Forty-two people comprising of patients and their relatives, and donors gathered in Thimphu to meet with the Home and Cultural Affairs Minister asking for legal measures to find donors and funds for their medical treatment. One of the patients in need of financial help, Kinley Wangchuk, said the cost of …

The Himalayan Environmental Rhythms Observation and Evaluation System (HEROES), Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE), selected 17 schools from various ecological belts of the country to monitor and gather data on the temperature changes, snowfall and rainfall events and river flows in their region for a year. HEROES …

An eighth entry has been made to the faunal diversity in the Royal Manas National Park (RMNP) in Gelephu with the discovery of yet another bird species, the Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans) in the park. The confirmation of the new species was made by an Ornithologist, Sherab, of the Ugyen …

Environment conservationists say the population of Golden Mahaseer will decline by 80 percent if the mega hydro projects continue to come up.  It is reported that the population has already declined by 50 percent due to habitat disturbances caused by the ongoing construction of mega hydropower projects in the country …

A woman was arrested by the police in Trashigang yesterday morning in connection to the abandonment of her newborn baby boy near Trashigang town.  It is reported that the woman has confessed to the crime. The newborn was found abandoned in a bush, few metres away from Trashigang town towards the …

Apart from the soaring temperatures farming communities across Bhutan are having a difficult time with the unusually scanty monsoon. Unofficial reports and anecdotal accounts from farmers at the Centenary farmers market, roadside vendor farmers, travelers and local government officials from Western, Southern, Eastern and Central Bhutan show that Bhutan’s agriculture …

Druk Iron and Steel Private Limited and Bhutan Steel Industries Limited have been shut since January this year. In a letter written to the Association of Bhutan Industries (ABI) they claimed this was due to the unavailability of business due to the increase in power tariff. The Prime Minister Lyonchhen …

The farmers in Yangchenphu village under Sarpang, since long, have abandoned agricultural practice due to a lack of modern farming technology and irrigation water source in the area. The situation, for about 25 farming households, is made worse by the growing human-wildlife conflict. To help the farmers earn a viable …

The recent move on the restriction of donation for kidney patients by the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (MoHCA) has left both the patients and the Bhutan Kidney Foundation worried. The foundation suggested for stern measures put in place to avoid the misuse of funds generated through donations, and …

Following the highest ever hike in the price of eggs in the market, the Department of Agriculture and Marketing Cooperatives (DAMC), Ministry of Agriculture and Forests has intervened to curb the rising price of the eggs. DAMC is also seeing to it that there is no shortage of eggs in …