With the onset of winter, forest officials are on high alert for majority of severe forest fires occur during the season despite numerous efforts by the concerned agencies. Records maintained by the forest fire management section (FFMS) under the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS) show that thousands of …

With an objective to maximize economic value and financial performance of Druk Holdings and Investments (DHI) companies, a corporate governance (CG) code was launched earlier this week, on Tuesday. The code, based on globally accepted standards, consists of a set of guidelines on corporate governance practices and principles, including the …

The landlords outnumbered tenants at the consultation meet House owners in the capital turned up in hordes, with maximum attendance, to voice out issues at a meeting initiated by the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MoWHS) in collaboration with Thimphu Thromde to garner feedback for revision of the Tenancy …

Arelease by the Health Ministry found 25 new HIV cases in the last six months. This would mean that the total aids cases now goes up to 346 of which 173 are male and 173 are female. Of the numbers so far 84 are unemployed, 57 are farmers, 52 are …

Gross National Happiness (GNH), the most talked about subject is also least known to many in the remote pockets of the country. 22 peer coordinators under Nazhoen Yarab, an organization under Yarab Communication which deals with youth-related issues has started a project on education and advocacy on GNH in far …

The Wangduephodrang Dzongkhag Court, last week, pronounced its verdict on Dorji Gyeltshen who was alleged of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl on the night of June 26. The court found him guilty of the offence and was slapped a prison term of nine years. In the verdict, passed on November …

The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has embarked on the post-parliamentary elections review process which is being undertaken in the form of the Learning from Experience Programme (LEP) for the second parliamentary elections. This process follows the completion of the conduct of the elections, the preparations for which began as …

Among other developmental activities, many gewogs chose to use the fund for farm roads Gewog officials are busy discussing with their people and working out areas to invest the Nu 2mn Gewog Development Grant (GDG). While officials in some gewogs are yet to hold talks with public on the fund …

In what could be another milestone for the nation’s first and only private mobile company, TashiCell is all set to launch the third generation (3G) network on December 3 in Thimphu, with the services initially available in places like Thimphu, Paro, Punakha, Bajo in Wangduephodrang, Gelephu, Gedu, and Phuentsholing. Until …

The livelihoods of citrus growing farmers, in parts of Zhemgang, are threatened as trunk borers cause substantial damage to their plantations. Aum Yeshi, 49, of Limapong village in Goshing gewog was jubilant that her 100-tree mandarin orchard is finally going to bear fruit this year. She has already done the …