Although Point of Sale (POS) terminals have been installed in most of the crucial tourist hotspots the supposedly most promising tourist attraction stalls in Thimphu, the Craft bazaar is yet to install the POS terminals. The Agency for Promotion of Indigenous Crafts (APIC) plans to install terminals in the area …

A section of people under the lango gewog in Paro have claimed to have seen a fish which is more than 90 kilos. The first sighting was reported by a villager Phurba who was mesmerized by its sheer size and the condition of the surrounding it was thriving on. Following …

Bhutan Kuen-Ngyam Party (BKP) made news when it entered the political sphere but it never dropped a hint as to which people stood behind the veil for the party. Last week the BKP spokesperson announced in a press conference the names of four BKP candidates, the spokesperson himself as one …

Motorists in the capital have flouted the ‘one way’ traffic rules one occasion too many. This is especially the case for the junctions below the Labor ministry and below the Changangkha Lhakhang. These areas were designated for one way traffic to decrease traffic congestions and to reduce the possibilities of …

The Bhutan Kuen-Ngyam Party (BKP) who harped on the ‘team freewill’ trump card since its birth called a press conference where it finally backed fluid words with solid numbers; as in number of confirmed candidates. In a press meet yesterday at the party office the BKP spokesperson Sonam Tobgay confirmed …

Her Royal Highness Ashi Sonam Dechan Wangchuck officially launched the nationwide media advocacy campaign titled ‘La Aum Lyonchen’ on Saturday last week. The advocacy campaign was organized by the KCD Productions, with financial assistance from the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD) With unfolding of the Media Advocacy campaign …

A 73 year old woman who became unconscious on the dentist’s chair was negligently stashed in an emergency room, which her daughter equated to a pig sty-like condition in the Paro Dzongkhag hospital. Two Dentists were in the process to extract her tooth when she passed out. The woman, Dorji …

The water problem in Thimphu is a perennial issue and fingers always point at the Thromde. However the facts tell a different story. City officials say that despite repeated notices the tenants or the building owners don’t clean their water tanks which lead to water contamination.   The chief of water …

A most passionately charged Lyonchhen during the recently concluded National Graduates Orientation Program (NGOP) lambasted the media in relation to news stories on Gyelpozhing, Denchi land cases and the Trowa Theater land case. The Prime Minister, Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley defended his government and names of the certain high officials …

The prime minister and senior officials of the RGOB including the minister-in charge of foreign affairs Khandu Wangchuk have left for Tehran, Iran to attend the 16th Non Aligned Movement (NAM) summit. While at the Summit, Lyonchhen and the Bhutanese delegation will take the opportunity to discuss Bhutan’s candidature for …