With the Preliminary Examination (PE) just around the corner, many university graduates are left anxious and wondering whether the PE is still on or done away with as promised by the government. The Member of Parliament,Panbang, Zhemgang, Dorji Wangdi, said one of the popular pledges among the 100 days pledges …

The Member of Parliament from Khamdang-Ramjar, Trashiyangtse, Sonam Dondup Dorji, said the recent resolution by the government to ban the import of vehicle like, Toyota Coaster and Toyota Hiace buses in March 2014, will impeded the growth and quality service in the tourism sector. MP Sonam Dondup Dorji said this …

When the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s airplane lands in Paro on Sunday, the new Indian Prime Minister will be stepping on the soil of the only country in the SAARC region that does not hold any anti-India politics and where there is the genuine warmth towards India from both …

With the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi expected to be in the country on Sunday, preparations are in full swing to welcome him starting from Paro all the way to Thimphu. The visible activities are maintenance and repainting of road dividers along the express way, decoration of the roads with …

It is delightful to know that a Bhutanese Lama is heading a team of Buddhist scholars to translate the Buddhist Canon or Kangyur into English. This is, of course, a globally colossal task indeed! The Bhutanese Lama is none other than the internationally renowned Bhutanese Buddhist master, His Eminence Dzongsar …

A chorten located near Dorikha village of Samar gewog under Haa was vandalized in the night of June 4. This is the third time that the chorten has been vandalized by miscreants. First time, the chorten was vandalized back in 1995, where all the Nangtens were stolen and no suspects …

The Agriculture Minister, Yeshey Dorji, said as of now he cannot say if the hazelnut project is a profitable project for the people in rural Bhutan, but he has found that the project that started four years ago helps to conserve the environment. Lyonpo said the assessment of the project, …

In just one night, three chortens in two different gewogs of Punakha were vandalized by miscreants on the night of May 16. Of the three chortens, two were vandalized in Shenga Bjemi gewog in Punakha and a 30-year-old suspect was arrested on May 18. Following a tip off, the police …

Question and answer session The Member of Parliament of Bartsam-Shongphu asked for an update and the progress made so far on opening more colleges in the country, out of which three colleges are to be opened in the east. To which the Education Minister, Lyonpo Mingbo Dukpa, said the Constitution …

The pay hike controversy centering on the large hike for ministers and entitlements for MPs is only the latest in a series of avoidable issues and headaches dogging the new government. There have been others, like the legality of BOIC, unsatisfactory communication on Education City, rejection of RTI by the …