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The government will look into how it can take care of the country’s elderly citizens, deprived of home and shelter, not based on what they see around the world but taking local traditions and culture into consideration. This was said by the works and human settlement minister Dorji Choden during …

As pledged by the PDP government during its campaign Each year, more than half of the university graduates are screened out during the Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSE) preliminary exams, making them ineligible to appear for the main Bhutan civil service examination (BSCE), which most graduates feel is unfair and …

Four men have been detained by the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) in Wangdue Phodrang for pelting stones at a truck and a trailer during the early morning hours of August 17. Although no casualties were reported, however, a windshield, glass window and a looking mirror of the vehicles were damaged. …

The football ground of Lhuentse HSS which normally wears a deserted look was filled with students from different schools of Lhuentse yesterday. They had come to participate at the annual sports meet which began from August 22. The annual sports meet 2013 is being conducted in Lhuentse Higher Secondary School …

Manchester United supremo Ed Woodward has sent Chelsea a ‘terse’ letter warning them to make no new bids for Wayne Rooney. Chief executive Woodward – backed by the champions’ American owners – put his views in writing in a ‘Dear Roman…’ message aimed to block a new bid. United have …

Bhutanese throughout the country joined India in the celebration of her 67th Independence Day, a day of import for Bhutan and the region. The celebrations were highlighted by the performance of world famous classical Indian dancer Uma Sharma, relatively unknown to the locals, at the RAPA hall. Bhutan is the …

Measures are put in place for the safety of the public Figures compiled by the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) show a decline in crime rate in Thimphu this year. However, while the police are making every effort to combat crime, it is uncertain if the crime rate would surpass last …

A 48-year-old suspect involved in robbing a lhakhang in Rubisa gewog, Wangdue Phodrang in 1988, who had escaped from police custody 25 years back, was rearrested on May 10, 2013 at Mongar by the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP). The suspect, from Rubisa gewog, had broken into the Tshokhorlo lhakhang and …

The conflict between man and wildlife has been an unending journey since time immemorial. 40% of the country’s total land area has been reserved for conservation and 60% is mandated by the Constitution to remain under forest coverage for all times. More than 70% of the population depends directly on …

People can just walk up to a mobile office found stationed at different locations during different times to get insurance services. Bhutan Insurance Limited (BIL) launched its mobile insurance service, ‘Insurance on Wheels’, the first of its kind in Bhutan, on August 3 in Thimphu. The initiative aims to provide …