Knowing the neighbour better
Students from Assam and Samdrupjongkhar schools calls for more interactions Seminar: Across the Samdrupjongkhar gate is Assam, Bhutan’s closest neighbouring state in the east where Bhutanese and...
View ArticleFour JV projects to raise Nu 140B loan
The project authorities would be exploring the Indian financial market Hydropower: An investment of around Nu 200B, almost twice the size of country’s economy, would be pumped into the four joint...
View ArticleInternational conference on GNH begins today
GNH: The largest ever conference on Gross National Happiness held in Bhutan, comprising of more than 110 experts in various fields and around 500 international participants, begins today in Paro. The...
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Tourist and a guide drowns in Mebartsho
Breaking news: A 66-year-old tourist and a guide, 26, drowned in Mebartsho, Bumthang today around 10.50am. The guide had jumped after the tourist to save him.
View ArticleLargest choeten to come up in Merak
Religion: The Brokpa (highlander) community of Merak and Sakteng has come together to construct one of the biggest choeten in eastern region, a Jalung Khashor choeten. To be constructed at Merak, the...
View ArticleVillagers question delay in CFM
The community forest management was proposed four years ago in 2011 Resources: Four years after the community proposed the community forest management (CFM) in Goleng, Zhemgang, villagers are still...
View Article2015, a crucial year for our planet: PM
Q&A: Between November 30 and December 11, the 21st session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Paris. The UNFCCC will...
View ArticleHow are we really faring with GNH?
We are a society that is wont to praising ourselves and our successes however small they measure up to. One way, this is good, for we must all celebrate and partake of the fruit and delight in the...
View Article34 Constitution kuthangs for the 34 Articles
The Constitution scroll is dedicated to His Majesty the Drukgyal Zhipa Judiciary: More than seven years after the Constitution of Bhutan, the mother law, had been enacted, Bhutan saw yet another...
View ArticleTourist and guide drown in Mebartsho
Accident: The body of the 26-year-old guide who jumped in the Mebartsho (lake), Bumthang to rescue a tourist who slipped and fell in the lake yesterday around 10.50 am is yet to be recovered as of...
View ArticleThe origins of GNH
Former FT journalist recalls first extended interview with His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo on the subject Conference: When Bhutan’s modernization began in the 1970s, His Majesty the Fourth Druk...
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Helicopter services launched
Aviation: In the event of any emergencies requiring rotary air support, Bhutan’s first helicopter will be able to respond from today. The services of the Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services (RBHS) was...
View ArticleA gem of a King
Six decades ago, our nation was blessed with a wealth of happiness and a treasure to behold. The Royal Birth of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo marked a watershed in our history, gifting us an...
View ArticleTwo sentenced in drug case
Crime: Gelephu dungkhag court has sentenced two men to five years in prison in connection with illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotrophic substances. Sagar Rai, 30 from Chargari, Samtse...
View ArticleEnrolment decreasing in Choekhorling
Education: Villagers of Choekhorling gewog in Nganglam dungkhag are worried that the gewog might not have a single school because gewog’s only school would probably be downgraded as per the dzongkhag...
View ArticleThe power of climate change: how prepared are we?
GLOF is a threat that is increasingly becoming dangerous to a country like Bhutan. There are naysayers in some quarters of our society who would like us to believe their every word as if we know naught...
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Nu 10.6M collected in traffic violation fines in seven months
At least 50 drivers on average penalized every day Traffic: The government coffer has become richer by Nu 10.6 million (M) collected in fines, in seven months, since the Zero Tolerance Day was...
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