Model bus stop design will not be replicated
10-15 new bus stops and 10 new buses to be added soon Transport: Following public feedback, Thimphu’s model bus stop design will not be replicated for future bus stops, the information and...
View ArticleBhutan escapes with minor damages
Preliminary report shows 248 structures damaged mostly in the east Assessment: The 6.7 magnitude earthquake on January 4 had affected 248 structures in the country with most damages reported in the...
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Phuentsholing gets a quaint look
TCC pumped in Nu 20 M to redress the border town Facelift: Phuentsholing town is getting a new look altogether. It is no more that dusty, unpretty and vastly congested border town south of the...
View ArticleNu 397,490 released for windstorm compensation
Update: The Royal Bhutan Insurance Corporation office in Gasa on January 4 handed over a cheque of Nu 397,490 to the dzongkhag revenue office as rural insurance claim for the houses that were damaged...
View ArticleSwitching to electricity
The demand for briquette has remained stable over the years despite efforts made to discourage the use of wood stoves or bukharis to warm homes in Thimphu. Alongside, demand for kerosene, for the same...
View ArticleMartang to get suspension bridge
Transport: Villagers of Martang are all excited and upbeat about the new suspension bridge that will be up and ready before monsoon this year. Monsoon is the season that the people of Martang dread...
View ArticleTrashigang town to get a water treatment plant soon
Municipal: Should everything turnout as planned, Trashigang throm residents would have a water treatment plant installed by this monsoon when water gets muddy and dirty. Funded by the government at...
View ArticleHitting the right note
Former thrompon begins campaign from his constituency Campaign: The capital city’s former thrompon knows where to sniff for votes to run for a second successive term. Starting his campaign from his...
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Answers to EV policy
World Bank assess the implication of a three-case scenario E-car: In its quest to foster clean transport, the government’s ambition to introduce 1,000 electric vehicles (EV) a year would tantamount to...
View ArticleWeather balloon service launched
The balloon will be launched twice a day during the pre-monsoon months of April, May, and June STORM: An upper air observation service, that will allow more accurate weather forecasts, was officially...
View ArticleGiving back
The short walk from the border gate in Phuentsholing back to the hotel or to the immigration office can be a terrible experience. The dust, heat and smoke from the numerous vehicles that ply the road...
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LGs got larger role to control alcohol use
Health: Local governments (LG) have a bigger role in advocating and controlling the harmful use of alcohol as highlighted in the National Policy and Strategic Framework To Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol...
View ArticleThere won’t be water shortage anymore in Chang: Kinlay Dorjee
Election: Former Thimphu Thrompon Kinlay Dorjee began his second campaign from Changbandu-Olakha constituency, one of the constituencies that gave him the office in 2011. Turn over at the campaign saw...
View ArticleDomestic inflation overtakes imported
Food price increased by 3.19% between November 2014 and November 2015 NSB: The country’s inflation rate is always associated to the inflation in India because it portrayed a similar trend. Not any...
View ArticleBOC meet calls for festive planning and budgeting
AGM: Bhutan Olympic Committee’s (BOC) first annual general meeting (AGM) in Phuentsholing gave indication that games and sports in the country could reach new heights in the coming years. But that will...
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PM in Kolkata
Visit: Bhutan attaches high importance to its relations with West Bengal, an immediate and a friendly neighboring Indian state. Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay yesterday conveyed this to West Bengal...
View ArticleGelephu court deferred RBA ‘chilli powder’ case
Verdict: The Gelephu dungkhag court has deferred the case of the two Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) soldiers’ wives who filed a case against deydrim Dorji for defamation and official misconduct. According to...
View ArticleBhutan condemns terrorist attack in Punjab
Bhutan has condemned the terror attack on Pathankot Airbase in Punjab, India, on January 2. India’s Pathankot airbase came under four days of attack from a handful of gunmen killing seven military...
View ArticleResearch points to hydropower challenges
If measures are not taken, climate change could hamper hydropower production Electricity: Parts of Southeast Asia, including Bhutan, could experience fall in electricity production because of decline...
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