Mobile app to help curb wildlife crimes
Conference: Initiatives to protect wildlife are being discussed at the on-going three-day National Parks Conference in Royal Botanical Park, Lamperi. In the face of ever-expanding trade in wildlife...
View ArticleAviation regulator asks Drukair for report of de-boarding incident
Aviation: The Bhutan Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) has asked the national airline to submit a report on the incident concerning the de-boarding of a passenger on September 27. BCAA director, Wangdi...
View ArticleLabour agents await go-ahead order from labour ministry
ACC: The Foreign Workers Recruitment Agencies (FWRA) in Phuentsholing now await directions from the labour ministry to start operating their businesses. This comes after the Anti-Corruption Commission...
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Bhutan drops two places on global competitiveness index
Ranking: Bhutan has scored poorly in the competitiveness index coming 105th out of the 140 economies compared for the global index that compares how business friendly an economy is. This is a drop of...
View ArticleWe may be landlocked but we’re not locked in: PM
Prime Minister returns after attending the UN general assembly Diplomacy: Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay arrived back in the country yesterday following official visits to Luxembourg and New York,...
View ArticleSix central schools in Samdrupjongkhar
Budget is not yet allotted for two CS Education: With two already in operation and three in the pipeline, the education ministry has added yet another to the list, taking the total number of central...
View ArticleRural homes to gain more from domestic tariff policy
The draft policy is expected to iron out the conflicting objectives of the electricity Act Electricity: If the draft domestic electricity tariff is any indication of benefiting the domestic consumers,...
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Bhutan loses to Hong Kong 8-0 on aggregate
Chan Sui Ki’s lone goal in the dying minutes shatters Bhutanese hearts Football: Bhutan was three minutes short of securing its first point in the World Cup qualifiers in their fifth game against Hong...
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Jomolhari Mountain festival sees good turnout
The festival is held annually to strengthen community-based conservation while celebrating life in the mountains Conservation: After trekking for two days from Shana in Paro and as temperatures dipped...
View ArticleMissing woman found dead
A 23-year-old woman was found dead below the multi-purpose trail in Kuenselphodrang Nature Park in Thimphu on October 12, two days after she was reported missing. The deceased was a third year student...
View ArticleThe tales of Meretsemo’s rubber tree
Folklore: There is a story in Meretsemo that every resident shares to a visitor. It’s about a tree, a tall rubber tree that has for decades triggered the attention of strangers and one, which residents...
View ArticleDetermining electricity tariff
The domestic electricity policy is only in its draft stage, yet there are conclusions made that it is going to impede the growth of the private sector. It is normal to see and nothing new to hear such...
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Bhutanese coach to lead the national team in China
Return leg on November 12 Football: A local head coach will lead the Bhutanese squad on November 12 for the game against China at the He Long Stadium in Changsha, Hunan province. Although Bhutan...
View ArticlePower fluctuations irks Dagapela residents
Electricity: Dagapela dzongkhag may boast of having a hydroelectric project not far away from it, but the growing town cannot get away from a problem that has gripped it for years- power fluctuation....
View Article308 companies yet to take the BAS
Most companies are small and medium scale companies Accounting: Of the 357 companies across the country, only 49 have complied with the Bhutan Accounting Standards (BAS) so far since it was made...
View ArticleA timely reminder
Aum Dem, a farmer from Wangduephodrang who was attending a wedding ceremony in Thimphu yesterday best described what farmers go through when it rains around this time. Sipping on a coke, she said her...
View ArticleRoad to recovery and hope inaugurated
Road: Her Majesty the Queen Mother Tshering Pem Wangchuck inaugurated the road that connects Bjemina and Chimitanka in Thimphu yesterday. Project DANTAK resurfaced the 3.1km feeder road that now...
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