LOCAL NEWS

Community Forest has not only helped people effectively protect and manage forests and other natural resources within proximity of villages but has also brought communities together. In the recent fire in Paro where a house was gutted, community forest members of Druk Thuenpa Puenzhi in Dogar gewog came together in …

The Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi conferred the most distinguished Alumni Award 2017 on Supreme Court Justice Rinzin Penjor coinciding  with the 90th Annual Function Day. It was conferred by India’s Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javdekar.

Police at Tshimasham, on the Thimphu–Phuentsholing highway, arrested three men in their 20s, with illegal substances last week. On April 6, police arrested a 25-year-old employee of a private firm at around 9:30 pm. He was travelling in a taxi to Thimphu. Police seized 117 grams of Cannabis and 17 …

The Prime Minister met with the teachers of  Tendu Central School on 1st April 2017  to talk about the recent incident involving alcohol and tobacco during a party that was organized in the school campus. The PM informed the teachers that the principal is being transferred because of this unfortunate …

The two contractors awarded the laying of the sewerage lines in Mothithang and Changangkha are working over time to complete the work as soon as possible because of the traffic congestion it has created along the city’s main roads. The contract had been extended for another two months and work …

The formulation of the 12th Five Year Plan for the department of Forest and Park Services was the main agenda of the annual forestry conference held in the capital this week. The six-day conference, which concluded on Tuesday, also discussed the drying of water sources, introducing environmental safeguards and timber …

Mobile snatching is a new crime that is surfacing in Thimphu, say the city’s police. On 22 March police arrested three teenagers from Changjalu, in connection with phone snatching phone from a student girl who was walking back home after her tuition. The incident took place near the Lungtenphu Helipad. …

The 13th Round Table Meeting (RTM) held in Thimphu on 15th and 16th March came to a successful close with development partners reaffirming their commitment and support to Bhutan’s development. Expressing appreciation for the GNH approach and early integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the national planning framework, …

A number of city buses parked for almost two months near Lungtenzampa School has resumed plying the Thimphu city routes with the schools reopening last week for the 2017 academic year and construction work once again picking up pace. According to the director of Thimphu City Bus Service, Sonam Dendup, …

Waste is being illegally dumped on public land around Changbangdu Residents of Changbangdu locality want the local government authorities to publicise and reinforce the new solid waste management rules because waste is still being illegally dumped by the roadside and on public land in Changbangdu. “Implementing agencies should ensure that …