THE NATION

The 2019 BOB Bhutan Premier League boasts the arrival of numerous foreign footballers and Jay Hart, from Accrington in Lancashire, England now playing for Thimphu City FC is one of the premier acquisitions made for the season. The former non-league forward was a prolific goal-getter for a number of clubs …

The Opposition party came out criticizing various aspects of the government’s pay revision decision but kept silent on the MPs own hikes and allowances and particularly its Prado Quota and Nu 1 mn to buy a vehicle with each term. This is until The Bhutanese asked on how appropriate it …

In response to a question Opposition leader (OL) Dr Pema Gyamtsho said that various experts from all over including Europe had been consulted on the Punatsangchu I project. The OL said that if the experts are not able to say anything different about the geological stability and it is going …

Thorthomi Lake stabilized as of now but risk of GLOF still high According to the team of experts from the National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) who went to Lunana to do a rapid assessment of the Thorthomi Lake, the excessive melting of Thorthomi glacier due to the increasing …

RBP to decide if it can take the case or not Lawyers in Japan get ready to sue BEO’s Japanese partner SND on behalf of Bhutanese families Around 100 youth and parents who claim to be the victims of the ‘learn and earn program’, an employment scheme started the Bhutan …

Education ministry’s big school project focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is a separate school being planned by the Ministry of Education (MoE). Although STEM is a new kind of specialized school for the gifted students in Bhutan, however, many countries around the …

Thimphu police received information from its reliable source regarding the transportation of illegal immigrants into the country. On 14 June, two taxi drivers, aged 26 and 27, from Punakha and Pemagatshel respectively, transported two Indian labourers illegally to Bhutan. The two illegal immigrants, aged 40 and 42, are from Cooch …

Parliament passes motions to substitute LPG import by promoting the use of electrical home appliances and to improve and enhance the availability of subsidized rural electricity The National Assembly (NA) discussed the need for a policy to promote and use clean energy to replace Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as fuel …

Although Sakteng gewog under Trashigang Dzongkhag is provided with a few of the basic amenities, erratic power supply and basic health facilities, insufficient tsamdro or pasture land, poor condition of roads and power supply are some of the major issues faced the farmers in the gewog. According to the people …

Tashicholing and Namgaycholing gewogs under Samste continue to report cases of major human-wildlife conflict. The gewogs has 5 chiwogs each with more than 800 households together. Many villagers have left their farmlands fallow due to dismal compensation schemes for damaged and lost crops. 50 percent of the total population in …