BHUTAN TODAY The New Perspective

By Tandin Wangchuk The Social and Cultural Affairs Committee of the National Council reported that a review was undertaken to assess the situation of suicide and mental health issues in Bhutan and determine their root causes. This was also done to strengthen preventive and treatment programs while presenting the Interim Review of Suicide and Mental Health Issues in Bhutan to …

By Sonam Choki The Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly tabled the review report on Annual Anti-corruption Commission Report 2019 in the ongoing Parliament. The report mainly consists of the salient aspects of ACC‟s annual report and the NA committee‟s recommendations. The review reveals that in the 2019 the Anti-Corruption Commission saw greater impetus for concerted and collective effort …

A WFP study reveals 11.4 percent of Bhutanese obese and 33.5 percent overweight By Tandin Wangchuk Over the years, the health and nutritional status of children in the country has improved with wasting and underweight prevalence reduced to 4 and 9 percent respectively. However, a study conducted by WFP Bhutan reveals that stunting is persistent at 21 percent while overweight/obesity …

Multidimensional Vulnerability Index for Bhutan reveals senior citizens (above 60) and children (below 10) are the most vulnerable to covid-19 Chimi Wangmo It is clear that the nature of the pandemic has had a differentiated effect in different population groups, and it is also evident now that the potential adverse effects of the pandemic are unevenly distributed across the country …

The defendant seeks to fight the accuser one-on-one in the court of law By Tashi Namgyal In his latest rebuttal, the defendant in the “OAG’s AG Vs Penjore” case, Penjore seeks to openly challenge the Attorney General (AG) Lungten Dubjur in the court of law, but through a “fair ground”. Notwithstanding the nature of the case, Penjore claims that since …