Changbangdu Primary School (CPS) has been closed since 2013 due to mainly safety reasons. It was demolished so that a better and safer school building structure could be built. The Thimphu Thrompon said, “It was a very old structure, we could see cracks here and there around the buildings. If …

This may surprise you but for a city with a population of over 100,000 Thimphu has only around 10 functional public toilets. As a result Thimphu has a public toilets problem. With a shortage in the number of toilets there is an increasing trend of people urinating around building blocks …

The non-biodegradable plastic wastes found choking the landfills can be put to good use after all. This was demonstrated at a 150-meter road above the Olakha automobile workshop by an eco-friendly company, Green Road. The road stretch was resurfaced using polymerized bitumen, a compound which is a mix of churned …

The building of a traditional house near the craft bazaar is a prototype of more traditional houses that the Ministry of Home and Cultural affairs together with the Chardi committee is going to construct in times to come. The traditional house is a prototype for a new, more durable and …

The Government to Citizen Office (G2C) yesterday formally handed over the operation of the Road Safety Apps to the Departments of Roads, Ministry of Works and Human Settlement. The key features of the apps include, receiving alerts on the roadblock, accident, road maintenance and border road closures. Further the public …

A resident in Changjiji, Thimphu, Tshering Dema, has been facing water shortage in her home for quite some time now. She said that the water supply comes only once or twice in a month. And when the water does flow in through the taps, it comes only in trickles. “We …

“Reaching Out and Saving Lives” was the theme of the World Suicide Day on September 10. The day was observed in Bhutan, where many stakeholders from different agencies met to discuss and find ways to curb the increasing suicide rate in Bhutan. Dr Gembo Dorji, Department of Public Health said, …

Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) met with the employers and employees, mostly women, of eleven drayangs across Thimphu. Director, MoLHR, Jigme Thinley briefed them on the Labour Act 2007. He said that MoLHR is enforcing the provident fund (PF) scheme in drayangs, where 5 percent of amount is …

With the timing limit set on recreation hours by the Bhutan Info-Com and Media Authority, the late night recreation business owners in Thimphu are not happy with the closing timing. According to the BICMA Act, the closing timing for the recreation business have been set differently depending upon the nature …

In a press conference, the Joint Secretary, MoEA, Sonam P Wangdi said, “MoEA has initiated the formation of multi-task force to review the entire Petroleum Products PoL pricing structure and other elements associated with the PoL sectors.” The formation of multi-task force is under process involving officials from different sectors …