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With the domestic seasonal supply drying out fast and the import ban still on, prices of vegetables in Thimphu are spiraling with each passing week frustrating both vendors and consumers.  Meanwhile the government’s winter vegetable production in the warmer districts is yet to hit the markets or make any impact. …

However, many landowners are ready to move court on the issue The Thimphu Thromde in a public notice issued to 104 landowners in Hejo, Thimphu asked them to come forward and collect their government rate cash compensation for their land, which is now meant to be a Diplomatic enclave. The …

The owners of  the five buildings affected by the long term water poisoning of the drinking water to their building and tenants, are not satisfied the with Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) investigation into the issue, saying that the main culprit has been let off. The building owners are Jigme Chogyal, …

In the backdrop of a growing number of regional tourists and vehicles entering Bhutan, the National Council (NC) in its 16th session in December 2015 passed a resolution which among others recommended a host of measures to regulate regional tourism. However, the government of the day was unable to get …

Farmers across Bhutan have been hit hard with the continuous deflation in the price of potatoes in the past few years. The situation has been made worse this year by the recent demonetization announcement on November 8 by the Indian Government. According to the marketing advisor with the Food Corporation …

Agriculture and Livestock officers over the years have found it increasingly difficult to convince farmers in the poorest parts of Bhutan, and especially so in Eastern Bhutan to take up livestock, poultry and fishery related activities. In fact, due to strong religious influence and social pressures even farmers who did …

The current government has around 20 months left before the 2018 General Election process starts. Before that, in a major push to bring down youth unemployment the government is planning to hire around 11,000 youths starting from January 2017 till June 2018 in an 18th month period under its ‘Job …

The Bhutan Information Communications and Media Bill (ICM Bill), 2016 has taken a lengthy 237 page ICM Act of 2006 and reduced it down to a more upto date and simpler 78 page ICM Bill by removing many bye-laws and rules in the original Act. The ICM Bill has also …

The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has forwarded the case of the ‘Water Terrorist,’ Sangay Dorji to the Office of the Attorney General. Sangay Dorji, who is a man servant not only confessed to pumping in kerosene but also bathroom cleaner Phenol, paint thinner and paint at different times on multiple …

PDP swept all 14 polling stations with wide margins The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Tshering won the North Thimphu by-election with a landslide picking up 75.5 percent of the votes coming to 2032 votes.  The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) candidate Kessang Wangmo got 24.5 percent of the votes coming …