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New chat evidence shows same assistant lecturer had dated and kissed a student in ILCS Two Sherubtse lecturers had been terminated earlier for sexual harassment After The Bhutanese published news of the harassment complaint of 10 Sherubtse girls against Assistant Lecturer Dorji Phuntsho, two girls from two prior institutions of …

On the 8th of October, the Prime Minister Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering met the Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) Secretariat and asked them to do a review of the five year planning cycle on whether it should continue as it is or if there are any alternatives and improvements that …

After more than a month’s delay from when the rape case was first registered by a 17-year-old girl against her step father, the Punakha police have finally sent the rape case to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) for prosecution. Following a story by The Bhutanese last week highlighting …

The Foreign Minister Lyonpo Dr Tandi Dorji and the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Wu Jianghao signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Three-Step Roadmap for Expediting the Bhutan-China Boundary Negotiations. The …

The day of 13th October 2011 will go down as one of the happiest in Bhutan’s history as not only did the Royal Wedding take place and His Majesty The King find a Royal partner, but Bhutan got a Queen. The people were happy not only for the moment, but …

His Majesty The King visited Lunana on the morning of 6th October, and granted Lagthram to the 191 households who are receiving Land Kidu in Goenshari, Punakha. Traditionally, the people of Lunana migrate south with their animals during the winter months, when it gets too difficult to eke out a living …

College withholds promotion for three years for lecturer but students not satisfied with the outcome In June this year 10 female students from the same class in the third year of Sherubtse College filed a harassment complaint against Assistant Lecturer Dorji Phuntsho. The complaints ranged from body shaming to unprofessional …

The police in the first week of September registered a case after a 17-year-old student in one of the schools in Punakha  accused her step-father of raping her. She lost her mother in 2019 to liver cancer and since then she was living with her step-father and her 4-year-old half …

Following reports by The Bhutanese on an extortion network in Jaigaon comprising of five local journalists, some SSB, some customs and others that preyed on Bhutanese exports and even imports, it has been learnt that senior officials in New Delhi are instituting their own enquiries. As a result, the enquiry …

The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) in a notification issued on 1st July 2021 announced its intention to audit the discretionary grant given to ministers (Nu 200,000 per year), MPs (Nu 150,000 per year) and Dzongdas (Nu 75,000 per year). With this audit Ministers, MPs and Dzongdas for the first time …