DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

An estimated 3,000 job seekers, mostly youth, fresh out of training and vocational institutes, thronged the 14th national job fair in Thimphu, which ended Thursday, where a number of employment agencies required prior work experience. No on-the-spot recruitment was done as job seekers did not have the required documents but …

Complaints on corruption lodged against local governments continue to be the highest according to the Anti-Corruption Commission’s 2016 Annual Report. A total of 119 complaints constituting 33.8 per cent of the total complaints were received against local government in 2016. In 2015, 79 complaints were received against local government. The …

The Prime Minister took on the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) head on over DNT’s allegations that Bhutan is becoming the ‘Greece’ of south Asia due to debt being 113 percent of the GDP which is the worst in the SAARC region. Lyonchhen said, “I am happy that DNT is following …

The National Council on Friday unanimously ratified the Paris Agreement, which aims to strengthen global response to the threat of climate change through a temperature goal of limiting the increase in global average temperature to 1.5 degree Celsius. Agriculture minister Yeshey Dorji introduced and presented the objectives, aims, achievements, and …

At the Friday NA question hour session the Nubi-Tangsibji constituency MP, Nidup Zangpo, asked the education minister on the government’s plan to make central schools sustainable at a time when most developmental activities are being funded by grants and foreign aid. The MP said that when the country is developing …

Driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol and psychotropic substances is considered as a serious traffic violation. As part of the consultations on the RSTA Bill the traffic police want’s to not only enhance the fines but also include detention. “During the stakeholders consultation meeting we decided that there is …

Bhutan has been ranked 27 of 176 countries, scoring 65 out of 100 by the Corruption Transparency Survey 2016 report. This is the same position as 2015. The ACC annual report 2016 states that 149 cases are complaints against abuse of function, which is misuse of one’s official position or …

In the month of April 2017, Thimphu police apprehended 32 people in connection with illicit trafficking and substance abuse. Of the 32, one is woman in her mid 30’s while the rest are men with different professional backgrounds and of different age groups. Thimphu police seized 436 capsules of SP+ …

The grandmother of the four-year old boy, who went missing on April 27th and was found dead the next day in the Wangchu river, has been admitted in the psychiatric ward of the JDWNR hospital in Thimphu according to police. She has been admitted for further treatment based on her …

The newly released findings for 2017 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) showed that Bhutan moved up 10 spots from 94 in 2015 …