The absence of a proper designated facility sends a female patient from one venue to another where even the authorities are clueless with regards to her referral. First it was the WCPU of police station and now it’s the psychiatric ward of JDWNR hospital After the one month and two …

Taj Tashi welcomed the festive season with a traditional ‘Christmas Cake Mixing’ ceremony Festivities are in the air and as the year draws to an end, Christmas and New Year’s Eve are the major celebrations people look forward to. But not many of us know that there is one more …

In this turn of century a day without electricity is bad enough but it’s virtually a near-pandemonium state-of-affairs if it prolongs for a full day or even half a day. And this currently is the exact circumstances which people of Trashiyangtse are put through on a regular basis. The Dzongkhag …

Korphu completes Rural Electrification Around 210 households under Korphu gewog will get electricity as the gewog finally completed the Rural Electrification (RE) schemes. According to the Gewog Gup Tsheltrim Dorji the project was started in the year 2008 and would complete this year. He said the Bhutan Power Corporation Limited …

In a move to enhance preservation of traditional handicrafts and help national artisans in the industry sharpen their skills, a five day training for local artisans, organized by Agency for Promotion of Indigenous Crafts (APIC) is underway here in the capital. The training has also been intentionally scheduled at this time …

With Thimphu’s ever-growing affinity to night life, people moonlighting under this umbrella find a growing need for convenience stores like the 24/7 When you stand watch as security personnel out of duty or when you have to work the late hours and early mornings out of necessity or just out …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Gasa might have a tough race in the 2013 elections strictly going by the proportion or percentage of voters reserve in respective constituencies. Owing to eligible voter masses, PDP Gasa MP Damcho Dorji may have a shaky political career as his part of …

Response to ‘OL says Govt’s UNSC bid and foreign policy has damaged Bhutan’s national interests’ Both OL and PM are very capable, talented and well deserving people in the present post. I see them as the best debaters. But, what I also see in them is, they are more concerned …

The last four years of Bhutanese democracy has seen an evolution in the roles of democratic institutions like the Anti Corruption Commission, Judiciary, Media, Election Commission of Bhutan, Royal Audit Authority and the Parliament. A lot of the evolution would not have been possible without conflict, either with the executive …

One of the first parties to declare an interest in the 2013 elections the Druk Mitser Tshogpa (DMT) represented by its party symbol of a farmer plowing the field has officially been dissolved as a political party. DMT President, Dasho Penjor Dorji who ironically was one of the founders of …