The Ministry of Health (MoH) from 14th November to 7th December 2024 conducted Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) screening in 20 dzongkhags covering 216,096 individuals. The screening aimed to identify individuals at risk for conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension, facilitating early intervention and effective management. The NCD survey in …

It is still slated to be the third highest year though According to figures from the Home Affairs Department of Australia, in the first six months of the financial year 2024-2025 for June, July, August, September, October, November and December 2024 a total of 2,662 visas have been granted to …

With forest fires in Damchu, Haa and Paro, eyewitness accounts and initial assessments now show that all three fires have to do with power lines. With efforts to contain the blazes and protect nearby settlements all three fires which started on Thursday were contained by Saturday. Haa Fire Paro Fire …

The National Workforce workers, or more popularly known as PWD workers, under the Lobesa Division of the Department of Surface Transport (DoST) say their pay was cut in November and December 2024, which is leaving them in a financial crunch. The wages of the workers are supposed to be Nu …

Bhutan’s most populous dzongkhag of Samtse has always had great economic potential with its mineral wealth, location and other factors, but it has somehow never been realized. However, this will change in the coming years, as a series of major economic projects there can change the face of Samtse. The …

Up to 200 Bhutanese caught in USA from 2013 to 2022 for being illegal migrants In October 2024, five Bhutanese citizens were apprehended in the Swanton Sector (USA) of the US-Canada border following their illegal entry from Canada into the United States of America (USA). The three males and two …

With many new brand-new Euro 6 diesel vehicles across different companies failing or requiring repeated maintenance, the main suspect was the fuel quality being sent to Bhutan. The paper even accessed two fuel quality reports of samples taken from broken down vehicles that showed the fuel quality was not to …

On 26th July 2021 a sensational robbery took place in a house near the Centenary Farmer’s Market or Sabzi Bazar when six people of whom 4 are ex-convicts robbed a house and stole Nu 26 mn worth of valuables and cash including taking away the whole safe box. They stole …

Sonam Norbu is portrayed as model human being by his family but Namgay Dolkar’s father disagrees The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) will be appealing the Voluntary Manslaughter conviction of Sonam Norbu (39) for killing Namgay Dolkar (24) and will be asking for a murder conviction. This was communicated …

The combination of rising kidney failure cases, and the lack of an organ donation system in the country, is leading to a thriving and growing black market in kidney trade.  Bhutan Kidney Foundation (BKF) Founder and Executive Director, Tashi Namgay, said that there was one instance where a person was …