DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen and His Royal Highness Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel flew to Delhi from Paro airport on 16th September to join His Majesty The King.  Their Majesties are traveling to London for the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, which is to be …

Thimphu is detecting 15 to 30 COVID-19 cases daily from the community ever since the Ministry of Health (MoH) in collaboration with the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) resumed the symptomatic screening and treatment for flu-like illness and TB at the Flu Clinic located at RBP Ground (Helipad) …

The Global HDR Report for the Asia and the Pacific was launched in Thimphu on 15 September. For the first time in the 32 years that UNDP has been calculating, the Human Development Index (HDI), which measures a nation’s health, education, and standard of living, it has declined globally, for …

Government agencies won 54 cases while contractors won 47 cases After the inception of the Bhutan Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre (ADRC) in May 2018, the office has facilitated the resolution of 120 disputes, starting from 4 disputes in 2018 to 41 disputes in 2019, 36 disputes in 2020, 27 disputes …

The Election Commission of Bhutan’s (ECB) ‘Rules on Elections Conduct in the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2022’ does not talk about just requiring five and 10 years work experience for National Assembly and National Council candidates or asking for how pledges will be funded, but it also has strong provisions against candidates …

After the High Court has upheld the District Court’s judgment dismissing the alleged defamation case against Penjore but not providing compensation, Penjore has decided to appeal to the Supreme Court by next week. The High Court pronounced its judgment on 31 August 2022. The High Court has dismissed the compensation …

The former Board Director of the National Cottage and Small Industries Development Bank Limited (NCSIDBL), Tshewang Tashi, and the Chief Executive Officer of Sai Trading Partner, Samten were sentenced to three years and six months each in prison on Monday by the Thimphu District Court. The sentence was to do …

With the opening of borders, the chances of detecting monkeypox in the country is high now, and with WHO declaring a global health emergency, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is prepared to handle a possible outbreak. An official from MoH said monkeypox is a self-limiting disease, where it sometimes shows …

Local Government leaders (Gups) have expressed the need for proper consultation to be made before they decide or approve the budget distribution for the gewogs. They are not satisfied with the current practice of how the budget is being distributed among the gewogs. The issue was discussed in the Dzongkhag …

Around July 2020, Thimphu Thromde issued a notification signed by the Executive Secretary stating that Building owners are to comply with permissible color code of Green, Brown and Red only. Roofs that are left unpainted or not painted with permissible color code needs immediate action by respective building owners. However, …