The Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Library has experienced a decrease in the number of members within the last five years. The Librarian in the National Library said “This year the Library has 1,500 members unlike previous years when we used to have around 2,000 members.” He said the fashion of …

On the day themed “Cancer- did you know?” , more than 20 people who are battling cancer, survivors of various cancers and family members of the affected and demised came together to light butter lamps at the Memorial Chorten in Thimphu on a Monday morning. World cancer day was first …

After the destruction caused to the Dagapela dzong by an earthquake, the people of the dzongkhag eagerly awaited completion of renovation works on the dzong. The renovation which started in 2009 was slated for a June 2013 deadline by the people and officials who took a most keen initiative to …

Developmental activities almost complete in the Gewog Five kilometers of Rural water supply scheme (RWSS) from Bjacho to Tashigatshel has been completed in the Gewog with a budget of Nu. 700,000. Ten kilometers of farm road in Bjacho, Wangkha, Tashigatshel and Tsimakha has been completed with the budget of Nu …

Though the government is actively promoting the Education City Project, in part, to address the need of domestic students, three private colleges proposed to be established in various parts of Bhutan are stuck in red tape. The promoters of these colleges alleged that the red tape was taking longer than …

Bhutan’s ranking has dropped down the ladder for the third year in a row The France-based international non-governmental organization, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) which conducts an annual ranking comparing each nation’s state of press freedom, has placed Bhutan at 82nd, 12 places down in the rung from last year’s 70th …

Winter is tough for many reasons, but it is especially and harshly tougher in the high altitude regions. Conditions make it hard for cattle to survive and it is one source which the highlanders heavily depend on to make their livelihood. The absence of food for the animals therefore most …

The Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) will put people first and politics second. People from the BKP camp said that it is the hallmark of its manifesto to take the nation and its people forward. BKP unlike the ruling party and incumbent government’s ‘Gross National Happiness’ will take an approach, of …

Over 25 crafts persons were trained by skilled locals on the techniques of making silver decorative belt patterns and motifs for Ara Palang (alcohol cask) in Murung village under Kengkhar gewog in Mongar. The project was recently taken up by Helvetas to train craftsperson as part of the skills development …

The party now has 39 candidates The Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) in a press conference yesterday announced the addition of seven more candidates. The Party Interim President Sonam Tobgay said “The party’s suffers no illusions that this will be an easy process, it will be a challenge. And that is …