After overcoming water phobia, Tshering Choki, 27, is making a splash as the first woman river guide in Bhutan. She is the lone woman river guide among other 7 men river guides in Panbang, Zhemgang. She is happy with her profession which she took up in 2017 and was fully …

The brother of a 30-year-old driver from Dagana, who was detained by the police in connection to a battery case, has alleged that the police were not fair enough in the case. On 12th March at around 9:30 pm, the driver initially had a verbal argument with an open air …

With the rush of Bhutanese and other international students entering Perth, Australia, they are being forced to pay exorbitant rents due to the rental crisis in the state. Students are sharing rooms and even paying 1000 AUD per week for apartments. In the past, the same apartment would cost just …

Zhemgang district has 95 percent forest coverage, which makes it vulnerable to the Human- Wildlife Conflict (HWC), and it has always been a major issue there, with a huge number of wild animals, wherein people have started experiencing bears coming into the human settlements. The farmers in Zhemgang have also …

A joint research project carried out from May 2022 to January 2023 to understand the barriers faced by LGBTI+ community in accessing health services showed that the LGBT+ individuals experience unequal treatment in society and they are the ones who face health disparities. It is the first of its kind …

Online scammers are getting bolder and wily as more and more victims are coming forth to report such scams where they have lost huge amount money in just a blink of an eye. Police find it difficult to investigate the online scam cases, as most of the prime suspects are …

However, time extension has given them the opportunity to earn better Time clicks to 10 pm, and the thukpa soup vendors set up shop at their designated areas across Thimphu city, mostly nearby entertainment centers. They work for than 5 hours during weekends and 2 to 3 hours during weekdays …

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) so far has registered 123 candidates for the upcoming 4th National Council (NC) Election 2023. Of the total registered candidates, 8 are women. However, the exact percentage of women’s participation will be known only after the Dhamngoi Zomdu is conducted. ECB is fully prepared to …

There have been issues of Bhutanese commuters being charged extra toll fee payment while traveling via Indian routes. The situation seems to be difficult for the first-time commuters, wherein they are charged extra and issued with a barcode they cannot reuse, and they are stopped at all toll fee plazas …

The Thimphu District Court has acquitted Damchoe Choden aka Anim Damchoe of the criminal charges against her on the Buddha Dordenma Project in 2019. In 2019, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigation of the Buddha Dordenma Project found that Lam Tshering Wangdi and Anim Damcho could not account or explain the …