Scam alert
It’s happened again. Police have arrested two in connection with a scam promising employment in the US. Sixteen victims paid at least Nu 30,000 each. The last case, which occurred earlier this year,...
View ArticleA chilli passed down from generation to generation
Agriculture: The ban on the import of green chillies from India has come as a blessing for the villagers of Menchari in Orong gewog. The ban has not only boosted the production and sale of local...
View ArticleMedia access curtailed in recent LG election
LG: As the polls closed at 5pm on September 27, a family in Tang, Bumthang stayed glued to their television. They were relying on BBS TV to know the results of the gup election. Happiness knew no...
View ArticleHis Majesty The King grants dhar and kabney to gups
LG: His Majesty The King granted dhar and kabney to the gups elected during the 2016 local government elections, at the Simtokha Dzong. His Majesty The King personally conferred the kabney to gups to...
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Bhutan mourns the passing of His Majesty the King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej
Ministers, members of parliament, senior government officials, and members of the public, among others, offered butter lamps and prayers in memory of the Late King of Thailand at the Centenary Park in...
View ArticleTheir Majesties The King and Queen leave for Thailand tomorrow
His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen will fly to Thailand tomorrow to pay personal respects to His Majesty the Late King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej. His Majesty the Late King Bhumibol...
View ArticleSamrang and Khar elect their mangmis
LG: Defeating her male counterpart by 16 votes during the re-election for the mangmi post, Panjika Gurung, 36, is the first woman mangmi-elect of Samrang gewog. Panjika Gurung, who expressed surprise...
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On Memory and Elegance
Memories are not for enlightened beings. Enlightened beings don’t remember because, for them, there is no past. Past—and for that matter present and future—are for beings like us, who use the past as a...
View ArticleDead body identified
Crime: A traffic police officer in Olakha reported to the Thimphu police station that a body was found in a river near Pelkhil school at around 8am yesterday. Police fished out the body and identified...
View ArticlePolice forward visa scam case to OAG
Crime: Police in Gelephu will forward the US visa scam case involving a 23-year-old man, a 33-year-old woman and 17 people to the Office of Attorney General (OAG). A press release issued by the police...
View ArticleAtola elects its tshogpa
LG: Ugyen Wangchuk, 37, was elected the tshogpa of Atola chiwog of Thangrong gewog in the re-election yesterday. He secured 49 votes while Karma Wangdi, 35, and Kezang Jigme 26, got 22 votes each....
View ArticleSerial burglar targets elderly
A man has been conning elderly victims with deceptive stories Crime: Police arrested a 31-year-old man on October 18 from Motithang in Thimphu for robbing a 62-year-old woman on September 30....
View ArticleDealing with alcohol
Bhutanese have a complicated relationship with alcohol. It is so deeply rooted in our culture that even as we know that alcohol is behind most of the social vices we are grappling with today, we cannot...
View ArticleNorth Thimphu “very important” says DPT and PDP
The by-election in the constituency will be held on November 4 Politics: The North Thimphu by-election will come into the national political spotlight in November. Ruling People’s Democratic Party...
View ArticleJournalist accuses Chief Justice of prima facie
Judiciary: In a major development to the ongoing defamation case between an independent journalist and a businessman, the journalist in a letter written to the Prime Minister and all members of...
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Jampa – Loving Kindness
Why we do what we do: The cultivation of four immeasurable thoughts or tshemed bzhi (ཚད་མེད་བཞི་) is a common Buddhist practice. The concept of the four thoughts of loving kindness (བྱམས་པ་),...
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Persistence is the key
Health and fitness: Dear Mr Bhutan, Please show me the quickest way to put on muscle like you. Vishal Hi Vishal, There is no quick fix to anything; the more appropriate term you are looking for is a...
View ArticleFormer Olympic medallists train Bhutanese judokas
Judo: Two former Japanese Olympic medallists provided a four-day training to Bhutanese judokas at the Pelkhil dojo in Thimphu last week. The two silver medallists of the 2012 London Olympics, Mika...
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The One Ngultrum Initiative
Community: With the hope of educating people on the lowest denomination note, Jigme Namgay, a graduate, started the One Ngultrum Initiative in July this year. Collaborating with the Bhutan Kidney...
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