Tsangkha residents await Babithang-Tsangkha road improvement
Almost five months after the works and human settlement minister, Dorji Choden, agreed to look into the maintenance of Babithang-Tsangkha road in Dagana, local residents say nothing is being done on...
View ArticleDhaka hosts South Asia parliamentarian platform for children
To strengthen opportunities for children in the first two decades of their lives, the South Asia Parliamentarian Platform for Children was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 2 and 3. Parliamentarians...
View ArticleWife asks husband to replace teeth he boxed
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has charged a man for battering his wife over suspected illicit marital affairs. On April 3, the wife received a call from an unknown number. In the first...
View ArticleHaa’s hospital to open next month
After a long wait, the people of Haa will get its first hospital next month. It took about two years to complete the construction of the 20-bed hospital last month. Dzongkhag health officer, Samten,...
View ArticleThere is mPowerYouth for you; make use of it
Are our children facing stresses related to academic routine? Some might say that they are not. But findings from a mobile app called mPowerYouth, designed for department of youth and sports (DYS) to...
View ArticleThridangbi residents face acute water shortage
Despite being allotted with budget several times to connect the chiwog with drinking water supply, Thridangbi residents of Mongar still face an acute water shortage. The residents of more than 70...
View ArticleProject DANTAK starts replacing road signs in Kanglung
Project DANTAK has removed the name and logo of the project and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) from four road signboard posts along the Yonphula-Trashigang highway on April 19. DANTAK officials on the...
View ArticleWife stabs husband in Paro
Paro police arrested a 19-year-old woman on April 27 for stabbing her husband to death with a kitchen knife. The couple worked at a Drayang in Paro. The incident is reported to have happened the...
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20 journalists recognised
Twenty journalists received recognition for excellence in journalism at the fourth annual journalism award that was held yesterday in Thimphu coinciding with the world press freedom day. Three...
View ArticleHeadhunter rumor goes viral in eastern Bhutan
It’s 7pm. Most shops in Trashigang town are closed. The bustling town is disturbingly quite. Outside one of the shops, a group of people is engaged in a deep conversation. A headhunter (khekpa) is on...
View ArticleHealth officials accused of over-claiming TA/DA
The Royal Audit Authority has found lapses in a UNICEF funded project that the health ministry implemented during a review of the accounting records, internal controls and operations. The audit...
View ArticlePDP plans to replace at least 10 MPs
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has decided to replace at least 10 serving MPs with new candidates and the number is likely to increase, Kuensel has learnt from sources within the party. The ruling...
View ArticlePut the khegpa fear to rest
Who are the bolero-driving khegpas (headhunter) creating fear among the people of the east? The story of khegpa doing their rounds in villages emerged from Mongar. They were then spotted somewhere in...
View ArticleNational standards conclave creates awareness on national standards
Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB) held the first national standards conclave to create awareness among the different stakeholders about standardisation in Thimphu yesterday. According to the BSB Act 2010,...
View ArticleRSF retracts statement on Bhutanese journalists sent into exile
Reporters Without Borders has retracted its statement that several Bhutanese journalists driven into exile in 2017 from the World Press Freedom report, 2018. The France-based organisation, Reporters...
View ArticleScan Café relieves 67 employees
The employees have submitted a petition to the labour ministry to investigate the company’s decision Aggrieved by the decision of their employer to retrench them on May 3, 67 employees of Scan Café at...
View ArticleAllotment of housing units in P/ling to begin in July
62 buildings with 506 units are under construction at 10 different locations Almost two years after works began to address the housing crisis and help Bhutanese living across the border avail...
View ArticleHis Majesty grants audience to out-going NC members
The out-going members of the National Council led by Chairperson Sonam Kinga (PhD) offered Mendrel Ku-Sung Thug to His Majesty The King yesterday. The current National Council members will complete...
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Two Bhutanese caught trying to smuggle leopard skin
Forest officials from Belakoba in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India, on May 4 night arrested two Bhutanese men for allegedly possessing and trying to smuggle a leopard skin. Although forest...
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