Increased fines for traffic offences are a key addition to the new Road Safety and Transport Bill, which is being drafted to replace the RSTA Act of 1999. “There is a need to increase traffic fines because the current amount has lost their deterrent effect,” a RSTA official said. The …

The government has said that, in accordance with the law, it will protect people suffering from caste inequality by providing legal assistance. Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay said, “According to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan all persons are equal before the law and are entitled to equal and effective protection …

Last week there was a curious incident of the Thimphu Thrompon Kinley Dorji and the Thromde Executive Secretary Pasang Dorji giving different views from the same organization over review of the tracksuit notification. The Thimphu Thrompon in an interview to The Bhutanese clearly said that the tracksuit rule would be …

Bhutan Health Help Center (HHC) recorded 113,221 calls for ambulance emergency services from 2011 to 2017, the highest among other services, according to a health ministry report. “Bhutan ambulance emergency service is mostly used by people with known illness and emergency cases like accidents, strokes, heart attacks and trauma,” an …

The Bank of Bhutan has launched two new deposit schemes, the Flexi Recurring Deposit and Simple Recurring Deposit, offering clients greater convenience and flexibility to make savings. Flexi Recurring Deposit allows customers to deposit flexible amounts of money at any time. Depositors can deposit from Nu 100 to Nu 20,000 …

Amid a barrage of criticism from parents, students, and schools, the Thimphu Thrompon Kinley Dorjee said that Thimphu Thromde would once again review the tracksuit notification. He said that if the issues raised by the schools and parents cannot be addressed then the Thromde may even overturn the entire order. …

A massive anti-rabies vaccination and information campaign has been launched in Trashigang town and the nearby villages after a rabies virus was reported in a stray. The dzongkhag’s livestock department tried the Human Rabies Immunoglobulin, the most expensive rabies antibody or vaccine, on the dog, described to be drooling and …

The Farm Machinery Corporation Limited (FMCL) will use a 34-acre area of fallow wetland in Tashithangkha, Gasa, for extensive chili and other vegetable cultivation. The area was left fallow because of labour shortage and crop damage by wild life. “Gasa dzongkhag sought us because we have the capacity to execute …

The Anti Corruption Commission is looking into allegations that 24 support staff of Gelephu Thromde who visited Bangkok, Thailand, last year on a study tour did not actually undergo a study tour. The ACC received complaints from a training institute in Bangkok of such being the case with the Gelephu …

The Gasa Dzongkhag Tshogdu intends to propose to the home ministry that civil servants posted in Gasa’s Khatoe gewog also be paid high altituted allowance. According to existing civil service rules, civil servants working in places above 3000 metres are admissible to a high altitude allowance of Nu 3,000 a …