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The Bench five district court verdict on the Dasho Benji case created a stir not only for the case verdict and directions to investigate sedition charges, but also its assertion that Dzongkha is not the court language. The verdict in its ‘Court Findings’ section, justifying why it accepted the submissions …

The 18th annual National Education Conference (NEC) endorsed some strategies to promote the Dzongkha, in schools of which the strategy to make Dzongkha a compulsory pass subject has generated much attention. The NEC decided that Dzongkha will be a main subject in that students have to pass the subject to …

The Thimphu district court’s bench five verdict not only pronounced a Nu 450,000 compensation for Dasho Benji in the defamation case filed against him, but it also caused a political earthquake by saying there is a prima facie case of sedition against the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT). If the sedition …

Less than month after receiving Dhar and Kabney from His Majesty The King in the symbolically significant  Simtokha Dzong and a few weeks after taking the oath of office, the Dangchu Gup, Sonam Dorji in Wangduephodrang Dzongkhag put up his resignation on 14th November 2016 which was accepted by the …

The Bench five of the Thimphu district court has allowed the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) to withdraw the defamation case against Dasho Benji in accordance with section 153 of the Civil and Criminal Procedures Code (CCPC). However, as per the indemnity rule enjoined in the same section the plaintiff Dasho …

Breaking: Bench five of the Thimphu District Court has allowed DPT to withdraw its defamation case but has awarded Dasho Benji Nu 450,000 in damages. Court has also found DPT prima facie guilty of sedition and has directed the OAG to coordinate with investigative agencies for a thorough investigation after …

It would also prevent hoarding of state land by public agencies The National Land Commission (NLC), in a few months time, will be coming up with the User Rights Certificate (URC) land reform which is expected to facilitate the allotment of state lands for agricultural and economic purposes in rural …

One of the worst kept secrets of schools in both Thimphu and across Bhutan is an increasing trend to admit underage students based on family pressure and tacit acceptance by schools. This is in violation of Ministry of Education rules which allows admission only on reaching the age six. One …

In a stunning turnaround of events, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has dropped the entire Trongsa land case which consisted of multiple land transactions involving six people like former Trongsa Dzongdag Lhab Dorji, his wife Karma Tshetim Dolma, former Dragten Gup Tenzin, former Nubi Gup Phuntsho, National Land …

One of the key aspects of His Majesty’s National day address was on the opportunities for the youth in commercial farming and food processing, and also the benefits to the country and the youth if the banks can enhance credit to this underfunded sector. His Majesty also recognized and acknowledged …