May 18, 2013
The 33-year old woman from Samtse, who was in Thimphu referral hospital’s intensive care unit, passed away on the night of May 16, making her the fourth victim in the recent mushroom poisoning case.
Her husband, in his 30s, 10-year old daughter and her seven-year-old brother died on the morning of May 16 at the Thimphu referral hospital.
The family was brought to Thimphu on May 14. They had consumed the mushroom, locally known as balu chew [... Read More]
May 17, 2013
His Majesty the King with Indian foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai (c) yesterday in ThimphuIndia is committed to supporting Bhutan’s 11th five-year plan, which starts in July this year, but at this stage no specific commitments have been made since discussions were still at an early stage Indian foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai said yesterday during an interaction with the Bhutanese media.
“We are aware of some of the requests of the government of Bhutan but we have not had an opportunity to discuss them in great detail,” he said. “My [... Read More]
May 17, 2013
That leaves the defendants with a last recourse: an appeal to the Supreme Court
More than a month of deliberations since the hearings for both the former National Assembly speaker and former home minister, along with his 13-committee members, culminated in the High Court upholding Mongar court’s judgment on the Gyalpoizhing land case.
In other words, it dismissed the appeals of the defendants, who sought recourse to the High Court.
The only new element in the High Court [... Read More]
May 17, 2013
A four-year-old boy, who was bitten by a pack of seven dogs in Khotakha, Wangduephodrang, on May 8, will receive his second dose of anti rabies vaccine (ARV) today.
The boy, who suffered bites all over his body except the face, was admitted in Bajo hospital on May 8, and received more than 84 stitches on various parts of the body, including the head.
He was attacked when he went across the fence of Khotakha school to [... Read More]
May 17, 2013
Two of those, who consumed the toxic fungus, are still in a critical condition
A man and two children of one family have died and two other adults were in critical condition as of last evening from mushroom poisoning, the first reported case of the year.
The man, in his 30s, his 10-year old daughter and seven-year-old brother of his wife died last morning at the Thimphu referral hospital. The man’s 33-year old wife was in the [... Read More]
May 17, 2013
Almost 10 days after election commission disqualified the party from contesting this year’s National Assembly elections, Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) is back to work, pursuing their commitment to stay on.
The party will remain politically active as a political domain, by observing the primary and general elections. It will also be strongly engaged in voluntary social works.
The party is also in the process of seeking employment in different sectors for their young candidates, while enduring to [... Read More]
May 17, 2013
Representatives of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the two constituencies of Trashiyangtse have been missing their common forums for election campaign.
Bumdeling-Jamkhar constituency’s Thukten Tshering and Khamdhang-Ramjar’s Sonam Dhendup Dorji have missed three and two common forums respectively.
Thukten Tshering, who was in Thimphu, said he could not make it, since he had a death in the family.
“My attempt to appoint a representative also proved futile, since I’m engrossed with the funeral rites,” he said, adding he [... Read More]
May 17, 2013
Home ministry’s recent guideline that stipulates how political party presidents on the campaign tours of the country should be greeted has caused some stir.
The discussion has emanated, especially in the light of the competition parties are undergoing in efforts to shore up support for the primary round of election, which is just over a week away.
While there was no qualms about “extending courtesy” to political party presidents, when they visited various parts of the country, [... Read More]
May 17, 2013
In his turn: DNT candidate tells voters at the common forum at Bikhar to listen to candidates onlyPeople of three villages of Bikhar, Khapti and Domkhar were quite impressed with all four political party candidates representing Kanglung-Samkhar constituency in Trashigang at the common forum yesterday.
Apart from the substance, one villager, who claimed to remember vividly the debates of 2008, said the candidates this time were more articulate speakers.
“Every candidate was impressive in their own ways,” a villager from Bikhar, Phuntsho, 75, said. “We certainly have a choice to make.”
Another villager from Bikhar, [... Read More]
May 17, 2013
Going by the pledges made in Thangrong, Mongar, the parties seem indistinguishable
Despite being busy with their farm work, more than 220 people from Thangrong gewog’s 357 households in Mongar turned up to listen to the campaign speeches of the four political parties on May 14.
Many farmers said they give equal importance to elections as to their farm work. They however pointed out that all parties talked about the same issues in different words.
The issues, candidates [... Read More]
