Thirty-three people whose housing loans were suspended by financial institutions following directives from the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) have filed a petition to the central bank. This situation arose in the aftermath of the rupee crisis. However, the Thimphu Thromde (TCC) has approved the construction of the petitioners’ houses but …

Although the highway has seen some maintenance in recent times, the bypasses under the Changjiji  and Olarongchu bridges stick out like a sore thumb with pot-holes riddling them. These roads have been ignored by town planners while motorists using the bypasses suffer damages to their vehicles, mostly during the monsoon …

Prime Minister Lyonchen Jimi Y Thinley, in his opening address at the United Nations Head Quarter in New York City on 2 April, said that Gross National Product (GDP) not only should but must be replaced by Gross National Happiness (GNH) if mankind is to avoid its current unsustainable and …

  Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuk inaugurated the Ability Bhutan Society (ABS) by unveiling the office plaque yesterday at the Lingkana palace. The Gyaltsuen granted an audience to six underprivileged children accompanied by their parents and the chairman of the ABS, Chief Election Commissioner, Dasho Kunzang Wangdi and its board members. …

The late Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, was bestowed the Bangladesh Liberation War Honour on March 27, 2012, 40 years after his untimely demise, by the government of Bangladesh for his contribution during Bangladesh’s independence in 1971. The people of Bangladesh struggled a brutal occupation by Pakistan right after the …

The National Library and Archives of Bhutan (NLAoB) in Thimphu is the biggest library in the country with8,000 books in English and 12,655 volumes of booksand scripts of Buddhism in Dzongkha besides books in Chinese, Tibetan, Hindi and others. However, the library stopped lending books to readers in 2007 because …

  The government has allocated a budget of Nu 30 mn for the construction of a motorable bridge connecting the villages around the Kichu Lhakhang and the Tsenthang village in Lamgong after the earlier suspension bridge was washed away by the Pachhu a year ago. A proposal for a new …

 It is said that if one attends the annual Jana chidoe Kurim which started from March 5, the 23rd day of the first month in the Bhutanese calendar and  ends  today at the Pangrizampa School of Astrology (PSA), the person does not need to do any rimdos (annual ritual for …

Commuters and motorists have yet to make sense of what looks like painted circles on city crossroads   that are meant to act as roundabouts. These circles have been much speculated about and many people are of the opinion that they do not serve their purpose by virtue of their  being …

The fourth South Asian conference on international humanitarian law by the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) which started on Feb 27 and ended on March 1 was attended by all the SAARC member countries  including  Iran and Myanmar. The conference aimed to create awareness about the sufferings of armed …