DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

In sign of the heating political environment the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) has asked the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister to ‘step down’ over the Fiscal Incentives being declared a money bill in Parliament when the government had introduced it as a report. The party has said if needed …

Citing the recent incident of two Bhutanese trucks set on fire by an agitated mob in Assam after one truck ran over a student, the Bomdeling Jamkhar MP questioned the government on what it was doing to work out a long term solution to the persistent problems faced by Bhutanese …

The Druk Namrup Tshogpa (DNT) has said they would consider whether or not to take in Nima Tshering as a party member and candidate after they hear his side of the story and get the facts straightened out. A former DNT member, Nima Tshering is accused of using an optical …

The case of the 56-year-old grandmother who was last seen with the four-year-old boy, found dead in the Wangchu on April 28, has been forwarded to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). Police had detained the grandmother for a month until May 28. Earlier police said the grandmother claimed …

During the deliberation of the national budget for the Financial Year 2017-2018 in the National Council, the representative from Trongsa, Tharchen raised the issue of the government’s irrational spending on the cost of transportation under the general public service of the government. He said, “The government has allocated around 85 …

The Bumdeling-Jamkhar representative Dupthob sought an update from the Economic Affairs Minister Lyonpo Lekey Dorji on the implementation status of the resolutions on regional tourism in the country. These recommendations were submitted by the Economic Development and Private Sector Committee during the 8th session and it was directed that the …

The government is very concerned and has a formed a committee to look into the issue of Bhutanese students graduating from Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) the education minister said during the NA’s question hour session on Friday. Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk said the ministry is working on a proposal to be …

During NA’s question hour yesterday the Dophuchen Tading MP, Tek Bahadur Subba, questioned the education minister as to why the National Council insisted on Bhutan history being taught in Dzongkha despite the concerns of citizens and the difficulties expressed by educationists. Education minister Norbu Wangchuk said he took part in …

Opposition members questioned the government on its pledge to provide bus services in all gewogs with road access. Dremetse Ngatshang MP Ugyen Wangdi said 200 gewogs now have road access and are in need of public transport, as private operators have not stepped in.  “Four years of the government’s term …

The annual ceiling on the number of foreign workers in the country is expected to drop to 45,000 in the next two to three years after the construction of the mega hydropower projects are completed according to home minister Dawa Gyaltshen. He was responding to a question on the status …