THE NATION

On the sidelines of the Friday meet the Prime Minister Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering  accused the media and the Opposition party of ‘lying’ in their assessments of the government’s 25 pledges in 120 days. The government had claimed that of the 25 pledges- it had achieved 11, another 11 was …

Bhutan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and is already facing the impacts of climate change such as extreme weather and changing rainfall patterns. The most significant impact of climate change in Bhutan is the formation of supra glacial lakes due to the accelerated retreat of glaciers …

His Majesty The King granted an Audience to the recipients of the undergraduate scholarships administered by the ministry of education, at the Kuenrey of the Tashichhodzong on 14 March 2019. The 144 students, who have completed class 12, will undertake full-time undergraduate studies in different parts of the world, in …

The ‘National Human Development Report (NHDR): Ten Years of Democracy in Bhutan’ report launched by Prime Minister (Dr.) Lotay Tshering and UNDP Administrator and the UN Under-Secretary-General Achim Steiner on 12 March in Thimphu says that Bhutan’s growing democracy has helped advance development, with an independent judiciary, a vigorous parliamentary …

The Opposition party in a press release said that the government in its own assessment, claimed to have fulfilled most of its pledges but that these claims should be subjected to proper scrutiny and interpretation by the public. “The government has provided a feel-good, flattering assessment of its performance in …

This is as the peak tourist season comes up Hotels in Norzin lam are facing an acute water shortage because water sources in Motithang that supply water to Norzin Lam areas are drying up. The other cause is also due to the fact that water from the Motithang treatment plant …

Four months after the successful surgery of the country’s first conjoined twins in Melbourne, Australia, Nima and Dawa Pelden returned home on Thursday. The 19-months old girls have learned to walk normally and also picked up a few English words during their stay overseas. The family along with the two …

The Bhutan Economic Stabilization Fund was established with the objective to maintain a fiscal rule to ensure macroeconomic stability of the country. The fund was started with a capital injection of Nu 100 mn as seed money during the 11th FYP and with the recent capital transfer of Nu 67 …

The 14th Round Table Meeting (RTM) will take place from 12-14 March in the capital next week. The foreign minister, Lyonpo Tandin Dorji shared that the RTM is the highest forum for policy dialogue between Bhutan and its development partners, donors, bilateral and multilateral agencies to come together and the …

The Agriculture Minister, Lyonpo Yeshey Penjore said that the government cannot do anything to stop private people from opening slaughter houses but it can impose a tax on such meat to discourage them. He also said that while Samrang is currently not a slaughter house it can become one in …