DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

City bus and taxi services are the dominant mode of public transport in urban areas besides the use of private cars. However, there is a major shortage of city buses in cities like Thimphu and also Phuentsholing and even the services that are available have several issues. Having public transport …

So far 64 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have registered in the country of which only 54 are currently operating. Of the operating CSOs 42 are Public Benefit Organizations (PBOs) and 12 are Mutual Benefit Organizations (MBOs). CSOs have existed for the benefit of society in Bhutan for many years. Keeping …

A Royal Audit Authority (RAA) report showed that Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) neither has the proper testing equipment nor competent inspectors to assess vehicles with sophisticated features. The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), during normal or highway inspection, does not inspect vehicles, which might not be roadworthy based on …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) received 33,600 doses of Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine donated by the U.S government earlier this week, to be used to vaccinate children who turn 5 years old with the first dose. The remaining pediatric vaccine supply will be used to give booster dose to children …

The Civil Liability Bill, the first of its kind, which has 11 chapters consisting of 169 sections, has been endorsed and submitted to the National Assembly (NA) for deliberation in the upcoming winter session. The objective of the Bill is to provide a comprehensive legal framework on civil liability, by …

A release from the Foreign Ministry said Bhutan will observe a day of national mourning on 9th July 2022 in honour of the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. All national flags across the country and Bhutan’s Embassies, Missions, and Consulates abroad will fly at half-mast. Former Prime Minister Abe …

More than 50 percent of the Thimphu City residents tested positive for H. pylori and about 55 percent in the other districts as of January 2022. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacterium causing chronic gastric infection and can even go on to cause gastric cancer in certain cases. Many …

Globally there are 37.7 million People Living with HIV (PLHIV), and in Bhutan there are 795 PLHIV of which 414 are male and 381 are female. Bhutan detected 55 HIV cases each in 2019 and 2020, and the case detection came down to 44 cases, a decrease by 9 cases, …

In the beginning of the year, the Bhutan Medical and Health Council (BMHC) took up the case of a 34-year-old woman who died in an isolation hotel on 28 January 2022. Currently, the case is with the General Body of Council (GBC), which is an apex body of the council chaired …

After the presentation of the final recommendation on the Royal Bhutan Police (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2021 for adoption by the Good Governance Committee (GGC), the National Council (NC) with a show of hands approved the committee’s recommendations and adopted the Bill. The Bill will be forwarded to National Assembly …