Monthly Archives: December, 0

Bhutanese rapper Kezang Dorji is the winner of the South Asian Youth Award 2018. The award celebrates the greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia.

Works are underway to widen the farm road to Rookha and Lawa Lamga Chiwogs of Wangdue Phodrang. However, the people of these two chiwogs are not happy with its execution as it has caused them only more inconvenience.

Bhutan's first recorded conjoined twins are in Melbourne, Australia for separation surgery. The twin girls, born by caesarean- section on July 13 last year at Phuentshogling General Hospital, were joined at the thoracoabdominal region.

The preparation to dispatch postal ballots for the facilitation booths is in full swing at the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) office in Thimphu. The commission will dispatch the ballots on October 5.

The Trashigang District Court has sentenced an 83-year-old man to three-years-and-one-month in prison for child molestation. The court passed the judgement on 28 September.

The President of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT), Lotay Tshering, said he sees no hope of winning in the east, particularly Pema Gatshel, in the general election despite having capable candidates from all three constituencies.

The Royal Monetary Authority  (RMA) handed over a net surplus of over  Nu 1.5bn to the finance ministry today. The amount is the annual surplus of the financial year 2017-2018.

A fire early this morning gutted a house in Dangkhar village in Zhemgang. The incident happened around 12:30 am.

In an effort to take banking facilities to the doorsteps of its clients, the Bank of Bhutan (BoB) launched ‘Banking on Wheels’ in Thimphu today. The new service is part of BoB's financial inclusion initiative.  

The Bhutanese men’s cricket team lost its first match of the ICC World Twenty20 Asia Region Qualifier B to Malaysia by 67 runs today.