Monthly Archives: December, 0

Mushrooms, to some extent, are a dangerous delicacy. People have died for a good mushroom meal; some after consuming poisonous wild mushrooms and some from wild animals attack while mushroom-hunting.

The Ambassador of the Commonwealth of Australia to Bhutan, Harinder Kaur Sidhu, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to Bhutan, Panpimon Suwannapongse presented their credentials to His Majesty The King.

Home Minister, Dawa Gyaltshen said the ministry did not feel the need to inform the Cabinet, before sending out the circular on Ada Rachu, since it is not a new policy. The Cabinet said they were not informed of home ministry's circular.

The US Ambassador to India, Richard Rahul Verma, who was in Bhutan yesterday, said they are working to improve visa application process for the Bhutanese applying to visit the United States of America.

Despite the government’s serious effort to reduce government debt, the economy’s total borrowings increased by over Nu 15 B between 2014 and 2015.

Thimphu District Court will have specialised benches within the next three months. It will have a Family and Children Bench, two Criminal Benches, and two Commercial Benches.

Sidli Police Station in Assam, India, was able to recover 50 percent of Nu 2 M, family members of two Bhutanese kidnapped had paid as ransom. The police had arrested the kidnappers shortly after the incident in February, this year.

The case involving six men, who allegedly stole two elephant tusks, from a house in Lungtenphu, in March, is in Thimphu District Court.

Thimphu police is on the lookout for suspects of a burglary case that allegedly took place in Babesa, Thimphu on Monday.

A rainbow flag, an icon for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights was flown in the country for the first time, today.