Tsirang to open its second central school in 2017
Education: Tsirangtoe Lower Secondary School would be the next central school in Tsirang dzongkhag labour minister Ngeema Sangay Tshempo announced yesterday. Member of Parliament Novin Darlami said...
View ArticleSipsu gets a fuel station
Transport: People of the five gewogs of Tashicholing (Sipsu) gewog in Samtse will no more need to travel all the way to Samtse town to fuel their vehicles and avail liquid petroleum Gas (LPG). A new...
View ArticleGasa to get new township
Urbanization: The only district without a township, Gasa, will finally have one before the end of this year. The move comes more than two decades after Gasa was separated from Punakha. Plot...
View ArticleGNH and unhappiness
Kuensel’s Gyalsten K Dorji caught up with Centre for Bhutan Studies President, Dasho Karma Ura, who provided some insight into some of the recent findings of the GNH 1015 survey. Why are there four...
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Shopping without cash
The latest facility Bank of Bhutan started in at least two shops in Thimphu is one service that most people have expected from our banks a long time ago. The bank’s merchant payment service allows...
View ArticleThimphu goes cashless at two shopping malls
Banking: People in Thimphu can now perform cashless transactions when purchasing groceries and other goods by directly transferring the money from their bank account to the merchant’s. Bank of Bhutan’s...
View ArticleInternational petition seeks attention for mountain countries
The petition, which will be tabled at COP21, is urging Bhutan to join the call for attention COP 21: In a move to seek adequate attention to the impact of climate change on mountain regions and human...
View ArticlePurpose of civilizations is to create just societies: PM
Lyonchoen stressed on the need to return to the basic values of civilization in his address at the India Ideas Conclave Visit: “Which is the world’s greatest civilization?” Prime Minister Tshering...
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The unhappy 9 percent
GNH: Women, farmers, and the elderly comprise the majority of those unhappy in Bhutan. This was revealed in the provisional findings of the 2015 GNH survey. The survey found that while the majority of...
View ArticlePanbang in dire need of fuel depot
Resources: BM hiring’s tripper driver, Phuntsho Tobgay, just returned from Nanglam with couple of barrels of diesel to Panbang, which the company would use for construction of Kamati farm road in Bjoka...
View ArticleFinding a middle path
As expected, there is good debate on the six-moth paid maternity leave proposal that is still waiting for the Cabinet’s endorsement. The National Assembly wants it to be implemented at the earliest....
View ArticleRBP trainers get trained on protection of women and children
Protection: Some 15 police officers are being trained on delivering training on women and child friendly police procedures at Hotel Migmar in Thimphu. The three-week training on the Protection of Women...
View ArticleMissing student found
Rescue: A student in Ura, Bumthang who went missing around mid-day November 15 was located in Tang, yesterday. The class 10 student of of Ura Middle Secondary School went missing after a class trip to...
View ArticleFinding solutions as Bhutanese first, not parties
A pre -electoral coalition among political parties and consultation on long-term strategies could support the democratic process Politics: Coalition may be considered a sensitive term in Bhutan’s party...
View ArticleCouncil divided on whether CSR should be mandatory
The clause will be revisited before it’s presented again for endorsement Council: The issue of whether Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending should be made mandatory for profit-making...
View ArticleNA calls for better welfare of detainees
The housed has asked the human rights committee to submit a report in the next winter session NA: To protect and uphold the personal dignity and rights of detainees, National Assembly yesterday asked...
View ArticleAssembly endorses maternity leave proposal amid concerns
The decision is likely to impact women employment in the private sector Leave: Should the cabinet approve the proposed six-months paid maternity leave and flexi-time for civil servants, the proposal...
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