Besides rearing livestock, people in Sakteng are now taking up ecotourism business, such as homestays, to earn additional income. The number of tourists visiting Sakteng is increasing due to the reopening of the Yonphula Domestic Airport and completion of the road to Sakteng. In 2011, Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS) had …

After receiving several complaints especially from parents in the beginning of the year, Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA) carried out study in January 2019 and it was learnt that there is a need to discourage people from playing PUBG, or PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, a battle royale shooter that pits 100 …

Though Thimphu thromde has announced its decision to remove parking space along Norzin Lam, the plan is facing serious opposition from business owners, house owners and hotels along Norzin Lam. Thrompon Kinlay Dorjee’s plan of removing the parking space but not going for pedestrianization for a section of the road …

Two Cabinet ministers also question how Thromde is going about the whole business After business owners and shop owners in Norzin Lam formally wrote to their MP Lyonpo Dechen Wangmo on 25 September, Lyonpo, being the representative of people of North Thimphu, will forward the letter to the Minister for …

Thimphu over the years has been seeing higher warm temperatures ever years with a dual impact of climate change and probable crowding of concrete buildings and vehicles generating more heat. In 2018, the highest temperature was recorded in July with 32.5 degree celsius. Over a period of 4 years, the …

Despite numerous petitions submitted by business owners and house owners along Norzin Lam, and the former Cabinet and present Cabinet disapproving Thimphu Thromde’s proposal to pedestrianize Norzin Lam, the Thromde will still execute its plan to remove the parking after Thimphu Tshechu. In May 2015, first petition was submitted to …

Sujay Giri,  a civil engineer and a consultant of Idea Engineering, visited Vellore, India for a medical checkup in January 2015 and stayed there for about 10 days. He used his Samsung Note 4 phone with 4G facility during that time, and upon reaching Vellore, his phone connected to Aircel …

Bhutan Telecom (BT) said that the charges for its international roaming facility in India will keep on changing as it directly depends on total cost charged by its three main partner operators in India. According to BT, it only charges some additional surge cost, which is 10 percent of the …

The OCP recently gave its verdict asking Lyonpo Om Pradhan to pay only pay 50 percent of the roaming bill Former Minister and DHI Chairman Lyonpo Om Pradhan filed a case with the Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) against the Bhutan Telecom Limited …

Although Financial Sector Performance Report of March 2019 complied by Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) from different financial sectors reveals high exposure of loans towards Housing and the Service and Tourism Sectors, financial institutions argued that though they are concerned by this, each institution have varying strategies and risk assessment program …