“Traffic officials are taught to always be polite with the drivers while dealing with them and not to misuse their power but seems like not every men in blue have followed it to the hilt.” That was Traffic Superintendant (SP) Pasang Dorji, of the Traffics Division, Royal Bhutan Police (RBP). …

Penden Cement Authority limited (PCAL), one of the large scale industries in Gomtu town recently had a problem with the bag house (Woven fabric cloth) which captures the dust particles from flowing outside. The issue however did not warrant alarm bells for the factory or the community nearby. The head …

Insurance officials orientates Guma community Yesterday the Guma community gathered in the gewog office for an orientation on new rural insurance schemes. One of the Royal Insurance Corporation Limited (RICBL) officials said earlier the rural scheme had only two housing insurance policies. However with the coming of New Year the …

 Opinion: Evolution of Bhutanese Democracy –Part 2 Later in the paper when structure and vision is discussed, other follies of the incumbent government such as their subtle intrusion into the workings of independent and autonomous institutions, micro-managing and fear tactics will be highlighted. As aforementioned, Bhutan’s democracy was introduced with …

The 15-year old, who shot his 36 year old father to death on the morning of 28 October, is detained by the Thimphu police. Police officials refused to comment on the incident stating the case is still under investigation. The Bhutanese learnt that the deceased and the mother were fighting …

Just one last scheme for Karma With the completion of three schemes, Karmaling is left with one last scheme to supply water to the gewog. Gup Gyan Bdr. Subba said that the limited budget was the main reason for the shortcomings. However the construction of rural water Supply scheme is …

On 17th August, I boarded a train from Pathsala to New Alipurduar. Barely, fifteen minutes had passed when a Newspaper-Man came chanting: ‘Paper, Paper, English-Hindi-Bangla, Newspaper, Newspaper.’ I stopped him, and ran my fingers through the stack of newspapers and pulled out one. It was ‘Seven Sisters Post’, Guawahati English …

The Forensic unit with the national referral hospital (JDWNRH) and Royal Bhutan Police are waiting for the approval from the concerned authorities to send five samples collected from the red Toyota Hilux for DNA test. The tests will confirm whether the vehicle and its driver are involved in the gruesome …

Bhutan will host its first Buddhist film Festival this October with a selection of six films which includes the premiere of a film on Yangsi Rinpoche-Reincarnation is just the beginning- a 97 minutes story on Dilgo Khyentse’s reincarnation living in Bhutan that is just released worldwide. Director Mark Elliott, who …

Minor cyclone hits gewog A minor cyclone hit the gewog and uprooted the roofs of four houses and destroyed their staple food maize. The cyclone hit Chhimoong on 29 September Gup Sonam Tshewang said that there were nobody was injured but houses have been destroyed. “We have informed the Dzongkhag …