DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Shortly after the recent incident in Haa of a school girl who abandoned her baby, many people have started calling for the need of proper sex education in schools apart. The Director General of Ministry of Education, Karma Tshering, he said that ‘’Sex education is obviously taught under life skills …

DNT’s pledge of vehicle quota for each household grabbed attention during the election last year. However, speaking on behalf of the prime minister on Friday at the national assembly, Foreign Minister Lyonpo (Dr) Tandin Dorji said the talk on pledge was discontinued after the election commission notified the party to not go beyond the party manifesto …

With just a year away in achieving economic self-reliance as per vision 2020, the opposition party’s vice president MP Dorji Wangdi raised a question on status of achieving the goal while also highlighting the expenditure to achieve some of the main pledges of the government. Answering on behalf of the …

As the government delegation returns from a eleven-day visit to Japan with the set of observations and findings on the situation of the students in Japan, the study although specified conclusive by the government is marked as substandard by the parent’s representatives and the committee lawyer. The seven-member delegation team …

Of the total 870 cases from RBP received by the Office of Attorney General (OAG) for a prosecution in 2018, there were total of 61 cases on sexual offences committed against children, 22 cases of sexual offences against women and 47 cases related to Child in Conflict of Law (CICL). …

About 48 households in Kanglung town and nearby areas are facing acute water shortage for about a month now after a construction company disposed its construction waste near a water source making the water supply muddy and not usable for either drinking or washing. Funded by the Government of India …

Around 500 students stand ready to file the case soon With the case against Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO) underway, the ‘learn and earn’ program is now strictly under the scrutiny of the government, with officials visiting Japan recently. Nearly 500 youth have given signed power of attorney to file the …

Kholongchu and Dorjilung projects stuck but Sunkosh to be implemented With the projected trade deficit of Nu 30bn in the 12th FYP, the government has pledged to narrow the existing trade deficit through economic diversification. The economics minister, Lyonpo Loknath Sharma said that economic diversification is one of the main …

Restaurants along Norzin Lam are facing acute water shortage and there are incidences where few restaurants had to remain closed for few days. Restaurants and few residents staying in Norzin Lam areas are increasing dissatisfied with Thimphu thromde because while Thimphu thromde is mandated to provide safe, reliable and equitable …

Five Japanese lawyers stand ready to file cases against BEO’s partner SND in Japan In another alleged breach of contract by the agent, Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO), the agent and its counterpart in Japan, SND, had introduced Bhutanese students to a new scheme to obtain a working visa, for which …