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The recent rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Paro and a string of rapes and sexual molestation of children has created a national outrage on the issue. The outrage was so strong that many members of the public including two MPs from DNT even demanded the amendment of …
Read More »Cabinet gives in-principle approval for college stipends
Decision on RGoB and GoI college students’ stipends to also come soon On 11th July 2019 the Tashichhoeling MP Dil Maya Rai proposed that the stipends of college students be raised from the current Nu 1500 to Nu 2500 and that day scholars be given an additional Nu 1500 for …
Read More »Long work hours, instant noodles diet, no sleep and cramped conditions led to 30 TB cases in Japan LEP program
Long working hours, coupled with improper diet and living conditions are the main causes of students contracting Tuberculosis (TB), according to students who are in Japan under the Learn and Earn Programme (LEP). In an earlier interview (13 April 2019), The Bhutanese reported 30 cases of TB among the students …
Read More »‘I want justice and the severest punishment to be given to the person who did this to my daughter’ : Mother of the 8-year-old victim
Mother and daughter had moved out of their original home closer to the school around a month ago after a family dispute The eight-year-old deceased girl in the now infamous Paro case and her mother had originally been staying in Jitshiphu, Drugyel in their home with the father of the …
Read More »Slowing domestic credit and Indian economy starts to impact Bhutan’s economy
If the land prices and the building frenzy are any indication, then Bhutan’s economy has been enjoying a period of strong growth since the low of 2012-2013. However, the good times may be coming to an end or at least slowing down due to a double whammy of slowing credit …
Read More »RBA officer and Indian Lt Colonel lose life in chopper crash
Two lives were lost in a helicopter crash which took place on 27 September at around 1:30 PM near Younphula Domestic Airport, Trashigang, around a kilometer away from the domestic airport. One of the deceased was a 38-year-old RBA Captain Kalzang Wangdi from Bhutan and one Lt. Colonel Rajneesh Parmar …
Read More »Dark clouds gather as ACC is unhappy with OAG’s non-appeal of the JPLP case
ACC files appeal to the Supreme Court and says letters, calls and texts from ACC Chairperson and Commissioner to AG on case went unanswered ACC in a press conference points out that defense law firm of JPLP was formerly owned by AG AG fires back saying non-appeal done based on …
Read More »Nu 340.399 mn not accounted for by Anim Damcho and Lam Tshering Wangdi in Buddha Dordenma project
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) investigation of the Buddha Dordenma project has found that Lam Tshering Wangdi and Anim Damcho could not account or explain the utilization of Nu 340.399 mn from the Buddha Dordenma Image Foundation (BDIF) fund. The ACC said that this amount has been misappropriated. The investigation …
Read More »Bhutan Outraged: 8-year-old raped and murdered in Paro, 5-year-old raped in Dagana and 4-year-old molested in Thimphu
NA Legislative Chair proposes death penalty for rape of child Paro police recovered the dead body of an eight-year-old girl from 50 meters above Satsam Chorten, Drugyel, Paro on 18 September at around 9 pm. The deceased was sexually assaulted and murdered. Police are investigating the case. Similarly, on 18 …
Read More »Death penalty is not the solution
The Bhutanese Newspaper’s 21st September news article and post on MP Tshewang Lhamo’s view that the Constitution and Bhutan Penal code should be amended to give the death penalty for rape of children under 12 has elicited a lot of debate. Even before her personal views, it was clear that the …
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