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Traffic Police urge people to carpool or use just one car per family Thimphu Traffic Division, Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) expects an increase in traffic flow during the festive occasion of Thimphu Tshechu this year. RBP stated there is 11 percent increase in vehicle numbers compared to 2015. Therefore, …
Read More »Court room heats up with Ap SP vs Namgay Zam and Dr. Shacha
The rebuttal made by Namgay Zam and Dr. Shacha Wangmo was heard on Monday, 26th September with over 30 people of the general public and media houses in attendance at Bench 1 of the Thimphu District Court. The crowd having punctually arrived at 9 am milled around the courtroom for …
Read More »First female Gup is re-elected
Namgay Pelden and Pema Wangmo Tamang are the only two female Gups in the country and both happen to be from Dagana, Gesarling and Tashiding. They both worked together in Tashiding Gewog as a NFE instructor. Being the first female Gup in a country, 33 year old Namgay Pelden has …
Read More »BoB launches INR prepaid and JCB cards
Bank of Bhutan launched INR prepaid card, that can be availed even by those without BoB accounts. It allows travellers withdraw INR 50,000 per month from any MasterCard enabled ATM in India and also use for shopping through POS machines.The card is valid for 3 years. For replacement or renewal, …
Read More »Bear rescued from pension colony
Wildlife Conservation Division officials rescued a Himalayan Black Bear, weighing about 51 kgs, from the Pension Housing colony in Thimphu on September 18. Colony residents who saw the bear in their backyard kitchen garden first tried to chase it away. They informed the rescue office in Taba when the bear …
Read More »Waste meat dumped everywhere in Thimphu’s Vegetable market area
The rampant disposal of waste into surrounding drains by meat, fish and poultry shops in Thimphu’s vegetable market area is creating an awful smell and health hazard say residents of the locality. “Some meat vendors dump their waste meat alongside the road and also into the drains and scavenging strays …
Read More »Shakespeare back in Bhutan
William Shakespeare’s Play is going to get reintroduced in the school curriculum for 11th and 12th standard from 2017. As part of the launch students from schools in Thimphu staged The Merchant of Venice. To celebrate the event Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay also delivered a Shylock’s Monologue.
Read More »New Public Debt Policy sets non-hydro debt at 35 percent of GDP
The government is expected to launch the Public Debt Policy this Wednesday which for the first time will set a limit on the debt that can be taken by the country. Bhutan previously did not have a Public Debt Policy. The policy has set a 35 percent debt ceiling for …
Read More »Gelephu reports zero cases of malaria and dengue as Phuentsholing gets hit with 27 dengue cases
Both are border towns with a similar climate and plenty of mosquitoes but the similarities end there this time as Gelephu has been much more successful in curbing malaria and dengue than Phuentsholing. Phuentsholing has been hit with around 27 dengue cases so far and is struggling to cope with …
Read More »One electrocuted to death and two injured with Cable TV
A 21-year-old man was electrocuted and two other injured in Chuzaygang, Gelephu, while trying to making a new TV cable connection by crossing it over a high-tension electric wire. The deceased was helping his uncle connect the new TV line and was trying to pull the cable wire above the …
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