The case of the 56-year-old grandmother who was last seen with the four-year-old boy, found dead in the Wangchu on April 28, has been forwarded to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). Police had detained the grandmother for a month until May 28. Earlier police said the grandmother claimed …

His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen granted an audience to Her Imperial Highness (HIH) Princess Mako of Japan, at the Tashichhodzong on Friday. This was followed by a private lunchoeon hosted by His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen at Lingkana Palace.Princess Mako, is the …

During the NA’s question hour yesterday the government was asked about what happens to students who are terminated from school for using controlled substances. “They might be given warning before termination, however, terminating students who simply try smoking or try marijuana might be a waste of their education,” said Nyisho …

Two men were killed on the spot and a third suffered back injuries when the car they were travelling fell 40 meters below the road near Toribari, 4 KM from the Pasakha police station on Thursday evening in Phuentsholing. The car was travelling to Pasakha from Phuentsholing when the mishap …

Thimphu Police are cracking down on gambling, deemed illegal by law, and have so far arrested 29 people engaged in playing cards or rolling the dice for money, this month. Six people were arrested on May 9 from Dechencholing, five people on May 22 from Changzamtog and three people on …

During NA’s question hour yesterday the Dophuchen Tading MP, Tek Bahadur Subba, questioned the education minister as to why the National Council insisted on Bhutan history being taught in Dzongkha despite the concerns of citizens and the difficulties expressed by educationists. Education minister Norbu Wangchuk said he took part in …

EU support of Euro 2.5 mn to strengthen civil society engagement in sustainable development and good governance was formalised on Thursday, May 25, in Thimphu. The support comes under the Multi-annual Indicative Programme (MIP) 2014-2020 EU support to Bhutan. The EU ambassador to Bhutan, Tomasz Kozlowski, said this support is …

Although road connectivity has drastically improved in recent years with farm roads connecting all the gewogs the south central district of Dagana continues to face numerous transportation problems that worsen in summer. There are a number of reasons for this, from lack of adequate public service transport, poor condition of …

The government has allocated more than Nu 100 million to address a dire shortage of water that has tormented, for many years, several gewogs in the south central district of Dagana and will involve laying 28 kilometres of pipelines and related infrastructure. The project is expected to start in the …

Wechat, an instant messaging app, is the most widely used platform to communicate and share information in the central district of Dagana say local government officials. “Be it a civil servant or a villager everyone is on Wechat,” said chairperson of the Dzongkhag Tshogdue, Lhawang Dorji. “There are very few, …