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Review human-wildlife conflict strategy, say foresters
In the last four years, wild animals were reported to have claimed 493 livestock and 25 lives Conservation: At least 10 livestock were lost each month to tigers, snow leopard and the Himalayan Black...
View ArticleBhutan Foundation donates TraumaMan to JDWNRH
Health: To train health workers at the National Emergency Education Centre (NEEC), Bhutan Foundation yesterday donated a SimuLab TraumaMan worth Nu 1.8 million (M) to the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National...
View ArticleThe fit centenarian of Lhamoizingkha
Profile: Lhamoizingkha’s oldest resident, Bhim Bahadur Basnet is 104 years old and relishing the dassain celebrations with his generations of family members. Originally from a village in Dagapela,...
View ArticleAddressing a critical issue
It is not often that newspapers write editorials on toilets. But the way the issue keeps resurfacing is an embarrassment and some urgent attention is required. For after all, the lack of toilets and...
View ArticleProtecting cultural heritage through photographs
A weeklong workshop on photographic documentation is underway in the capital Workshop: To safeguard the country’s rich cultural heritage through photographic documentation, a weeklong workshop began in...
View ArticleStrategic plan for effective zoonosis prevention
Health: The agriculture ministry is awaiting a final endorsement from the government on the Bhutan One Health Strategic Plan 2016-2020. The plan is a five-year vision document that will guide all...
View ArticleDiscussions to prioritize Dzongkha underway
The issue of national language’s declining quality is likely to be tabled in the upcoming Parliament session Language: The social and cultural committee of the National Assembly (NA) is consulting...
View ArticleRoyal tour of Chukha concludes
Visit: His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen concluded the Royal Tour of villages across Chukha dzongkhag with a visit to the Dokhachoe Gonpa in Chapcha yesterday. His Majesty offered...
View ArticleHighways top Samdrupjongkhar’s concerns
Lyonchoen assured to look into the maintenance of the highway and the progress on other roads Visit: The increase in population and number of vehicles over the years calls for a pliable highway between...
View ArticleSocial media discussed in second bloggers meet
Writers: The need to redefine Bhutanese journalism and the rise of social media, were some of the topics of discussion in the second bloggers conference held at the Paro College of Education in Paro,...
View ArticleTashi Gatshel residents happy with LPG service
LPG: About a month after the issue of not getting subsidised Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) refilled was discussed at the dzongkhag tshogdu (DT), villagers of Tashi Gatshel in Bjachho, Chukha are content...
View ArticleVeteran tournament underway
Basketball: In the opening game of the 2015 Veteran Basketball Tournament, team Achos defeated team Fading Stars 40-37 at the Swimming Pool Complex in Thimphu yesterday. Comprising of players aged 35...
View ArticleNon-frame method to stabilize slopes
About 300 slopes along the East-West highway alone need to be stabilized Landslide: In what could possibly be a permanent solution to mitigate the increasing instances of landslides in the country, the...
View ArticleUNDP partners with SDF for sustainable development goals
SAARC: The United Nations Development Program in Asia and the Pacific is partnering with the SAARC Development Fund to support the South Asian countries in attaining the recently adopted Sustainable...
View ArticleCyber security team to be formed by next year
ICT: In what should strengthen cyber security in the country, the Bhutan Cyber Security Incident Response Team (BtCIRT) is expected to be operational by July next year. The government recently signed a...
View ArticleACC reports decline in complaints of corruption
The decline, among others may also be due to the time the commission takes in responding to complaints Update: Complaints of corruption declined by 45 percent in the last three months of July, August...
View ArticleThe Dzongkha dilemma
The issue of the declining quality of Dzongkha, our national language is back again. It will be another agenda in the Parliament when they meet next month. Fingers are pointed at policy makers for not...
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Samdrupjongkhar to get a 40-bed hospital by next Plan
Construction: A groundbreaking ceremony (salang tendril) yesterday marked the coming of a new 40-bed district hospital for Samdrupjongkhar in Dewathang. The hospital will not only benefit the people of...
View ArticleRoad widening works unsettles Sha Ngawang people
Land has slid and crops damaged while some farmers still await compensation Land: Eighty-year-old farmer Pema cannot remember when the Wangdue-Trongsa highway was built, but he sure remembers how the...
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Re-export of fuel on the rise
The trend is attributed to Indian vehicles fuelling at the border towns Fuel: The increasing number of vehicles imported may have fueled the fuel imports, but nearly 20 percent of petrol and 6.5...
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