Born to a Bhutanese mother and a Danish father, Zelden has excelled as a gymnast in the United States of America (USA). Zelden and her parents dream is that she would one day represent Bhutan as the first ever Gymnast at the summer Olympics. While Drak-Tsho special athletes, body builders, …

On the day themed “Cancer- did you know?” , more than 20 people who are battling cancer, survivors of various cancers and family members of the affected and demised came together to light butter lamps at the Memorial Chorten in Thimphu on a Monday morning. World cancer day was first …

Bhutan’s ranking has dropped down the ladder for the third year in a row The France-based international non-governmental organization, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) which conducts an annual ranking comparing each nation’s state of press freedom, has placed Bhutan at 82nd, 12 places down in the rung from last year’s 70th …

Bhutannomics which is now back, is convinced that the government was behind the block Bhutan Telecom Limited’s Druknet, the biggest Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the country denied allegations made by Bhutanomics.com who accused the former of blocking the site in the country. Though the site is now back after …

The bank also launched two new products on the occasion The Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL) celebrated its twenty fifth year at its head office, here in the capital, Thursday. The works and human settlement minister Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba who in the past served as chairman and member on the …

  Forest officials at the Paro range office have stepped up surveillance for miscreants involved in illegal logging especially along the five kilometer road to Sanchoekor Buddhist monastery and Institute in Lamgong gewog. This is after The Bhutanese broke the news of the rampant illegal activities in its previous issue. …

Bhutanomics.com, a satirical website has been blocked by Druknet, one of the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country. This was confirmed by a Druknet employee though he and his colleagues did not share who gave the instructions to do so. Nobody is really sure whether the website is operated …

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) kicked-off what it hopes will be a year of recovery for the business community with the swearing-in of a new president and two vice presidents. Amidst a grand array of luminaries including members of the Royal family, chamber members, CEOs, government officials, …

  ‘Ghost lumberjacks’ take advantage of proper roads and modern technology to facilitate their modus operandi to smuggle timber In an era of climate change and drying water sources rampant illegal logging at an industrial scale in Paro is fast depriving the Dzongkhag of its precious forest wealth as mainly …

With five parties formally registered but still apprehensive about a win beyond the primaries against the seasoned incumbents, ‘merger’ is a catchphrase doing the rounds in many circles as a probability, but one that may surely come to realization in the nearing elections Fishing for candidates in a political pool …