Around three months ago on 8th August 2024 the Cabinet approved the new Thimphu Design Code submitted by the Royal Commission for Urban Development and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. The design code will result in far reaching changes in not only how future structures are built but also …

On 28th October, Monday afternoon, at 2pm the Tsirang Municipality under the Chairmanship of the Tsirang Dzongda cut off the power supply to the building of Rajen Tamang, 48, for not using the Karaoke in the basement for the intended purpose. Rajen had been holding religious gatherings of 30 to …

Out of the five inclusive schools identified in 2024 by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development  (MoESD) and Thimphu Thromde, this issue focuses on Taba Lower Secondary School (LSS) and Changzamtok Middle Secondary School. Taba LSS The school has classed PP to 8 and while it was identified as …

According to a reliable source the tariff for the 1,020 MW Punatsangchu II project is likely to be Nu 5.25 per unit. A tariff negotiation team was sent from Bhutan to Delhi with discussions under way on Friday. Initially Bhutan wanted Nu 5.85 per unit while India offered Nu 4.80 …

On the first day in office in 29th January 2024 the Prime Minister convened a meeting with the cabinet ministers where five executive orders and ten directives were issued to various ministries for expedited implementation. The Bhutanese over the last one month has been collecting updates from multiple agencies to …

The Thimphu Thromde Education Office and the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) identified 5 additional inclusive schools in 2024, and the schools have started admitting in children with disabilities, mainly from Pre- Primary onwards. This issue focuses on the sister schools of Sherabgatshel Primary School (PS) in Dangrina …

The Royal Visit to Australia was supposed to be a normal one with His Majesty The King, Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, Their Royal Highnesses Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel, Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck, and Gyalsem Sonam Yangden Wangchuck meeting with Bhutanese there. However, the visit turned out to be an extraordinary one. The …

More details on economic activities, potential investors and TER As a part of the Royal Visit to Australia, the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) CEO, Mun Leong Liew, and his team delivered a presentation on the GMC Master Plan, and discussed how the Bhutanese living abroad could contribute to the project. …

On 15 October at around 10.30 am in the morning, the Damphu Municipality cut the drinking water supply to a building in Damphu town, Tsirang on the instructions of the Dzongda who is also the Chairperson of the Municipality. The water was cut for two reasons, as detailed out in …

So far, the delays and failures in the 1,200 MW Punatsangchu I and 1,020 MW Punatsagnchu II projects have all been laid at the floor of ‘Geological Surprises,’ which basically means that whatever happened was not known in advance and so it could not be prevented. The P I project …