Thimphu Thromde after numerous discussions with relevant stakeholders has decided to move all the entertainment centers (registered under Thimphu Throm) into the Thromde core area. The process of reallocation of the entertainment centers has already begun and by the end of 2019, everything will be shifted in one location. As …

There have been a lot of opeds and articles in the Indian press questioning why Prime Minister Modi is ‘soft on China’ or not able to take punitive measures for putting a hold in the UNSC on listing JeM chief Masood Azhar as a terrorist. However, the view point of …

The Home Minister Lyonpo Dasho Sherub Gyaltshen said that on 16th January in the 1st session of the third Parliament, after in-depth discussions, the NA decided to retain the post of gaydrungs (gewog clerks) and under favorable circumstances regularize their services [long-term contract]. Today there are 199 Gaydrungs of whom …

The Bank of Bhutan (BoB) informed that some fraudulent or unauthorized transaction has been made on VISA International Debit Cards after suspicious transactions were reported by its clients at its contact center at Phuentsholing in the morning of 22nd march, 2019. A total of 1070 fraudulent transaction on VISA International …

On the sidelines of the Friday meet the Prime Minister Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering  accused the media and the Opposition party of ‘lying’ in their assessments of the government’s 25 pledges in 120 days. The government had claimed that of the 25 pledges- it had achieved 11, another 11 was …

One of the main pledges of the DNT was to provide affordable housing, however, major urban places like Thimphu and Phuentsholing are seeing land prices climb to record levels and along with it rents and apartment prices. In response to a question on the issue Lyonchhen said that the government …

If there is one sector of the economy to be concerned about right now, then it is the Hotel sector. This paper has done a series of stories showing the major issues in the sector already. In 2013 the tourism loans, which were mainly hotel loans, was only the fifth …

The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) in Thimphu revealed that the top five common crimes committed are battery, larceny, burglary, auto stripping and drug related offences. The crime rates in Thimphu have been increasing since 2016. The number of cases registered with RBP Thimphu has increased from 1,009 cases in 2016 …

Two major mistruths of the government have been discovered in the past one week and both of them portray the government in poor light. The first was the claim that the government had achieved or partly achieved most of its pledges. However, a closer look by the paper showed that, …

Librarians from across the country attended a four-day workshop at the National Library in the capital last week. The theme of the workshop this year was—‘Giving users the keys to the library’ which was conducted with the objective to empower libraries and librarians across the country to be the agents …