On August 18th, 2023, the Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy, in partnership with UNICEF, organized a sensitization event to bring attention to social protection issues faced by marginalized groups like people with disabilities, youth recovering from addiction, caregivers, and women. The event aimed to empower these groups to engage …
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The Attorney General Lungten Dubgyur of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) submitted his voluntary resignation letter to the Office of the Prime Minister today. Multiple sources who did not want to be identified confirmed his resignation letter. The AG after submitting his letter even packed his office and …
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Upon the Royal Command of His Majesty The King, a 3-day prayer ceremony is being performed at Namdroling Dratshang in Autsho, for the 23 people who lost their lives in Lhuntshe last month. The prayers are part of the funerary rites for the victims of the flood and landslide incident …
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The tenure of the current third National Assembly and government will come to an end on 31st October 2023 after which the race of the Primary and General elections will start. In the lead up to the big race, The Bhutanese asked all five party Presidents on what they see …
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A press release sent from the Supreme Court said that the Judiciary of Bhutan has suspended Justices Pema Rinzin and Tshering Dorji of Bench I, of the High Court with immediate effect for a deliberate miscarriage of justice in a drug case involving two defendants, one of whom is a …
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In the 2008 general elections an unfortunate impact of the electoral process was that the nation, communities and even families got divided along party lines. However, it has been observed that as Bhutanese democracy matures over time, its elections have also become more matured with each election being less venomous …
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Families in Lhuntse are mourning the loss of their loved ones as the search for the missing continues following a devastating flash flood in Ungar village under Lhuentse Dzongkhag. Gingtu Tenzin, a Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) work supervisor who is a survivor of the flood in Lhuntse shared his …
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After losses for seven straight years the Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited (FCBL) has managed to make some profit in its first two quarters or six months. In the last seven years from 2016 to 2022 FCB made a total loss of Nu 153 million. From January to June 2023 …
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Recently, the Department of Macro-Fiscal and Development Finance under the Ministry of Finance (MoF) sent out an email to the various State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) under the MoF to find out what are the expectations and plans of the SOEs over the pay hike and whether SOEs can adjust the …
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Finding affordable accommodation or housing in Perth, Australia is becoming harder by the year for the many Bhutanese there. The situation is worsened by job scarcity. According to The West Australian, the only locally edited daily newspaper in Perth, in the past three years, Perth has recorded the biggest slump …
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