The Mongar district court found the Speaker and Home Minister guilty of charges labeled against them by ACC. The Speaker was sentenced to a two and a half year term and the Home Minister was sentenced to a one year term. Since the ACC had filed criminal charges against both …

The Phuentsholing police detained a 30-year old woman in connection with illegal transaction of controlled substances at the border entrance gate last month. This is just one more instance of many in a line of such incidences encountered by the police. There is evidence that woman are both getting into …

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forest has made progress in its various sectors and programs. The 10th Five Year Plan’s (FYP) policy and objective for the agriculture sector was to transform the traditional subsistence farming practices to produce beyond household needs, for sale both to domestic markets and for export …

Thimphu police are looking for most probably an 18-year old suspect who stabbed a 24-year old man on the evening of 28 February near the Taxi parking in the capital, Thimphu. The incident had occurred at around 5 pm and the suspect is still at large but the police assured …

Police are on the hunt for miscreants who vandalized Akorwog Lhakhang in Gangtey Gewog in Wangduephodrang on 1 March. The incident was reported to police by the 57-year old Gup of the village after he was informed by the caretaker of the lhakhang. It was noticed that the bolt of …

A 17-year old girl drowned to death at the artificial lake near the airport gate in Paro on the afternoon of 3 March. Sonam Choden, the deceased was out swimming with her friend also called Sonam Choden and of the same age. A prime witness of the incident Sonam Choden …

Reconstruction of old lhakhangs begin Reconstruction of Jongthang Lhakhang and Yelu Lhakhang are still under way. The works on Jongthang Lhakhang started in February this year and should be completed by February 2014. The budget for it is Nu 10.5mn funded by Civil Society Organizations. The Jongthang Lhakhang  will benefit 32 …

The chamber’s newly elected President Ugen Tshechup is visiting Dzongkhags to create awareness among the business people about services that Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) could deliver. Being the President of BCCI, he said that the main purpose of the tour was to meet the business community and …

The acute shortage of timber in the country has been around for a long time. But the the timber shortage at least to some extent may be relieved. This is because the Forest Resource Management Division (FRMD) of the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS), in collaboration with Häring …

The incumbent government boasted of having delivered almost every promise it made during its five year term in office. This was made clear in the confident statement of Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley’s fifth and last state of the nation report presented to members of the parliament. However, political parties …