THE NATION

The sincere efforts to manage community forests (CF) have started to pay dividends for the farmers. Active members of the Community Forest Management Group (CFMG) in Lhuentse have benefitted from the community forest. The CF fund lending scheme, whereby the CFMGs are given an opportunity to access the low interest …

Electricity visited Panbang quite late and only on 1 July 2012. The electrified boon has however decided not to faithfully light up the villages; it is evident from the prolonged erratic behavior it has displayed for months. “It’s been two months now but we had to live without power supply …

The mass influence of social media accounted for and its powers taken into consideration, the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has drafted the Social Media Policy 2012. This move has been undertaken to ensure proper usage of social media by the ECB, election officials, political parties, candidates, party supporters, and …

The 12th Thimphu League 2012 will kick off from 2 pm tomorrow at the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) grounds. A total of six Thimphu based clubs, Drukpol FC, Dzongric FC, Nangpa FC, Yeedzin, TU FC and Zimdra FC will be playing for the league title. Each team has 30 registered …

After a year long delay the Nishoka Bridge in Panbang under Zhemgang Dzongkhag will be completed in December and it will be the second longest bridge in Bhutan. People in the region have for long grumbled with the bridge’s construction. The Gewog Gup Rinchen Wangdi said the Highway construction and …

The department of forests and park services (DoFPS) is in the process to develop a standard modality for timber marketing from all Community Forests (CF) in Bhutan. The Social Forestry Division (SFD) under the forest department over the years has conducted few workshops on Timber marketing guidelines for Community Forests …

Burglaries are at an all-time high in Thimphu, and the Bhutanese Authentic craft bazaar burglarized seven times seems to be a hotspot for the vandals. The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) arrested a 31 year old man from Babtong, Khoma in Lhuentse on August 21 in connection with a burglary at …

The government’s giant ‘cost-cutting hammer’ has fallen on private newspapers. While establishments have started to notice the glaring fault lines, the first to be crushed are the employees If the current advertisement situation persists, which is, the government’s recent cut-down on the advertisements to private newspapers, many people from these …

An Acute Respiratory tract Infection (ARI) outbreak has been reported in Bemji Community Primary school, Trongsa on 18 August where it infected 39 students and 11 students were admitted. ARI is an illness caused by an acute infection which involves the upper respiratory tract, nose, sinuses, pharynx or larynx. This …

The rare Bhutan Tree Brown butterfly was rediscovered in Bumdeling under Trashiyangtse Dzongkhag on 26 July. It is just after the rediscovery of Ludlow’s Bhutan Glory three years ago which later earned as the National Butterfly of Bhutan. The Bhutan Tree Brown butterfly was rediscovered by a team of researchers …