DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Pasakha police, Phuentsholing division, arrested a 64-year-old man on 9 November who molested a 13-year-old school going girl. The victim’s father reported the incident to police after the mother saw a mark on her daughter’s cheek and questioned her about it. The suspect runs a restaurant in Pasakha where the …

PM says unemployed youths should come forward and register with the Labour Ministry so that the government can help them to get employed too  Lyonchhen Dasho Tshering Tobgay urged all the unemployed youths who wish to get employed to come forward and register themselves with the Ministry of Labour and …

Bhutan’s first Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) study on children with disabilities survey report was launched providing an overview of the current knowledge, attitudes and practices of stakeholders towards disabilities and disability services, with an emphasis on children with disabilities (CWD) in a country. The study was carried out by …

Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen graced a celebration to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol- a United Nations treaty to take steps to protect the ozone layer on 6th November. Dignitaries and senior officials from the government, UN and private sector also attended the event, which organized by …

The high Court has dismissed the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa’s (DNT) case against the government’s fiscal incentive package alleging violation of the constitution on the grounds that DNT lacks locus standi or legal standing. This is in keeping with one of the arguments the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), the …

It is a lack of knowledge and understanding of the provisions of the Local Government Act that often get local elected leaders into trouble say officials of the Department of Local Governance (DLG) of the home ministry. “Under the Local Government Act, the roles and responsibilities of the elected members …

The subject based learning implemented in 2010 at the primary level of Jigme Losel Lower Secondary School will be scaled up to class X as the initiative has proven to be successful according to a baseline research by the school authorities. The action research indicated significant improvement in the four …

High Court says it will either rule on legality of FI or dismiss the case soon The Office of Attorney General (OAG) has requested the court to dismiss DNT’s petition on the government’s fiscal incentives being unconstitutional because it not only lacked locus standi to file the suit, the matter …

The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT), one of the two registered parties outside the parliament, say they are stronger than ever before and optimistic of winning the third general elections in 2018. This optimism stems from the enormous amount of support expressed by diverse people from across the country and the …

Recently volunteers have started coming forward to mend the innumerable potholes in the capital with the goal to improve the conditions of the roads. The first round of work was carried around the Election Commission Office, one of the most common areas where public pleaded for an improvement in the …