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Roads are in place, but need constant efforts for upkeep from residents, farm produce are growing well, but need better marketing strategies, and sharing borders with a neighboring country brings its hassles, like cattle that eat up the crop growth in farms. These are some of the issues tackled by …

  His Majesty The King visited the areas that were hit by the flash floods in Kabjesa, Punakha and met with the people who had been affected yesterday. His Majesty granted Kidu Soelra to the families who had gathered at the Thudrup Lhakhang. The flash floods on June 4 washed away paddy …

  The Wangduephodrang dzongkhag court granted bail to the 25-year old man, who was alleged of killing his new born baby on the night of 14 March in Sephu under Wangduephodrang dzongkhag last week. The suspect was detained by the Wangduephodrang police after he was accused of throwing his new …

  Ever since the gewog received electricity in 2012, the residents of Dorokha are not satisfied with the service from the Bhutan Power Cooperation (BPC). The gewog people say they are having major problems due to the erratic supply of electricity. According to the people in the gewog, they have …

A 54-year-old man, an Indian laborer working at the Punatshangchhu II, died on the spot on May 31 after being crushed by a falling boulder. The deceased was from Jharkhand, India and was working as a driller for the Punatshangchhu II project in Kamichu under Wangduephodrang. The incident happened at …

    A 19-year-old girl escaped her attacker in Wangduephodrang by crying and screaming at the top of her voice on May 27. The victim is a school dropout. At the time of the incident, the girl went to switch on the lights to her father’s construction site where laborers …

Fifty taxi drivers representing the taxi drivers of Bhutan, offered their wishes and prayers to Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen for Her Majesty’s Birthday which coincides with the world environment day. The Taxi Driver Association of Bhutan comes to the Lingkana Palace to offer a cake to Her Majesty on this …

The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) candidate Gyembo Tshering from Bardo-Trong under Zhemgang Dzongkhag won the 2013 primary rounds with 1,869 votes and DPT candidate Dorji Wangdi from Panbang Demkhong won the primary rounds of the National Assembly, 2013 with 1,580 votes. In Bardo-Trong the DPT victor was followed by the …

The voters of Trashiyangtse bid farewell to the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) by not voting for the party in both parliamentary constituencies of Bumdeling –Jamkhar and Khamdang – Ramjar. The DCT received just 184 combined votes of postal ballot and Electronic Voting Machine (EMV) votes from Bumdeling –Jamkhar constituency. A …

The poll day for primary round of the parliamentary election in Samdrup Jongkhar saw many old voters, their ages ranging from 50 to 80 and none of them were reported of carrying old voter identity cards (VPIC). The senior bunch also did not make news for other electoral-related issues which …