Blame it on climate change or animal determination, a four-year old tusker has climbed all the way up a snow mountain at 3,419 meters above sea level in Chukha, Bhutan, posing  serious questions to conservationists on how this tusker, usually seen in tropical areas, scaled this height. This ‘transient solitary …

The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) has imposed a temporary sanction on the commercial banks in making Rupee denominated transactions. This is in light of the Bhutanese economy grappling with Rupee crisis. The governor of the central bank, Daw Tenzin, said: “Bhutan is selling less and importing more. It is important …

Following the death of two students in Orong Higher Secondary School in Samdrup Jongkhar  due to nutritional deficiency last year, 66 of the 167 Class X students have withdrawn from the school. The 66 students reportedly have withdrawn from the school because their parents did not want them to study …

One of Anti Corruption Commission’s first controversial corruption cases, the Phobjika land transfer case is still in the High Court since November 2007. The high court is yet to come out with any judgment on the case which was forwarded to them from the Wangdue Phodrang District Court in November …

For a week now,  the blood bank in the capital has been running short of B positive blood. At the moment, the bank has a total of 71 units of which only two units are B positive which have been stored for emergency. The authorities are trying to call up …

The porous border along Samtse has unwittingly invited a lot of unfavorable issues concerning illegal felling of timber; illegal collection of sand, boulders and river bed materials, firewood, fishing and grazing of cattle. While there are efforts in place to resolve these issues amicably through regular dialogues between the two …

The ministry is planning to construct two 180 mw pilot wind turbines at Tsimalakha in Chukkha but this may or may not be implemented as the logistics are unclear.   The Wind Power Pilot Project was initiated in 2009 by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) but the National Environment …

The construction of two 10-km long farm roads in Tongseng and Yakpugang is on hold due to shortage of budget of Nu 500,000 more. As of now three kilometers have been completed with the budget of Nu 110,000. The Gup said though they have put up a proposal to the …

By June, Dakarla will be having its own conference hall to accommodate around 100 people. Dakarla Gup said that conducting meetings in an open space is sometimesdifficult because of the weather.   The gewog had cancelled important meetings due to heavy snowfall; moreover the gewog is too windy.The hall is being …

Tsirang Toe is facing a water shortage crisis after the gewog was allotted only Nu 3mn to bring water from a source that is 35 kilometers away. Gup Nar Bahadur Rai  said around NU 7mn is needed to complete the project.