DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

In the remote highlands of Nubri, when a Himalayan wolf preys on a livestock calf, 24-year-old Ugyen Lham no longer waits weeks to report it. With a quick tap on her phone using the NoteCam application, coordinates and time-stamped images of the incident are sent directly to the Paro Divisional …

The Education Minister said corporal punishment is prohibited in schools and that allegations of such conduct are taken seriously. Lyonpo said that individual incidents are addressed by schools and Dzongkhag and Thromde Education Offices through established procedures, while the Ministry provides the policy framework, guidance and system-level oversight. This paper …

During the 31st Meet-the-Press session, Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay reiterated that the government has been monitoring high-risk river basins and potentially dangerous lakes for years, long before recent regional disasters, and continues to do so with new investment and contingency plans. These efforts aim to establish Early Warning Systems …

Family and Child Bench says individual circumstances, rehabilitation and the best interests of the children guided the judgments The Family and Child Bench of the Thimphu District Court on 11th August 2026 has ordered six-month diversion in lieu of formal adjudication for 10 children in conflict with the law (CICL) …

The overall road length has been reduced to 12.6 km from 14.1 km The Gelephu-Tareythang road will now be 12.6 km long, 1.5 km shorter than the originally proposed 14.1 km alignment, following the finalization of a new greenfield alignment for the Tareythang segment. The update was shared by the …

Under the National Fuel Price Smoothening Framework (NFPSF), the Government has provided a total of Nu. 2.047 billion (bn) in fuel price support from March 11 to September 1, 2026. The bulk of this amount has been for diesel. 62,963 kiloliters of diesel or 62.963 million (mn) liters sold to …

Following the court’s sentencing of a Shaba Higher Secondary School teacher to two months’ imprisonment for assaulting two students on August 24, the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) has clarified the circumstances under which a civil servant convicted of such an offence may be suspended or terminated. RCSC has said …

The number of tourist accommodations in Bhutan has increased since the pandemic, but concerns remain over whether the growth in hotel capacity is keeping pace with the recovery in tourist arrivals. According to the Bhutan Tourism Monitor 2019, Bhutan had 309 classified accommodations before the pandemic, including 17 five-star hotels, …

The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) has outlined a series of reforms implemented by Norbuling Rigter College (NRC) following the recommendations of an internal inquiry into the violent incident that raised public questions on safety measures within the college campus earlier this year. The case came to light on 31st …

Corporal punishment may make a child obey in the moment, but the fear and pain used to achieve that obedience can come at the cost of the child’s long-term mental and emotional well-being, according to the child psychiatrist at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH). While physical punishment …