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It’s almost a week since the government’s draft Right to Information (RTI) Bill has been made accessible to the public for the first time. While there are people who applaud the comprehensive draft, there are also those who have their reservations. Also most people including Parliamentarians are still not aware …

With four cases clinically confirmed in Samtse and seven likely cases in Gomtu it looks like Bhutan is braced for an outbreak of an altogether new-kind. The four cases were reported to Samtse hospital on 17 July symptomatic of the Chikungunya disease. Chikungunya meaning ‘mosquito-borne disease,’ is a rare form …

Proposes price control as a solution An agriculture ministry report has confirmed what many households in Thimphu already know that the prices of vegetables have shot up due to a combination of factors from inflation to the rupee crunch. The report compared prices for six months from January to June …

Bhutan celebrated 100 glorious years of education in the ‘Sherig Century,’ but intricacies up-close-and-personal will perhaps reveal that ‘hundred’, bygone in years and not really in strict-terms of quality development. A report study conducted by iDiscoveri and the Royal Education Council reveals contents that leave the system in want for …

A Bhutan Postal Corporation Limited (BPCL) tender for 15 City buses worth Nu 44.6mn has run into controversy, with a bidder Samden Vehicles alleging that procurement rules were not followed. The main allegation made by Samden Vehicles, a dealer of Tata Motors is that despite being the lowest bidder and …

An already visible impact is delayed government projects and incomplete buildings With Bhutan now in its fourth month of a severe credit crunch since April 2012, when banks stopped giving loans many construction companies faces serious financial difficulty. As a result some construction companies say they may even have to …

About 2% of Bhutanese men in Thimphu have had homosexual sex and this is a cause of concern for health officials who say unprotected homosexual encounters heighten the chances for the spread of HIV. The rapid assessment on Sexual Behavior Network in Thimphu discovered that 2% men reported their first …

A recent survey in the Royal Manas National Park has shown that the park has the world’s highest concentration of wild tigers. This information was also officially submitted by the government to the UNESCO as part of its proposal to help get  a World Heritage Site status for the Park …

Earlier Bhutan had only 49% ownership. For the additional 1% the 70% loan may be taken against the project itself instead of the Indian PSU’s balance sheets Earlier a major criticism for the four Joint Venture (JV) hydropower projects was that Bhutan’s Druk Green Power Corporation had only a minority …

This is the first time Bhutan has come up with the list. Wangduephodrang Dzong was one of the sites submitted before it tragically burnt down Bhutan on March, 8th 2012 nominated eight sites to be listed under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The …