The Paro dzongkhag court passed its verdict on the 44-year old, branch manager of Bank of Bhutan (BoB) in Paro on 11 January. The BoB branch manager was indicted for multiple charges of embezzlement, forgery, and official misconduct by the Office of Attorney General (OAG). However for the offence of …

All developmental activities in progress With a budget of Nu 0.3mn, eight kilometers of farm road in Theisa chiwog is still under construction. The gewog’s 20.4 kilometers center road (GCD) is also under construction with the allocated budget of Nu 20mn in Puntshogang primary school. The Rural water supply scheme …

 The Construction Development Corporation Limited (CDCL) claims that there were no procedural lapses for the collapse of the 140 feet long Langchenphu motorable bridge of Kurtoe gewog under Lhuentse dzongkhag. According to the Regional General Manager of CDCL under Mongar Dzongkhag, Karma Lotey in Lingmithang, they had followed the regular …

Though faced with initial challenges  the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) is developing more effective food storage technology, to avert the huge loss of food grains, experienced by farmers in the east every year. However, it is not yet clear if these concrete storage silos are still better than …

The Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) is on a mission to form a youth division under its umbrella, heeding to the call of the youths and their problems. The party will target youths from all the 20 pockets of the country appointing youth coordinators. The services are on a voluntary basis. …

This year, for a second time, teachers, 125 in numbers at that, from all the Dzongkhags are being trained in the military training center in Wangduephodrang as Desuups. Compared to last year, the number of teachers who got trained as a Desuups has increased from 119 to 125 teachers this …

There is a saying that a ‘Democracy is only as healthy as its opposition.’ In other words a successful democracy should have an efficient check and balance on the powers of the ruling government, which includes a strong opposition party. In Bhutan’s case the Opposition party is the smallest in …

Response to “Rampant illegal logging in Paro threatens forest cover” Illegal felling of trees are rampant all over Bhutan, Paro’s problem may not be an isolated one. Thanks to the importers of the power chain saw, who makes the task of illegal felling of trees easier for the thieve lumberjacks …

Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck launched the book ‘Jewel in the Crown’, which tells the story of the Royal Wedding with digital illustrations on January 19, 2012 at the Taj Tashi in Thimphu. The Book which is the first of its kind in Bhutan has 41 paintings covering …

After one month and nine days, the Forensic unit of the Thimphu national referral hospital (JDWNRH) and the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) traffic unit received a report on the five samples which were collected from the red Toyota Hilux sent for DNA tests. The test results will confirm whether it …