DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

The findings on the World Press Freedom Index by an independent NGO with consultative status with the United Nations, UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the International Organization of the Francophone called the Reporters Without Boarders (RSF) revealed that Bhutan ascended14 spots, taking the country’s press freedom index to 80 …

With the start of fiscal incentives from 2010, there has been a massive oversupply of hotels especially in places like Thimphu, Paro, and Punakha resulting in low occupancy. However, the situation of hotels in Paro, Thimphu, and Punakha is much better as most tourists visiting Bhutan mainly visit these places …

Amidst severe backlash from the general public and monastic body on the Samrang mega-farm that was once conjectured to be a slaughterhouse even before any official affirmation, the previous government faced a difficult time convincing that there were no plans in line to turn Samrang mega farm into a slaughterhouse. …

The Prime Minister had earlier said that the pledge for free nutritious lunch in schools within 120 days had intentionally been labeled as achieved, although it is actually not implemented in schools, since a lot of effort has been in it and it had been approved by the cabinet after …

The Managing for Excellence (MaX) Performance Management System was introduced in 2017 for schools. However, soon after two main issues were brought to the fore by teachers and others working in the schools. The first was that there was limited clarity and consistency in the assessment of the IWP leading …

During the Friday press meet the Prime Minister was asked three questions on the ‘Earn and Learn’ program controversy. Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering told the press gathering that this would be ‘final question’ he would be taking on the issue and giving an answer to it. In what appeared to …

The Royal Bhutan Police came up with a day long consultative program on Intelligence Led Policing (ILP) in Thimphu with the main objective to make Bhutan a safer place to live and work. They will study how the initiative will work in Thimphu for a year and after that other …

Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering during the inaugural ceremony of the 14th Round Table Meeting (RTM) held in the capital this week, reiterated that climate change is real and efforts must be made to reduce its impact given Bhutan’s vulnerability. Similarly, discussions and commitments from Bhutan’s developing partners and donors during …

As the government completed120 days in power, the government during the recent meet the press informed that out of the five pledges on agriculture, it has achieved two and three are on track. The government informed the press that the government’s pledge on the establishment of water agency, stray dog …

As the government completed 120 days the Prime Minister (Dr) Lotay Tshering shared the status on the ‘25 pledges in 120 days’. The DNT, in its manifesto, had come up with a list of 25 pledges to be fulfilled within the first 120 days. The government divided the status of the …