Thimphu Thromde added 27 new buses with new and improved features, like the bus computerized ticketing system and a smart phone application, to the City Bus Services (CBS) on Tuesday. The bus routes have also been extended. The buses go along new bus routes and bus stations that the Thromde’s …

Thimphu Thromde increased its parking fees from Nu 15 to Nu 20 for 30 minutes on the street and from Nu 10 to Nu 15 for off-street parking, effective from 1 April 2020. The massive hike in parking fees drew significant criticism, with many questioning why the Finance Ministry granted …

Thimphu Thromde has plans to tackle the problem of stagnant waste water drains and sewerage drains, which has been a yearly messy problem, especially during the monsoon season. According to Thimphu Thrompon, Ugyen Dorji, the biggest drainage problem arises in the core Thimphu area and Changzamtog area. The problem starts …

According to Thimphu Thromde, there is erratic supply of drinking water at Upper Changzamtog area due to lack of sufficient water supply from the main water source to the reservoirs. Thimphu Thromde plans on addressing this shortage by supplying the reservoirs with water from the Chamgang water source by laying …

The Tourism Association has proposed the Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) waiver to the government as a post-COVID recovery measure. The group has presented a proposal to the National Assembly’s Economic and Finance Committee, requesting consideration during the forthcoming session. During the meeting of tour operators and Tourism Council of Bhutan …

Bhutan will soon have its first bio-fertilizer company at Athang Gewog in Wangdue. According to Sonam Penjor, Director of National Credit Guarantee Scheme (NCGS) and Board member of Farm Machinery Corporation Limited (FMCL), with its unique selling proposition, the company will manufacture certified and quality tested fertilizer products at an …

TCB has stopped tourism for now until it can come up with Tourist Standard Quarantine Hotels On Tuesday 26th October, more than 50 tour operators attended a meeting with Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB), where they discussed about the opening of tourism in the country. Karma, a tour operator, asked …

Farmers across the country were devastated seeing their hard work go in vain due to unseasonal and heavy rainfall from 17 to 20 October. Many have raised the question as to why the concerned authority failed to warn farmers from harvesting their paddy when rains were predicted ahead of time. …

So far, Bhutan has not detected any positive cases from the community. NI-TAG member Dr Sonam Wangchuk said there are multi-factors. Bhutan has a high vaccine coverage, frequent advocacy and sensitization in the southern borders, and the other one is epidemiology. Since the neighboring country is not detecting positive cases, …

As the country celebrated His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen’s 10th Royal Wedding Anniversary on 13 October, which also marks Her Majesty’s 10 years as a Queen, Ability Bhutan Society (ABS under the patronage of Her Majesty spoke to the paper. Ability Bhutan Society (ABS), is a public benefit …