Our Kings have always been major forces and catalysts of economic, political and social change be it the unification of Bhutan, abolition of serfdom, modernization of Bhutan or the introduction of Democracy.   His Majesty the King in continuation of this great tradition has been using his Land Kidu powers to …

If things went by the book, Dzongkha – the national language, would scale a whole new level of ‘weird’ with the average Bhutanese who is clueless about most words in the Dzongkha Dictionary. Ten in Ten Bhutanese don’t play ‘Gongdo Tetha’, they play Snooker and, people hit the discotheques on …

The Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) under Ministry of Agriculture and Forests received an amount of USD 152,000 in April from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to strengthen food safety and standards in the country. The project over a span of next two years, …

Human-wildlife conflict Human wild life conflict has always been a problem for far flung areas where there is no electricity and road connectivity. “Five households have lost five acres of maize to Wild boar,”  said  Gup Nidup. He said, he is not sure as to where to lodge a complaint …

Tay Keong, team leader of the consultants who will implement the technical assistance to strengthen Bhutan’s ACC, is on his first on-site mission to the country Tay Keong Tan from Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF), Washington DC, USA is currently in the country interacting with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and …

The police arrested a 59 year old man on suspicion of committing burglary in his wife’s house in Dhur, 15 kms away from Chamkhar town in Bumthang on 23 July. The incident occurred when the woman was with her friends and families offering butter lamps and visiting few monasteries around …

The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has developed a youth-crime history database which records and shares information with core stakeholders. The RBP endorsed specific guidelines for implementation of the Youth Delinquent Monitoring System (YDMS) and information sharing with the stakeholders. The core stakeholders include the RBP, education ministry, Royal University of …

On behalf of the Royal Government and the people of Bhutan, the Prime Minister, Jigmi Y Thinley extended the warmest greetings and felicitations to Pranab Mukherjee who recently got elected as the 13th President of India. The Prime Ministers in his letter said that the culmination of Pranab Mukherjee’s most …

It’s almost a week since the government’s draft Right to Information (RTI) Bill has been made accessible to the public for the first time. While there are people who applaud the comprehensive draft, there are also those who have their reservations. Also most people including Parliamentarians are still not aware …

  The artificial turf in Changlimithang which was supposed to be ready by the end of this month is likely to be delayed by another month or perhaps more. Consequentially the much-awaited football league will be further delayed for eager fans. The national football league otherwise is live-and-kicking by June …