THE NATION

Two new bird species were recorded this month taking the total number of avian species found in the country to 721. A small passerine bird called the desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) was sighted in Khawajara, Samdingkha, in Punkaha district by bird enthusiast and senior forester Leki Wangdi on April 25. …

Bhutanese tour operators are calling for more stringent regulations to manage regional tourism, which has seen an explosion in numbers in recent years with most coming through tour agencies outside the country or on their own. According to the 2016 Bhutan Tourism Monitor report, a total of 146,797 regional tourists …

100 golden and chocolate Mahaseers, both of which are freshwater fishes of the Himalayan rivers, have been successfully implanted with radio transmitters, which will help conservationists understand its migration, habitat and baseline population. The transmitters are coded radio tags programmed to emit a coded signal every three seconds and lasts …

If Thimphu thromde is unable to resolve the tracksuit controversy, which has not only divided its senior officials and irked many schools, students and parents, the government will intervene to avoid further argument and controversy. “We try not to interfere when the power and authority lies with other entities and …

The Thimphu Thromde has barred vegetable vendors from selling their products along Norzin Lam, Thimphu’s main thoroughfare on the grounds that they crowd the main walking path and dirty the area. After dusk one can witness street vendors running with their vegetable basket and hiding between parked cars as thromde …

UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, Her Majesty Gyalyum Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck, will be traveling across the eastern dzongkhags on a high level advocacy tour on mother and child health, adult and adolescent reproductive health, STI/HIV/AIDS, substance abuse including mental health/suicide and domestic and gender based violence. The advocacy tour will also …

Marcus du Sautoy’s  Mathematics Professor at  Oxford University is famed for popularizing Maths. The second part of the interview with The Bhutanese Editor, Tenzing Lamsang goes beyond the classroom and takes up a wider area for Maths. Marcus was in Bhutan for a short visit on the invitation of the …

Don’t let Marcus du Sautoy’s  title of Mathematics Professor at  Oxford University throw you off as Marcus has also built quite the opposite international reputation of doing unprecedented work through his books, TV programs, public appearances, popular culture and work with teachers and students to popularize maths. Though a brilliant …

The construction of a Regional Center for Tiger and Cat Research has begun in the south central border town of Gelephu. “Bhutan with more than 70 per cent forest cover and with more than 50 per cent under protected areas in the form of National Parks and Biological Corridors offers …

The Thimphu Thromde is expanding the sewerage network to increase household coverage within the rapidly expanding capital city and address problems of overflowing or leaking septic tanks and lines. Sewerage lines are being laid in Motithang, Changangkha and YHS area construction in Kawajangsa, Jungshina and Pamtsho will begin at a …