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The second anniversary of Thimphu Rotary Club’s Charter Day was celebrated at the Clock Tower Square, Thimphu yesterday. During the celebration the Rotary Club of Thimphu released the club’s magazine. The guiding principle of the club is “service above self”. The Rotary Club of Thimphu seeks to be the agent …

During this time of the year, it is not uncommon to find your family, friends and colleagues down with the flu. It seems everywhere around, someone is either coughing or sneezing or suffering from a fever. The annual health bulletin record on respiratory diseases show a yearly increase in common …

His Majesty the King in a royal statement said that Bhutanese people are good at framing policies but weak in implementation. On close observation this is true in many ways. I have a few examples here. Teacher training and placements The right policy is education for all and quality education. …

I am not sure whether we call manual jobs in the construction sector ‘skilled or highly specialised’ or ‘unskilled’. Here it is called skilled, elsewhere we call it ‘unskilled’. This designation seems to change depending on what we would like to convey. It is true that we have lots of …

His Majesty The King inaugurated the 152-metre-long Panbang Bridge in Zhemgang on 10th April 2014. The inauguration ceremony was graced by Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen and attended by the Prime Minister, cabinet ministers, Indian Ambassador to Bhutan, senior government officials, elected representatives, dzongkhag and dungkhag officials, and thousands of villagers …

The 23-year-old suspect who was arrested and detained for raping a minor in the evening of March 11 at around 9 pm in Haa has been granted bail by the Haa Dzongkhag Court last week. The case was forwarded to the court on April 3 after the investigation was completed …

Anew energy drink ‘Carabao’ certified by Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) and Department of Trade is on sale in the market. ‘Carabao’ will compete with ‘Red Bull’ that entered the Bhutanese market in 2008, and is being sold illegally for more than six years without a single agent …

The Chhukha Dzongkhag Court sentenced the two people caught with tobacco products on the early morning of December 25, last year, at Tanalum check point with prison terms ranging from three to four years. Thinley, 39, accompanied by Norbu Wangmo, 32, had tried to bribe a police constable at the …

His Majesty The King, accompanied by Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, graced the Friday Forum at the Royal Institute of Governance and Strategic Studies. Former Foreign Secretary of India, Ambassador Shyam Saran, who the guest speaker at the forum, spoke on ‹Climate Change: Why Should Bhutan Worry?›. RIGSS is currently conducting …

The Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay and Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji, Minister for Agriculture and Forests signed the first performance agreement of the government performance and management system (GPMS) ON 27TH March 2014 marking a significant milestone in RGoB’s effort towards enhancing government’s performance. Lyonchhen informed the GPMS task force members, …