Sarpang police to forward minor rape case to OAG today
Sarpang police will forward the case of the soldier, who allegedly raped a nine-year-old student in Gelephu to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) today. Police officials say the case was...
View ArticleRecycled plastic waste exhibited in S/jongkhar throm
To make Samdupjongkhar thromde a plastic-free town and to celebrate the environment day coinciding with Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen’s birthday, the thromde organised a recycled plastic waste exhibition...
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Fuel prices hiked
Following a fuel price hike in India last month, the cost of petrol has increased by Nu 3.2 a litre and diesel by Nu 2.5 a litre in Bhutan. Petrol in Thimphu now costs Nu 65.39 a litre and Nu 63.05 a...
View ArticlePDP replaces three serving MPs
The People’s Democratic Party introduced two former dzongdags and a former member of National Council as party candidates yesterday. They replace current MPs of Chummig-Ura in Bumthang, Gelephu, and...
View ArticleStudents and alcohol
Despite efforts to make schools safe and free of controlled substances, our students are increasingly coming in conflict with law. Students from Changzamtog MSS recently walked to some 400 shops near...
View ArticleChukha court sends businessman to prison for five years for SP+
The Chukha dzongkhag court altered the charges against a businessman and sentenced him to five years in prison for trafficking 352 capsules of Spasmoproxyvon Plus (SP+) and sent him to rehabilitation...
View ArticleFormer BKK Chancery head appeals to HC
The former head of chancery of Bhutan’s embassy in Bangkok has appealed to the High Court on June 5. An official from the High Court said that while the individual has appealed against the dzongkhag...
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Dungsam Polymers suffer sixth consecutive loss
Sixth year into operation and the Dungsam Polymers Limited (DPL) is yet to come out of the red. However, the company has been able to reduce its loss by a huge margin, from about Nu 20M in 2016 to Nu...
View ArticlePM cautions replaced MPs not to compromise party interests
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, who is also the president of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has warned replaced MPs not to speak against the party. Sources within the party said the prime minister...
View ArticleBangladesh bound trucks complain of problems along the highway
More than 150 trucks ferrying boulders to Bangladesh were held at Fulbari, Indian border to Bangladesh after locals stopped the trucks without any specific reasons. This comes when the export of...
View ArticleBhutan partners with sanitation and water for all
The executive chair of the UN-hosted Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) global partnership, Catarina de Albuquerque was in Bhutan recently to meet key ministries and development partners, and to be a...
View ArticleA monk turned entrepreneur manufactures egg trays in Sarpang
Poultry farmers and egg suppliers of Sarpang, Tsirang and Dagana need not travel to India to buy egg trays now. This is because a former monk, Thinley Phuntsho opened an egg tray-manufacturing unit...
View ArticleBuilding skills for youth who are not in education, employment or training
Sonam, 16, from Zhemgang, couldn’t continue her education after she completed Class X from one of the schools in Phuentsholing in 2017. Financial burden put her hopes of studying to an abrupt stop....
View ArticleEncourage self-employment among youth
Unemployment, youth unemployment in particular, which hovers around 13 percent as we speak could get worse and compel us to deal with the issues well into the next decade. The prognosis is going by the...
View ArticleTwo vocational institutes recognised with quality in excellence
The Technical Training Institute (TTI) in Chumey and Jigme Wangchuck Power Training Institute (JWPTI) in Sarpang received certificates of Quality Excellence Awards in Thimphu, yesterday. The institutes...
View ArticleDarla windstorm affects 214 households
The windstorm that struck Darla (Tala) on the evening of May 28 has damaged 119 acres of crops, mainly corn, belonging to about 214 households, the Darla gewog office has confirmed. Assistant dzongkhag...
View ArticleMoH allows private diagnostic clinics to conduct HIV tests
The health ministry’s high-level committee (HLC) has endorsed the technical guidance document for private diagnostic clinics to carry out HIV testing services. The National HIV/AIDS and STIs Control...
View Article44 farm machinery centres to open this month
Lack of timber and state land, among others has forced the Farm Machinery Corporation Ltd (FMCL) to reduce its target of setting up 65 centres to 44 by June 25. FMCL has completed constructing seven...
View ArticlePicture story
To preserve the dying art of pottery, four youth and six women from Mencheri in Orong, Samdrupjongkhar are attending a month-long pottery training. The earthen pot maker from Gangzur, Lhuentse is...
View ArticleA dog eat dog world, literally?
In December 1986, an overseas volunteer wrote to Kuensel complaining about the stray dogs problem in the capital, Thimphu. The dogs, she wrote in the “Letter to the editor column” of Kuensel, were a...
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