DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

During the Tsirang NC Public Debate, 39-year-old Ragu Nath Nepal pledged to make public services simple and timely. He promises to highlight the laws that promote economic development and bring amendments to the laws that will govern a better society. Additionally, he pledged to formulate laws that minimize corruption-related practices …

The National Council (NC) of Bhutan was institutionalized in 2008 under the Article 11 of the Constitution of Bhutan with its first twenty-five members. The Upper House has played an important role in Bhutanese democracy and legislation since then. How NC came to be is historical and one of the …

Final accident investigation report could take up to a year The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT) released a preliminary accident investigation report of the helicopter crash that occurred on 3 March 2023 killing a woman and her daughter. According to the report, the cause and contributing factors of the accident …

Although teachers are the highest-paid civil servants in the country, however, they are bogged down with heavy workload. Many teachers cited the workload as being the reason why they are leaving the teaching profession. In the past, teachers in government schools strongly supported doing away with the Saturday classes because …

Chukha Dzongkhag has four candidates participating in the upcoming National Council election. Of the four candidates, three are new candidates while one is an incumbent candidate. All the four candidates have pledged and emphasized on the importance of reviewing the existing laws and policies which would benefit public and country …

HIV/AIDS is still treated as a taboo in the country, and people living with HIV (PLHIV) are stigmatized and discriminated against, which is why a very few people go to health centers for HIV tests. So, in order to make it convenient for the people, the Ministry of Health (MoH) …

The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) has approved the slot for 407 contract teachers, of which 68 Regular Contract Teachers (RCT) are already recruited, and the remaining 339 slots for National Contract Teachers (NCT) will be recruited by dzongkhags and thromdes for the 2023 academic year, as per the BCSR …

T-bank has resumed its education loan for students who are opting to study outside from 4th March. Under Royal Monetary Authority’s new education loan scheme, T-Bank will be once again sanctioning special education loans similar to that of other banks. T-bank had to suspend its education loan as it had …

A joint research project carried out from May 2022 to January 2023 to understand the barriers faced by LGBTI+ community in accessing health services showed that the LGBT+ individuals experience unequal treatment in society and they are the ones who face health disparities. It is the first of its kind …

With lower numbers of incoming tourists, guests staying over at hotels have decreased largely with some hotels claiming to have decreased occupancy rate by 50 percent, and some are running on a loss. Department of Tourism certified hotels like Park Hotel in Phuentsholing claims that with lower numbers of guests, …