With four cases clinically confirmed in Samtse and seven likely cases in Gomtu it looks like Bhutan is braced for an outbreak of an altogether new-kind. The four cases were reported to Samtse hospital on 17 July symptomatic of the Chikungunya disease. Chikungunya meaning ‘mosquito-borne disease,’ is a rare form …

Proposes price control as a solution An agriculture ministry report has confirmed what many households in Thimphu already know that the prices of vegetables have shot up due to a combination of factors from inflation to the rupee crunch. The report compared prices for six months from January to June …

An eight year old student of Jigme Losel Primary School was washed away while he was crossing a wooden bridge on a swollen stream. The boy while going back home from school had taken a short cut to his home but when he crossed the temporary wooden bridge near the …

Ever since the inception of plans to accelerate vegetable production and marketing by the agriculture ministry, the progress has been good, said officials of Agriculture and Marketing Cooperatives (DAMC) and the Horticulture Division. Proof of statement is the domestic production of 30,595 MT against the requirement of 54,445 MT. The …

Chiphen Rigpel, government’s largest ICT skill building Project in the country has trained over 2500 teachers and set-up computer labs in 168 schools over a period of three years. The remaining teachers will be trained in the remaining project period. All the 27 training centers are fully functional under the …

The PM’s grievance cell was set-up for serious reasons but people submitted problems of every nature just-the-same. The grievance cell amassed submissions starting from love-lorn issues to people who requested the PM to clear personal loans. Under one such strange submission a man who eloped with his girlfriend came to …

The education bill passed by National Assembly (NA) and adopted by the National Council (NC) could prove to set a wrong precedence, given the nature of the bill (debated thoroughly between the two houses) and the manner in which it was passed (not 100% confirmed whether it’s a private bill …

An op-ed published in your paper entitled “The Rupee Crunch: Reconciling theory with reality”  by one Mr. Norbu has been making its rounds since May. It appeared in the May 19th issue of Kuensel under a pseudonym and again in the Bhutan Observer on May 25, identifying the author as …

One of the major promises made by the government after it came to power was to bring in the Right to Information Bill ‘soon’. This was in fact a pledge given by the Prime Minister himself at the first meeting between the cabinet and senior civil servants in 2008. There …

His Majesty the King made an important visit to Gelephu and the southern border areas to review the security situation. His Majesty arrived in Gelephu on the 14th of July. On 15th July, His Majesty made detailed tours of all areas important to the security of the people. His Majesty …