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New and improved Pedestrian Day will not allow taxis

Save for a not-so-distant reaction to be pre-empted from the Taxi community, the Business sector should stand appeased for now as the government has taken into account a fair share of their Pedestrian day proposal. The BCCI Secretary General, Phub Tshering said the private sector’s submission was clearly to provide …

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The not-so-curious case of Patient Kali Maya

The absence of a mental asylum for patients who wander aloof to different places and authorities brings the need to establish suitable facilities high on agenda for the country’s authorities and policy makers who are yet to figure out their lines of jurisdiction to handle such cases which are noticeably …

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Are guns really a must for a Bhutanese?

The recent incident of a 15 year old shooting his 36-year old father to death has raised the question whether we really need guns in a relatively peaceful country. Guns should be banned – the sooner the better. That’s’ what many people along with some members of parliament feel. Today …

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Expired drugs prescribed to patients by MoH

The effect could be anything from reduced effectiveness to poisoning A case of expired drugs given for a child in Thimphu with a rare heart condition has brought to fore the controversial practice of government hospitals and pharmacies in supplying expired medicines to patients. It has also attracted the ire …

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