Ministers respond to Ministers Buildings on rent story The Bhutanese newspaper’s issue dated March 13, under an article titled “Government offices make a beeline for Buildings owned by Ministers and Spouses”, has reported on some serving Cabinet Ministers and their spouses to have rented out their private buildings to government …

News of 50 Druk Phuensum Tshogpa supporters planning a trip to the capital on behalf of the Speaker and the Home Minister in regard to the Gyelpozhing verdict caused some disquiet in a country not used to political activism. Though the DPT members withdrew their petition as of yesterday the …

“The clarifications on the Opposition Party’s comments on the State of the Nation Report have been compelled by the need to dispel the doubts and clear misunderstandings created by the comments in print as well as on national television. The need also arose from our respect for the civil servants …

During a routine checking, Police at the Tanalum check point arrested a man on March 7, after he was found with contrabands. Police had recovered 1,425 capsules of Spasmoproxyvon (SP), two bottles of cough syrup, 199 tablets of Nitrosun 10, and eight packets of cigarettes (Flake) which were concealed in …

The Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) has plans to promote Bhutan in numerous ways. As of 31 December 2012, 951 travelling agencies are registered with the tourism council out of which only 428 agencies are actively functioning in the market and 528 agencies are inactive. The TCB has undertaken a …

An 18-year old succumbed to injuries after he jumped from a truck, when one of the wheels of the truck nearly went off the road at Bjena Gewog in Wangduephodrang. The accident occurred when the truck attempted to give way to the vehicle coming from the opposite direction. The incident …

In two separate incidents, two chortens were vandalized in Bumthang and Paro. The suspects in both the cases are at large without any clue. Bumthang On 28 February, the Kadem chorten in Chhokor Gewog being vandalized was reported to Bumthang police station. Some unknown miscreants had dug the chorten and …

New community Information centre in the gewog A new community information centre (CIC) has been constructed in the gewog where the people awaited its construction from a long time ago. The budget allocated was Nu 1mn as per the contract given by the gewog’s administration. The farm roads have all …

A Draft Royal Audit Authority report has unearthed Nu 152.876 in illegal overpayments and more than Nu 83 mn in avoidable costs out of the total Nu 427 mn spent on the three domestic airports. The RAA also uncovered tenders being given to ineligible companies, fake bills, sub-standard works, conflict …

Earlier, the group of 50 had announced a sojourn from Trashigang to petition against the court verdict that convicted the two ministers The petition to be submitted by the 50 Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) supporters from Trashigang to the Supreme Court chief justice has been withdrawn. The submission was with …