Saturday morning, many Bhutanese will be glued to their television sets  as His Majesty the King graces India’s 64th Republic Day as the Chief Guest. There is no doubt that this is a great honour for Bhutan and a moment of pride for every Bhutanese. Millions of Indian and foreign …

His Majesty the King in on Friday evening attended a banquet hosted in His Majesty’s honour by the President where His Majesty delivered a speech. His Majesty’s speech as reproduced verbatim said the following.  “Your Excellency, President of India,Your Excellency, Prime Minister,Respected Dignitaries. It is with immense joy that I …

Fresh after a week of its registration as a political party with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB), the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) revealed its first eight candidates to the Nation. Talking to The Bhutanese the octet expressed in unison that it was the ‘nation’s call’ that made them join …

  The Alpine vegetable (smilacina) rated as a rare order in some literature is found readily available in the wild with the exponential growth in population leading to overwhelming pressure in Rongmateng under Khoma gewog in Lhuentse dzongkhag. Locally known as Dheyma, it is found growing within the altitudinal rage …

The Wangchuck Centennial Park in Bumthang had captured yet another tiger in their camera traps set in August last year in Nubi gewog under Trongsa Dzongkhag. The camera traps were set up to validate the complaints of numerous livestock depredation cases by Tigers in the area. According to the Park’s …

On the evening of 20 January in Wangduephodrang Kinley Penjor, 45 was stabbed to death by his father-in-law. The incident had taken place at Bartshi of Khasi gewog in Wangduephodrang. According to sources, how the incident happened, was not known but sources said it is learnt that the victim was …

Bhutanese members of the Transparency Advocacy Group (TAG), a South Asian regional think tank focusing on transparency and Right To Information presented a set of indicators for assessing the state of transparency and RTI in the SAARC region.   2. Comprehensive Coverage of the Act The RTI Act should cover …

Although the feasibility survey was done for 26 kms the Layaps will get only 10 kms of road for this financial year. A Junior Engineer under the Dzongkhag Engineering Section, Karma said that the construction of the road is funded by the Indian Government (GoI) and the financial year for …

On 14 January the Gelephu veterinary hospital detected an outbreak of bird flu in Namkhaling near Dadgari (Indian border area near Gelephu). The samples were sent to National Center for Animal Health (NCAH) in Serbithang on 16 January by the Gelephu veterinary hospital team and by the dzongkhag team. The …

The 140 feet long Langchenphu motorable bridge of Kurtoe gewog under Lhuentse dzongkhag, collapsed on 15 January and fell into the Kurichu River. The bridge which completed 90% of the works was part of the gewog’s developmental activities and the construction work began last year. Kurtoe gewog has completed all …