Tshachu (hot spring) are known for its curative properties are spread across many dzongkhags, like Gasa, Punakha, Gelephu, Zhemgang, etc. One such tshachu where hundreds of people flock to is the Chubu Tshachu in Toewang gewog in Punakha. With no road access to the tshachu, people use horses and mules …

About two decade ago, when the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) first initiated the establishment of Community Forest (CF) at Dozam under Mongar Dzongkhag, people were apprehensive about such new ventures. For them, the forest and other natural resources were …

Thimphu Thrompon Kinlay Dorjee before becoming Thimphu Thrompon in 2011 was a general manager in the customer services division in the Bhutan Power Corporation. This will be his second term in office. How do you feel on winning a second term? Kinlay Dorjee – I am overwhelmed by the support …

The new Phuentsholing Thrompon, Uttar Kumar Rai, is from Nye Drag Demkhong. He was born and brought up in Phuentsholing. He has a degree in B.Com from North Bengal University, India and a degree in BscIT from Manipal University, India. He has worked as a teacher and an IT executive …

Gelephu Thromde elected its new Thrompon, 41- year-old Tika Ram Kaffley on 25th January. Tika Ram Kaffley has a degree in civil engineering and a masters in geo- technical (earthquake) engineering. He was the executive engineer in Gelephu Thromde for the last six years where he also served as the …

The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) in tandem with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has been carrying out some much required reforms in reducing Rupee scarcity and, more importantly, restoring the Rupee-Ngultrum parity. An important first step was opening rupee counters in Thimphu and Phuentsholing in January 2016 to address the …

Whenever, any Bhutanese has stomach ulcer, a finger is easily pointed at the higher than average consumption of Bhutanese chilli. However, increasing medical data and research is pointing a finger mainly at the H Pylori bacteria which as per a 2012 research afflicts a staggering 86 percent of Bhutanese people. …

The recent Thromde elections saw a general trend of lower turnouts at Zomdus and difficulty in getting candidates for various posts. This has also been observed in past local government elections. While at one level it is understandable to see higher turnouts for General Elections the much lower levels of …

An investigation by this paper has found that 17 Indian lottery companies have been falsely representing themselves as official ‘Bhutan Lottery’ agents of the Bhutan government from 2011 onwards. As a result they have been making billions in revenue selling unauthorized ‘Bhutan Lottery’ tickets in the name of Bhutan. The …

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) have jointly conducted a vulnerability assessment of people with disabilities, and recommend that legislation should be in place to ensure the wellbeing and dignity of the vulnerable group. A five-day training to formulate Bhutan’s National Disability Policy (NDP) was …