THE NATION

With the help of Friend of Police (FoP), RBP are coming up with a new program called Neighborhood Watch in Changjiji. This program is also a part of crime prevention measures whereby every household in one building will be keeping in touch and will be watching over the house if …

The International Day of Sports for Development and Peace was celebrated in Bhutan at Pelkhil School with the Prime Minister of Bhutan gracing the event. The Prime Minister, Education Minister and Health Minister also took part in an archery shootout. Three students from Ugyen Academy, Pelkhil School and Paro College …

A new and endemic species of a Bhutanese snail called Truncatellina bhutanensis has been recently documented by a team of Bhutanese researchers together with researchers from Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Netherland. This was announced during the talk on Mollusk diversity of Bhutan by Professor Edmund Gittenberger held at DoA initiated by National Biodiversity …

A significant increase in number of dogs infected with Parvo disease has been recorded at the veterinary hospital in Chubachu, Thimphu starting from the end of the February. An average of 4-5 dogs a day, which around more than 60 dogs in a month, are detected positive for the parvoviral …

Thimphu city has recently installed three electrical incinerators at the Hejo cremation ground in March. There are now four electrical incinerators in the ground. The purchase of the incinerators, at USD 75,300 from Bangkok, Thailand, was funded by the Royal Government of Bhutan, excluding the expenditure for shipping, transportation, charges …

Finance Minister Lyonpo Namgay Dorji dismissed widespread rumors that there would be an impending vehicle tax in the upcoming budget. He said that the source of the rumors was an old news article of 2014 when a vehicle tax increase had actually happened. Meanwhile the minister announced that the Ministry …

As a tribute to the 60th birth anniversary of the fourth Druk Gyalpo, 2015 was declared as the National Reading Year. Every school across the country took part recording the number of books read by the students. The first price was bagged by the Zilnon Namgyelling Primary School in Thimphu. …

Bhutan will join rest of the world in observing the Earth Hour today by switching off the lights  for 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm. The day is observed on the last Saturday of March every year because it’s about the time of the spring and fall equinoxes in the northern …

There are numerous ways in which humans and wild animals come into direct competition for a dwindling resource base and as a result there is direct confrontation. This is exacerbated due to an explosion of human population, spreading out of developmental activities, climate change and other human and environmental factors. …

While the investigations are still on to determine the cause of the recent forest fire in Chunzom and ascertain the damages caused, however, the Forest Department (DoF), Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) is resolute that most of the devastating forest fires that occurred in various parts of the country …