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 …

The report also advised that issuances of mining licenses be frozen till issues are resolved The National Council (NC) in its comprehensive mining report says existing mines and quarries are not regulated and managed to optimize equitable public socio-economic benefits and also lack environmental soundness. This was one of the …

Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley called off the early dissolution of the government during his State of the Nation address in the Parliament on Monday and said that the government will continue until the completion of its tenure on 20 April. He attributed the reasons to ‘national interest’ and …

Though the Bhutanese economy continues to reel under a severe credit crunch, balance of payment issues and Indian Rupee (INR) shortfall, the Prime Ministers state of the nation report said the size of the Bhutanese economy expanded from Nu 55bn in 2008 to a little over Nu 95bn by the …