Despite the introduction of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention pill in the international market, the health ministry opts for ‘treatment as prevention strategy’. The HIV pill is for people who are at high risk of sexually acquired HIV infections called pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), which has the combination of two antiretroviral …

It is definitely in the wild that surprises await to astonish, and the latest camera trapping of three adult Snow Leopards captured in a single camera shot proved just that. The Wangchuk Centennial Park (WCP) in Bumthang intended to carry out a prey-based survey which started from the last week …

Following a tip-off from some Thimphu schools, the Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA), the regional trade officials, and the Royal Bhutan Police went on an inspection and confirmed the sale of tobacco products to students. Two teams searched two shops at Changeddaphu and three shops at the hospital area. The …

Water contamination is a problem which pops its head every year in Thimphu but it is not hazardous, to say the least, as many residents in Thimphu have speculated. Monsoon brings with it water contaminated with dirt particles and tiny wooden debris which eventually flows through the taps of Thimphu …

Response to ‘NLC says Chang Ugyen is in the wrong and asks replacement for grabbed land’ If he has taken land from Thimphu then it’s a prima facie case that land must be replaced from Thimphu and not from other Dzongkhags like Chukha, Paro or Punakha. Why is NLC having …

During the height of the Wall Street Crisis American banks were hit by non performing housing loans and did not have money to lend out. At the time the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made an important statement while asking the US Congress for a USD 700 bn bailout package. …

NCDs account for huge loss of lives and huge expenditure About 250mn people in the South East Asia Region (SEAR) are Smokeless Tobacco (ST) users, this statistical data was presented at the ‘Regional Tobacco Control Program Managers Meeting,’ in Thimphu last July. Among women, ST use is more prevalent than …

The recent incident of the deer which encroached into urban territories far from its habitat and died near the Druk Punjab National Bank (DPNB) is substantive evidence that development activities in Bhutan have finally saturated the  line of separation between human settlement and animal habitats. Wildlife habitat fragmentation, an eventual …

Aum Lemo now 40 years old from Dorji Geomba in Trongsa is reminded of a brutal and gruesome past as soon as she hears the name “Tiger”. Two years ago on August 10, for the family of seven headed by late Ap Tsagay of Dorji Geompa in Trongsa, it was …

They say it’s ‘more the merrier’ when one’s heart and soul deeply gels with the work at hand. This has proved most true in the case of a dog lover who has collected 35 dogs which includes hybrid dogs like Dalmatians, as well as stray dogs. The 49-year-old woman owned …