Bhutan’s first broadsheet newspaper The Bhutanese will be launched today morning in a simple function at the Chubachu office on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King’s birthday. The newspaper though planned as a daily newspaper had to launch as a bi-weekly after a recent and substantial increase in …

Orong school session begins with rituals to appease wrathful Serpent The elderly who stays near Orong school says that it’s the wrath of a serpent deity (klu), whose abode was destroyed to build the school boys toilet, caused the death of two students last December. A special medical team confirmed …

The Thimphu Thromde together with the Department of Forest and the Natural Resource Development Corporation Ltd, (NRDCL) are cutting down poplar and cypress trees in the city. The trees emit toxic gases and were apparently causing health problems like skin diseases, eye infections and allergy to people. The trees disturbing …

The Rinchending blast that occurred in Phuentsholing last Friday shows that strict monitoring will go a long way avoiding such threats On the first week of February, the municipal office submitted the design and the proposed budget for the refurbishment of the main gate to the department of law and …

This day is indeed a special day. I’d have used the word auspicious but I get a queasy feeling it’s become a tad commercialized. Be as it may, in the end, a rose by any other name might still be a rose but if you can call it a rose …

The Department of Roads (DoR) will soon start boundary works for the proposed Education City even while the project is still in its infancy and has not seen any serious interest from developers. Apart from the boundary works, the developer has to bear the costs for technical designing, survey and …

Welcome to Bhutan’s first broadsheet paper. We hope that this paper will not only stand out in size from its other competitors but also in content. The Bhutanese must first clarify that though the paper intended to start as a daily paper, an unexpected and a dramatic increase in printing …

After the formation of a jersey group in this gewog, villagers were told milk would be collected from houses for sale, creating a good economic opportunity. Sixteen households joined the group and each member has a jersey cow or two. The members were given a loan of Nu 50,000 to …

One hundred and nineteen teachers, including participants from as far as Lunana and Darjeeling joined the ranks of Desuups, citizens trained in disaster relief operations. The integrated training program, Desuung, initiated by His Majesty based on values of personal development and  aimed at encouraging active citizenry through volunteerism has seen …

With the new Road Safety and Transport      Authority( RSTA) rule, all taxis in the country will be either red or white with a dash of yellow atop.  “When we have so many colors it becomes so colorful and it is difficult a layman to identify a taxi,” said Karma Pemba, …