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The Thimphu police have detained a 24-year man for beating his 23-year old wife, The incident, which occurred on the night of on the night of August 28, was reported to the police by an unidentified caller . Police, on reaching the location near the IT Park area in Babesa, …
Read More »Ministries explain audit discrepancies from 2009 to 2013
In line with the resolution of the sixth session of parliament requiring different all agencies to resolve all audit discrepancies from 2009 to 2013, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) conducted a public hearing with the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests and Ministry of Labor …
Read More »Women Poenkhas across Bhutan receive Gyentag
Women Poenkhas across the country have received Gyentag, an insignia equivalent to the Patag worn by men, from His Majesty The King. Gyentag which translates to “Symbol of Responsibility”, is worn pinned like a brooch. As with the Patag, His Majesty The King confers the Gyentag to those women who have received the red scarf, or have been appointed …
Read More »Druk Air plane does emergency landing after Hydraulic issue
Around 10 days ago a Druk Air flight to Bangkok had to do an emergency landing back in Paro airport after take-off as its sensors showed there was a problem in the plane’s hydraulic system. The Hydraulic system of the plane is important to control the plane’s landing gear, wing …
Read More »His Majesty Grants Dhar to Secretaries, RBA, RBG Officers
His Majesty The King appointed 4 secretaries and promoted 20 Armed Force officers on 17th August 2016 in the Tashichhodzong Rinzin Dorji, formerly the director general of the Construction Development Board, was appointed as the secretary of the ministry of agriculture and forests. Karma Tshering Namgyal, formerly the consul general …
Read More »650 viral hepatitis cases reported every year
Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. Viral hepatitis is caused by infection with one of the five known liver infecting viruses, which are hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis D virus (HDV), and hepatitis E virus (HEV. The most common features of infection …
Read More »Bhutan to play friendly vs India at 4pm
After diplomatic encumbrances led to the cancellation of India’s preseason USA tour, the blue tigers and Bhutanese dragons will take to the Changlimithang stadium in a last minute arranged friendly at 4 pm on Saturday. The Indian players arrived Monday to acclimatize to the altitude change from 216m at Delhi, …
Read More »Proof of Lazy Banking and Cartel if banks do not play ball with MLR
The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) recently announced the ‘Minimum Lending Rate’ (MLR) policy effective from 1st August 2016 which replaces the earlier 2012 Base Rate system of the RMA which was blamed for the higher interest rates since its introduction. Base rate is the minimum rates below which banks cannot …
Read More »MoEA to increase reserve fuel depot capacity from 100,000 to 200,000 litres in Thimphu
Worries over the multiple roadblocks along the Thimphu -Phuentsholing highway had caused panic among people rushing to the fuel stations in Thimphu. Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) has issued an advisory asking people not to panic and worry about shortage of fuel. The ministry had to even tell petrol pumps …
Read More »Prime Minister leads from the front
When the full fury of the monsoon season struck and washed away Sarpang town, cut roads and started threatening Amochu’s embankments the Prime Minister was on a visit to the highlands of Soe and Lingzhi to meet the people there. However, on 23rd July concerned with the situation and in …
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