A 37-year old man died on May 17 when he plunged down a cliff while combating a raging forest fire at Chaskar in Mongar. The wildfire, which has already consumed around 300 hectares, began in the late hours of Thursday; May 14.The focus of the fire was in a ravine …

A 68-year-old man from Peljorling village under Tashicholing gewog in Samtse died on the spot after a male elephant tusker trampled him near his house yesterday. The medical report cited that the cause of death was spinal injury as the spinal cord of the deceased was broken. The incident took …

The Light of Drukyul project initiated by the Ministry of Education (MoE) will discontinue the hiring of contract teachers selected at university graduate level this year. MoE hired the contract teachers as an interim measure to overcome the shortage of teachers around the country. The first batch of 158 contract …

The Tashi Yangyel Community Forest Management Group of Genekha gewog in Thimphu fined one of its members Nu 40,000 on May 16 for violating the by-laws of the Community Forests Management Plan (CFMP). The defaulter, Rinchen Khandu from Wangbama village, had signed an agreement with the community forest management group …

(4) Bhutanese Culture: Compassion Should Have Its Limit Much has been said on the importance of the role that parents, guardians, and family play in the upbringing of children and youth. While most parents are to be commended for their parenting skills, however, being much too compassionate can do more …

As the Rupee crisis rages on in Bhutan, the only possible medium term solution is to get some help from the Indian government. The key solutions are to increase the rupee borrowings from Rs 3 bn to Rs 10 bn from the Government of India (GoI), and to allow Bhutan …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is conducting its second party convention at the National Resource Development Corporation Limited, conference hall. The convention today will be electing a party president and introducing the two appointed candidates, General Secretary, Yogesh Tamang and the Youth Coordinator, Sonam Wangyel. Although, the party has already …

Kuenzang Choden / Thimphu The second phase of fish stocking and monitoring program in Gomthang stream in Bumthang, undertaken by the Wangchuck Centennial Park (WCP), in collaboration with the National Cold Water Fishery Centre (NCWFC) in Haa has concluded. In a news release from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests …

The Royal Bhutan Police (RPB) in Thimphu arrested three people for possession and illegal transaction of controlled substances in the span of one week. A 32-year-old man from Trashiyangtse was arrested on May 14 from a hotel in Phuntsholing when a clandestine informer reported to the RBP that a DCM …

Cases of substance abuse continue to be one of the highest among those registered with the Thimphu district court, involving mostly youth. Most of the substances they abuse are those that are smuggled in by drug peddlers. The records show that since January this year, 114 cases related to substance …