The 140 feet long Langchenphu motorable bridge in Kurtoe under Lhuentse which collapsed just days to its completion is now ready after being reconstructed within a week. The launching of bridge was completed on 2 February and it was officially inaugurated by the Lam Neten of Lhuentse dzongkhag and Lhuentse …

As the figures on traffic violations rise rapidly year by year, Superintendent of Thimphu traffic division, Major Pasang Dorji, emphasized that they have no tolerance for traffic violators. Records with the Thimphu traffic division show that there has been a drastic increase in traffic violations over the span of a …

A 22-year old man is currently recovering from a stabbing wound after undergoing an operation at the JDWNR hospital. The victim was referred from Phuentsholing General Hospital on the evening of Sunday after the incident, which had taken place at around 4:30 pm on the same day. The initial report …

Bhutannomics which is now back, is convinced that the government was behind the block Bhutan Telecom Limited’s Druknet, the biggest Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the country denied allegations made by Bhutanomics.com who accused the former of blocking the site in the country. Though the site is now back after …

It is extremely unfortunate that Druk Net a government Internet Services Provider has blocked or disabled Bhutannomics. Going by the reluctance of Druk Net official to say who asked them to block it the guess is that it is someone senior in the government. Going by the list of people …

Bhutan has around 67,000 vehicles and in 2012 itself there were around 26,000 cases of traffic violations across the country with around 17,000 just in Thimphu. There were also 96  deaths in the last one year. These numbers have all been increasing at an alarming rate in the last few …

It is that vine which creeps by the tree trunk in their forests and bears green leaves for its own purpose of life through photosynthesis. In any case, such a leaf would serve its purpose and with time, fall down on the forest floor as it is with every plant …

The bank also launched two new products on the occasion The Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL) celebrated its twenty fifth year at its head office, here in the capital, Thursday. The works and human settlement minister Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba who in the past served as chairman and member on the …

The Rural Education Foundation (REF), officially launched last Thursday in Thimphu would immensely benefit the education ministry. During the inauguration of the REF, the Foundation launched the “Thriving CSOs in Bhutan” magazine. The magazine was meant to benefit both national and global readers and civil society organizations. It aims to …

In a press conference last Wednesday the Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) introduced five people who endorsed what the party stood for and planned to do for the nation. “People comes first and then politics for second,” said the president of the BKP, Sonam Tobgay during the conference which was held …