Electricity visited Panbang quite late and only on 1 July 2012. The electrified boon has however decided not to faithfully light up the villages; it is evident from the prolonged erratic behavior it has displayed for months. “It’s been two months now but we had to live without power supply …

The water problem in Thimphu is a perennial issue and fingers always point at the Thromde. However the facts tell a different story. City officials say that despite repeated notices the tenants or the building owners don’t clean their water tanks which lead to water contamination.   The chief of water …

Landslide takes gewog’s only connection outside Heavy landslides washed away a 60 meter bridge in Dangchu gewog. “The bridge which connects 130 households was the villagers’ only connection to the outside world,” said Gup Sonam Dorji. Though the bridge is 80 m high from the river the landslide was very …

The mass influence of social media accounted for and its powers taken into consideration, the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has drafted the Social Media Policy 2012. This move has been undertaken to ensure proper usage of social media by the ECB, election officials, political parties, candidates, party supporters, and …

The 12th Thimphu League 2012 will kick off from 2 pm tomorrow at the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) grounds. A total of six Thimphu based clubs, Drukpol FC, Dzongric FC, Nangpa FC, Yeedzin, TU FC and Zimdra FC will be playing for the league title. Each team has 30 registered …

Yesterday, the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) reported on the financial status and accounts of the two registered parties, the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). A happy Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Dasho Kunzang Wangdi was pleased to announce that both parties had settled its liabilities …

In December, 2003 when the country faced a grave external threat from militants camped on Bhutanese soil the total number of militia numbered only around 700. This was a low number especially when a prominent western Dzongkhag had promised an inflated number of 500 militia recruits. In short the security …

Villagers say that PM’s Aunt received bulk of the compensation already paid There is unhappiness among the residents of Denchi over delayed land compensation. Local villagers say that a few have been paid compensation but the bulk of the compensation so far has gone to the Prime Minister’s aunt Aum …

After eating cake from Damphu town, seven people in Mendrelgang, Tsirang are hospitalized for food poisoning. The same cake earlier took its toll on 13 people in Damphu town. The Mendrelgang Basic Health Unit (BHU) confirmed the seven cases reported for food poisoning. Senior Basic Health Worker (BHW) Karma said …

Business puts its head, where more money lies but maybe not always. And Yangphel as a promulgator for successful ventures in many areas stands testament to it. Yangphel proved its acumen in unconventional areas of business like holding archery tournaments which now has become a massively nationwide popular event under …