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Earlier this week the Chithuen Phendey Executive Director, Tshewang Tenzin put up a letter on the social media that talked about a HIV positive alcoholic woman sleeping on the streets and being exploited sexually by up to 50 youth and men unaware of her HIV status. It has now been …

The National Council’s (NC) review of the Tourism sector and particularly its observations on possibly reforming the current tariff structure has generated a lot of discussions both inside and outside the Tourism sector. However, the NC’s review and recommendations, while generating debate and new ideas will not be legally binding …

Faced with an increasing shortage of subsidized LPG cylinders across the country, the government is in the process of asking the Government of India (GoI) to allot more subsidized LPG cylinders quota for Bhutan. The Minister for Economic Affairs, Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk said, “We are requesting the GoI to increase …

The National Council in one of its eight recommendations on the review of the hydropower sector recommended that hydropower projects be owned only by the state and not private companies and individuals. This NC recommendation comes in the backdrop of increasing lobbying over the years by some private companies, both …

The Bhutan Medical and Health Council (BMHC) has reversed its earlier decision to bar eminent Dungtsho Sherab Jorden and has asked him to continue with his traditional healing practices. The BMHC in a 13th November 2015 letter addressed to the Dungtsho said that last time around the council had stopped …

The MP from Khar-Yurung constituency, Zangley Drukpa, raised concerns on the farms in Samrang and Yusipang. He said as a Buddhist country, people in Bhutan hold high regard for the spiritual and cultural values of the country, and therefore, establishing of a mega farm by the government hurts the sentiments …

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) filed multiple charges coming to around 199 counts against multiple individuals in what is popularly known as the ‘Gelephu Losel Cinema case’. Gelephu Dungpa, Pema Wangdi, who is the main accused and at the center of the case faces the maximum charges, coming …

An increasing number of people have started coming forward with complaints with regard to the reliability and trustworthiness of the Druk Petroleum Pump located opposite the Tarayana foundation building in Thimphu. A similar complaint from different people is that the fuel from the station does not last long. Coincidentally, the …

Two men who are completely blind have been taking shelter at the eye ward in Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu.  One of the men has been in JDWNRH for more than two years and the other man has been admitted for more than a month. With …

Royalty revision also proposed for 2016 budget The much delayed and anticipated Mineral Development Policy (MDP) will soon be submitted to the cabinet after it was finalized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs this week. The ministry also sent a related proposal for the increase of royalty rates and mineral …