THE NATION

Meet a healthy and hale 2 year-old ‘Namdu’ (helicopter or plane) Dorji, who was born overdue after 10 months and 6 days at the JDWNRH after being medically airlifted from Laya on November 2015. Namdu Dorji’s mother, Kinley Wangmo who was into her second pregnancy and 30 years old then, …

The Road Safety & Transport Authority (RSTA), with support from Thimphu Thromde, is working towards improving and upgrading non-motorised transport (NMT) and public transport to tackle growing traffic congestion in the main urban centres of the country. According to RSTA the main streets of Thimphu that is Norzin Lam and …

In the first six months of this year there were 1,351 cases of unlicensed driving and 1,101 cases of driving under the influence (DUI) as part of traffic violations reported by the traffic police according to the Annual Road Safety Report 2016-17. Therefore, more vigorous field inspection and increased fines …

After the successful initiation of the Royal Highland Festival last year, the second Royal Highland Festival was held on the 23rd and 24th October in the same ground at Langothang, Laya at 4000 meters above sea level. The theme for the festival was, ‘Highlands- the Pride of the Nation.’ And …

More than 353 members of the country’s highland community spread across 11 dzongkhags were in the capital this week to discuss with the government   their development priorities and challenges and be updated on existing legislation on conservation and development programmes. The participants aged between 18 and 83 years, depicting a …

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 …