Frequent power blackouts frustrate Daga gewog
The Bhutan Power Corporation office (BPC) in Wangdue restored electricity in Daga by the afternoon of March 21 after the gewog suffered power blackout since the night of March 18. This, according to...
View ArticleEnhancing women’s livelihoods through tailoring
Three years after Dechen Yangzom, 22, from Jakar village in Bumthang left school, she sees some scope in her life. Undergoing a tailoring training in Bumthang that started yesterday by Respect,...
View ArticleEnsuring safety on construction sites
An expatriate worker died after falling off a building that he had been working on in Phuentsholing earlier this month. Perhaps, the unfortunate incident could have been prevented if the worker had on...
View ArticleDoksum plot owners running out of time
The plot owners of new Doksum town in Trashiyangtse are running out of time to construct houses that the Kholungchhu Hydroelectric Project Authority (KHPA) would require for its employees and workers....
View ArticleNine students detained for alleged burglary
Thimphu police detained nine school students on March 17 for an alleged burglary. A shopkeeper in Simtokha lodged a complaint with the police after his friends had apprehended a suspect who was caught...
View ArticleOnly 9 lhakhangs install CCTV cameras so far
Of a total of 163 lhakhangs interested to install CCTV (closed circuit television) cameras, only nine lhakhangs in Bumthang have installed the cameras as of yesterday. Of about 1,800 registered...
View ArticleOAG charges suspects in fatal gang fight stabbing
The Office of Attorney General charged Tenzin Dorji, 24, for voluntary manslaughter, and three others for their involvement in a gang fight to the Thimphu dzongkhag court on March 17. Following the...
View ArticleThimphu gets an eye centre
Her Majesty the Royal Grand Mother Kesang Choeden Wangchuck graced the groundbreaking ceremony of the Gyalyum Kesang Choeden Wangchuck National Eye Centre in Thimphu, yesterday. HRH Princess Kesang...
View ArticlePolice search for auto-stripping suspect
Thimphu police have detained six people for their alleged involvement in auto-stripping cases. Police said of the 41 auto-stripping cases that are reported to Thimphu police as of yesterday, they have...
View ArticleHindu Dharma Samudaya submits complaint against pundit
The Hindu Dharma Samudaya of Bhutan, representing at least 22 senior pundits in the country, recently wrote to the Sarpang dzongkhag administration to bar a pundit from conducting a seven-day puran or...
View ArticleLibrarians share concerns at the first library symposium
From the shushing librarians to the subtle musty smell of books filling the room, libraries were once considered the gateway to the world of knowledge. With the beginning of each academic session, it...
View ArticleDealing with fire accidents
The March 20 fire accident in Tsenkari, Nganglam came as a rude reminder to all of us. If we are a little more careful, disasters that destroy properties and lives and cause untold pains can be...
View ArticleLack of evidence leads to ACC dropping cases
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), over the past month, dropped a number of alleged corruption cases, including a high profile case involving foreign minister Damcho Dorji due to lack of evidence....
View ArticleHigh-level advocacy programme underway
More than a thousand people from the 15 gewogs of Samtse attended a high-level advocacy programme at the dzongkhag’s public ground yesterday. Her Majesty the Queen Mother Sangay Choden Wangchuck, the...
View ArticleBICMA insists that BBS must pay
Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority’s (BICMA) attorney insisted that Bhutan Broadcasting Service Corporation (BBSC) violated the law and that it should be penalised. The media regulator claimed that...
View ArticleTracksuits disallowed for assemblies and classes in Thimphu schools
School students in Thimphu will no longer be allowed to wear tracksuits during the morning assembly and in classes, the thromde has decided. The decision is a resolution of the 11th Thimphu Thromde...
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Bhutan, B/desh to sign inland water transport agreement in April
The inland water route, stretching from Indian territory through the Brahmaputra river till Mongla and Chittagong in Bangladesh, will soon be accessible to Bhutan. The economic affairs secretary, Dasho...
View ArticleWorld Water Day
To mark World Water Day on March 22, members of at least 22 organisations and communities located along the Chubachu stream, along with Desuups and armed forces personnel, cleaned the stream and...
View ArticleMechanised sweeper to clean Thimphu’s roads and drains
Thormde’s sweepers to be reassigned to other jobs With the launch of the first road sweeping machine in the country yesterday, people will now see a mechanised sweeper on the roads of Thimphu city. The...
View ArticleEncouraging more learners
To help achieve the adult literacy rate target of 70 percent by the end of the 11th Plan, the education ministry is attempting to rope in local leaders to encourage more learners in the rural...
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