THE NATION

A 27-year-old man from Bongo, Chukha, who was reported missing since April 24 from the border town of Phuentsholing, together with his vehicle, was found dead in Madu forest on May 6 at around 6 pm in the evening. Madu forest is in Hasimara, 25 km from Phuentsholing. Police sources …

“Micro gardening” is the theme for the 3rd Royal Bhutan flower exhibition, which will be held this year in Thimphu at the National Memorial Chorten. It will open on 4th June coinciding with Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen’s 27th birth anniversary. “Participants will demonstrate types of flowers that can be grown …

Six families living with the RBP camp in Thimphu have been left homeless after a fire razed their huts at around 10:30 am yesterday. All the tenants of the huts were civilian staff of RBP. There were no casualties but only a few belongings could be saved. Of the six …

The Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) has collected more than Nu 2 million in fines since January this year on chili, cauliflower and beans from across the southern borders, the import of which was suspended in July last year because of high pesticide content. BAFRA also seized since …

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 …