THE NATION

Chheku Dukpa the founder of a new political party in the works, Druk Gaki Tshogpa has taken Bhutan’s social media scene by storm with his nickname ‘Jackson Dukpa’ through a series of facebook posts. ‘Jackson Dukpa’ initially gained both fame and also courted controversy in his attention grabbing posts on …

His Majesty The King granted dhar to four new dzongkhag Drangpons on 12 October 2017 in the Tashichhodzong. Gelephu Dungkhag Drangpon Karma Dorji is appointed as the drangpon of Tsirang Dzongkhag. Drangpon Ramjam Pema Choden of Thimphu Public Notary Office is appointed as the drangpon of Thimphu Commercial Bench. Phuentsholing …

The government has directed Drukair, through Druk Holding & Investments (DHI), to resume flights to Gelephu and Yongphula thrice a week with the domestic airports in these two locations repaired and upgraded with a USD 6.9 million grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Communications minister D.N. Dhungyel said that …

Following the strike in medical colleges in Sri Lanka and India, which lead to the disruption of classes of 127 Bhutanese medical students studying there, the government is looking at instituting an in-country MBBS degree. Based on reports the Education Minister Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk said the colleges, which were shut …

His Majesty The King granted Dassain Tikka and blessings to representatives of the Hindu community gathered at the Lingkana Palace on 30th September. A representative each from the sixty gewogs of the southern Dzongkhags of Samtse, Sarpang, Dagana, Samdrup Jongkhar, Chukha, and Tsirang were joined by other representatives of the …

With the vision to be the ‘center of Excellence in information Technology steeped in GNH values’, the Gyalpozhing College of Information Technology (GCIT) was formally inaugurated on Friday morning. Lyonchhen Dasho Tshering Tobgay, National Council Member from Mongar Sonam Wangchuk,; Vice Chancellor of the Royal University of Bhutan Nidup Dorji, and …

Of the five households of Kabri village in Haa, whose homes were razed by a fire on 29th September four households were insured with the Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan while one house, which did not have a gung, was not insured. This shows the importance of having a gung …

Lyonchhen Dasho Tshering Tobgay met Ms. MaryKay L. Carlson, Charge d’Affaires (CDA), or acting Ambassador of the Embassy of the United States in Thimphu on 4th October. Lyonchhen offered condolences for the Las Vagas shooting. Ms. Carlson commended Lyonchhen for his excellent speech at the recent United Nations General Assembly …

How they will educate their two children after they complete grade 10 is the main concern of Dorji and Ugyen Yangzom, a leper couple living within the Gidagom Leprosy hospital campus, about 25 kms from the capital. Their son Ugyen Phuntsho, 11, is in class IV and daughter Sangay Zangmo, …

A Civet cat while on the hunt for food preyed and attacked around seven to eight chickens in Lingmithang in Mongar on the night of the 24th September at around 2 am in the morning. According to the source, after some of the households were awoken by the alarming cackling …