surprise resignation put-up by National Assembly (NA) Speaker Jigme Tshultim, clearly announcing withdrawal from his current post as well as from his party, the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) was left with a big void to fill in the Radhi-Sakten constituency. It’s a big shoe to fill and the …