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Agencies’ poor response led to low irregularities recovery: PAC
Poor response from agencies has led to low recovery of irregularities from 2009-13, according to the parliament’s Public Account Committee (PAC). Despite the directive from the parliament in 2014, the...
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Waste water sample sent to Thimphu for verification
(Update): Samdrup Jongkhar municipality has sent waste water sample from the sewage treatment plant to Thimphu’s National Environment Commission to find out if it caused fish in Dungsamchu to die....
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Drastic decline in forest fire incidences
Department of Forests, under agriculture ministry, is seeing a drastic decline in forest fire incidences, this year. From October 2014 to July 2015, the cases of forest fire in the country decreased...
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MoH to recall a batch of Paracetamol
The Ministry of Health (MoH) is recalling one batch of the three batches of 500mg Paracetamol tablet bought for this year. The recall comes after the Drug Regulatory Authority’s quality test showed...
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Joint sitting to re-deliberate thromdes of Pema Gatshel and Paro
Under the Royal Command, the Parliament’s joint sitting will discuss Pema Gatshel’s Dzongkhag Thromde and Yenlag Thromdes and Paro’s Yenlag Thromde, in next two days. The Royal Kasho, stating the same,...
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Minimise government interventions: EFN conference
In a latest report compiled by the Fraser institute, Canada, Bhutan ranks 87 out of 157 countries in economic freedom. The ranking takes account of indicators such as government’s share of the total...
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Enhancing border security
Better Coordinated Border Management is the solution to enhancing border security whilst improving trade facilitation, according to the Department of Revenue and Customs. At present, coordination...
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More than 700 walk in support of Orange YOUR Neighbourhood
More than 700 participants walked more than 13 kilometres, from Parizampa till Clock tower in Thimphu, to show support for elimination of violence against women. The event was part of International Day...
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Parliamentarians fail to finalise Pema Gatshel’s Thromdes
After the parliament’s joint sitting failed to finalise a Dzongkhag Thromde and Yenlag Thromde for Pema Gatshel and Yenlag Thromde for Paro, they decided to form a Special Joint Committee, today. The...
View ArticleMan allegedly murdered in Phuentshogling
A 51-year-old salesman of a clothing store in Phuentshogling town was allegedly murdered inside the store. The man, of Indian origin, suffered multiple stab wounds on his throat, according to...
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Affected farmers granted Royal kidu
The Office of the Gyaltshab and respective dzongkhag administrations in the East delivered Royal kidu to those households affected by hailstorm and wind, last month. October’s hailstorm and wind had...
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Denchi declared as Pema Gatshel’s Dzongkhag Thromde
As recommended by the special committee, the parliament declared Denchi as Pema Gatshel’s Dzongkhag Thromde and Nganglam as Yenlag Thromde. They also declared Betekha as Paro’s Yenlag Thromde. The...
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State funding for political parties rears its head
The issue of state funding for the political parties is re-emerging. During the recent meeting of the five political parties called “Political Parties Finding Solutions as a Bhutanese First”, parties’...
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Queuing up for cylinder
People still have to queue up for long hours to get cylinder despite a directive, from the economic affairs ministry, which says only one cylinder per person will be issued a month. The directive,...
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Street hawkers submit petitions to PM
Over 40 street hawkers have submitted a petition to the Prime Minister requesting permission to sell food items on the streets of Thimphu. The police, trade department under economic affairs ministry,...
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Allocate more time and resources on DPRs: NC
Cost escalations, local employment, preparing feasibility reports, and loan repayments were some of the issues the National Council raised while reviewing the Sustainable Hydropower development policy,...
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Climate-smart Agriculture Referral books launched
To make information available about climate change impacts to agriculture, the Climate-smart Agriculture Referral books were launched in Thimphu, today. The books are expected to develop solutions for...
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Nettle fabric to hit the market
Fabrics made of nettle will soon hit the market. The tradition of weaving fabrics from nettle yarn is being revived in Lhuentse Dzongkhag after over four decades since it disappeared. Women groups...
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BNCA fines 22 people for smoking in public area
Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency fined 22 people for smoking in public areas in Thimphu last Saturday. Each was fined Nu 500. This inspection comes after five month. The last one was conducted in June....
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28 new HIV positive cases detected
Since July till now, 28 new HIV positive cases have been detected. Of the total, 11 are women, records with the Minister of Health say. More than 90 percent of the cases were sexually transmitted. 460...
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