DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Thousands of people of all ages and abilities, gathered together in Changlimithang, Thimphu to celebrate the 60th Birth Anniversary of the Fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck. To get the best seats in the house, most people started queuing up by 3 am in the morning on November 11 and …

The six monuments being built on the roundabouts with unique traditional designs, religious features and various other figures like viewing deck etc have been finally completed. In addition to this the three gates with its own unique designs and an outdoor have all been completed too. These have all been …

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)  held a meeting with different Civil Society Organization and Media houses in Bhutan on Thursday. The meeting was focused mainly on fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals and new agendas. Bhutan has been identified as one of the priority countries in helping fulfill the SDG goals. …

Frequent power fluctuations are damaging electronic machines and other hospital equipment in various Dzongkhags leading to frequent breakdowns of such affected equipment. So far, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is facing problems mainly with the Dagapela hospital in Dagana and Sipsoo Hospital in Samtse though there are issues in other …

The International Snow Leopard Day was celebrated in Drugyel Higher Secondary School, Paro, yesterday.  The day also paid a special tribute to a 28-year-old forester at Wangchuck Centennial National Park (WCNP) who succumbed to altitude sickness while setting up systematic camera traps. WCNP was conducting a camera trap set up …

Just as most farmers across the country were hard at toil to harvest their paddy, the stormy weather hit. The heavy rains for about a week have caused major damages to the paddy harvest in many parts of Bhutan. The weather has also affected the yield of cash crops, like …

Getting off from her flight in Kolkata after her five day visit in Bhutan the West Bengal Chief Minister described her visit as ‘historic’ to the waiting Indian press saying it would bring the two countries as well as Bhutan and West Bengal closer together. She said that she was …

Bhutan is among the top biodiversity hotspots in the world as a major chunk of its land is still under forest cover, thanks due to the farsighted vision of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck. The protected areas in Bhutan provide home for a range of flora …

By issuing eight power tillers to Thimphu’s gewogs yesterday is part of the government’s aim to complete distributing power tillers to all 205 Geowgs by October 10th this year. Power tillers distribution has been completed in 178 gewogs in the country leaving only 27 gewogs in Zhemgang, Trongsa, Bumthang and …

The Prime Minister during the meet the press yesterday announced that the government would not be accepting the Chamkarchu petition but would go ahead with the project. “The petition is almost 10 years too late as the agreement was signed between the two governments in 2006 and a protocol to …