Monthly Archives: December, 0

(P/ling bomb blast update): The bomb blast in Rinchending last evening damaged a forest check-post office and injured one police constable. The injury was not from the blast. According to an eye witnesses, few minutes before the explosion, suspects fired at the police and Immigration check-post. That was when the constable got hit. The injured constable and his senior colleague were outside the check post when the incident happened.

The hole-in-the-wall learning station for children located at the Changjiji colony in Thimphu has stopped functioning. According to the Department of Information and Technology the station has been closed down due to power maintenance. The project, which was started to allow children from the lower income families have access to information online- has stopped functioning for quite some time now.

City buses in Thimphu are known for carrying excess passengers. After BBS did a story on it, stakeholders met to discuss the issue, last month. However, city buses are still carrying excess passengers, especially during the rush hour. This has left taxi operators unhappy.

A man and his eight-year-old daughter died after drowning in the sewerage tank in Phuentsholing this afternoon. According to the sources, the two deceased had come to the sewerage to feed the fishes. They were accompanied by one of their relatives.

BREAKING NEWS: Bomb Blast is reported at Rinchending in Phuentsholing at around 8:30pm today. A police personnel injured. He has been referred to hospital. He's in stable condition. We will bring you the update tomorrow.

Genden Rinchen, a driver by profession, is a new occupant in one of the apartments in Changjiji, Thimphu, a housing complex meant for low income group. He is one of the beneficiaries of the National Housing Development Corporation, NHDC, drive to remove illegal occupants, mostly from the higher income bracket.

(UPDATE) More than 390 birds were de-populated after another flu cases have been reported in Ramitey and Wangdigatshel area in Phuentsholing. The operation was carried out yesterday from 6 in the evening till 3 O’clock this morning.

A price tag system is being introduced at the centenary farmers market from today. According to the manager of the centenary farmers market,such system is being introduced to stabilise the price fluctuation taking place. All the vendors will have to display the price of their produce.

Bumthang Dzongkhag is known to have the maximum number of historical monuments and temples in the country. There are as many as 116 historical monuments and temples in Bumthang alone.

A 37-year-old man was electrocuted in one of hotels in Gelephu. The incident occurred last night at around 7pm.