Many private and government schools in Thimphu along with their students and parents are in a fix with the Thimphu Thromde’s tracksuit rule. Thimphu thromde pronounced, both private and government schools in Thimphu will not be allowed to wear tracksuits during the morning assembly and in classes. It was decided …

The construction of a Regional Center for Tiger and Cat Research has begun in the south central border town of Gelephu. “Bhutan with more than 70 per cent forest cover and with more than 50 per cent under protected areas in the form of National Parks and Biological Corridors offers …

Social networking sites are nowadays the platform to share and break news but the information is not always accurate. Certain forums on Facebook have started hosting not only viral fake news and rumors but also highly sensitive content including some that declare war on Bhutan and also try to incite …

Waste is being illegally dumped on public land around Changbangdu Residents of Changbangdu locality want the local government authorities to publicise and reinforce the new solid waste management rules because waste is still being illegally dumped by the roadside and on public land in Changbangdu. “Implementing agencies should ensure that …

The construction of the Sarpang Dzong, supposed to begin in January, has been delayed by two months because of minor changes in the design plan say project officials. The Nu 1 billion construction project is funded by the government of India. “Though the change is minor, the consultant has asked …

The government’s Economic Development Policy (EDP) 2017 says selective services in the health sector will be opened to private practices with the government regulating quality of health services and human resources. However, the health ministry says it cannot allow private practices unhesitatingly because they need to look at financial incentives …

Youth Business Cooperative (YBC) in Thimphu supplies chillies at Nu 55 per kg which many considered to be quite reasonable during the chilli crisis but recently consumers have started complaining that over 50 per cent of the chillies that YBC supplies are rotten and unusable, consumer says. What makes it …

The Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (MoHCA) will be looking into the issue of Lhatshog mask images on a brand of T-shirts being sold by a company named Karmakora. The matter came to the attention of the ministry after Karmakora’s new T-shirts with the Lhatshog Zhelbab printed on it …

Swift progress in the black topping of the Bartsham road has brought immense joy to many people of Bartsham in Trashigang, one of the more prosperous and business oriented gewogs of the eastern district. “We always used to worry whether buses would operate here because of the bad condition of …

A pure indigenous herbal medicine could help alcoholics and smokers give up drinking and smoking, according to Dungtsho Tandin Phurba, chief Traditional Physician from the Department of Traditional Medicine Services, Kawajangsa, Ministry of Health. People in large numbers queued outside Dungtsho’s chamber to get medicine for giving up drinking and …