Pema Jamtsho the two years and a month-old child arrived at the Woman and Child Protection Unit (WCPU) of Thimphu police station on 4 April with swollen forehead, infections on tip his nose, rash on his body, his eyes swollen and watery. But today, he looks healthy except for a …

The out-going Bangladesh Ambassador Imtiaz Ahmed made a farewell call on the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang on Monday. Ambassador Imtiaz Ahmed, who came to Bhutan in October 2010, expressed his gratitude to Lyonchhen, the government and the people of Bhutan for the support and cooperation …

In June 2008 the cabinet based on a presentation by the well meaning MD of the Punatsangchu Hydroelectric Project Authority approved the relocation of the dam from its original site to the current site. It was proposed that the dam location be moved a few kilometers upstream up so that …

Government sits for a year on reform measures to deal with the Rupee crisis It is a matter of great disappointment that the government has been as slowing moving as a sloth bear to deal with a tiger of a problem called the Rupee Crisis which is now affecting every …

Concerns now abound on loan repayment in what has become Bhutan’s most expensive hydro project The Bhutanese has found that a cabinet decision made on the basis of inaccurate technical information in 2008 played a major role in the ballooning of the Punatsangchu 1 (P  1) project cost to Nu …

The cabinet members however will await the Druk Gyalpo’s Kasho and until an interim government is formed The National Assembly (NA) of the nation’s first democratically elected parliament will be dissolved on Sunday, 20 April upon completion of its five year term. On the last day, members of the NA …

The alcoholic mother who abandoned her two years and a month-old son finally turned up to take him back. Sadly, her socially-unfriendly living conditions which will prove hazardous to the child may keep the baby away from her. The child Pema Gyamtsho’s mother Karma Lhamo, 25 is a divorcee and …

An adult Leopard cat (Felis Bengalensis) was killed on the spot when a speeding motorist crushed it on the Wangkha highway in Chukha this week on 9 April. The dead felid having sustained major injury on its body and the lower abdominal area succumbed to the injury. It was first …

The deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, Yukol Limlamthong, reaffirmed his commitment to strengthen support to Bhutan in the areas of agriculture and cooperatives when he called on Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister Yukol Limlamthong who …

With the latest batch of eleven candidates launched by Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) covering almost all regions, the party has now confirmed 33 candidates in total and will release the remaining candidates soon. “The remaining candidates will hopefully be released in the next one or two weeks,” said DCT President …