DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

PM hired the DNT media adviser as its press secretary Questions were asked on the appointment of the Press Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) during the Question Hour session of the National Assembly (NA) yesterday. The Member of Parliament (MP) of Pangbang Constituency, Dorji Wangdi, stated that press …

The Member of Parliament (MP) Norbu Wangzom from Jomotshangkha-Martshala constituency asked about the pledge of the present government to regularize those civil servants who are on contract basis. She said during the First Session, the Education Minister has also said that in addition to the regularization of contract civil servants …

The impeachment Procedure Bill of Bhutan 2019, for the holders of the constitutional offices, was introduced by National Resources and Environment Committee (NREC) on 30 May in the National Council of Bhutan. The deliberation on the Bill continued till 31 May. The NREC Head, NC Member Tashi Samdrup, said that …

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 …