The building of a traditional house near the craft bazaar is a prototype of more traditional houses that the Ministry of Home and Cultural affairs together with the Chardi committee is going to construct in times to come. The traditional house is a prototype for a new, more durable and …

The Prime Minister gave a clear warning to contractors of the north east-west highway a few weeks ago to do a good quality job or forego similar future jobs. The PM said that the government was open to applying similar standards in other construction projects for ensuring good quality construction …

The government has given a 6 month extension to the contract of the 42 contract employees of the Royal Education Council who were recently asked to leave with the merger of the REC with the Ministry of Education. The PM said that the government in the meantime would look for …

The Prime Minister during the meet the press yesterday announced that the government would not be accepting the Chamkarchu petition but would go ahead with the project. “The petition is almost 10 years too late as the agreement was signed between the two governments in 2006 and a protocol to …

The police on the bicycles are now doing serious patrolling in the residential areas and in the town for the safety and well-being of residents. Apart from robberies they also are on the lookout for those people who have a tendency to smoke on the staircase of the buildings hampering …

The Government to Citizen Office (G2C) yesterday formally handed over the operation of the Road Safety Apps to the Departments of Roads, Ministry of Works and Human Settlement. The key features of the apps include, receiving alerts on the roadblock, accident, road maintenance and border road closures. Further the public …

The Bhutan Chamber for Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has traditionally been seen as a preserve of the mainly big business houses representing and lobbying for their interests. So the question to ask is why the private sector should be concerned about the resignation of the BCCI President. The first reason …

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) president Ugen Tsechup Dorji has announced that he would be resigning by the end of November 2015, a good four months before his three year term ends in March 2016. Ugen Tsechup said that he is stepping down because in spite of …

“Sir, Reading your article titled ‘A Cold War between RCSC and ECB leaves the career of 130 hanging in the balance’ of Saturday the 12th of September 2015, I am a bit perturbed as to why ECB is being dragged into it when there is no issue involved unless it …

Two Bhutanese women, Chandra Maya Rai, 24 and Bina Rai, 28 went missing from Jaigaon, India on March 14, 2014. The two unmarried cousin sisters hailed from Gomtu, Pagli Gewog in Samtse Dzongkhag. In the more than a year long disappearance of the two sisters they had been duped by …