Monthly Archives: December, 0

The fuel depot in Paro ran out of petrol at around 10 yesterday morning. People had started queuing up at the depots by 4 p.m.

Following a tip off, the Phuentsholing police arrested four men between the age of 17-29 in possession of contraband substances worth Nu.15,000, this morning. The men, who were on their way to Thimphu, were arrested from Phuentsholing bus terminal.

“If we do not have passionate teachers, if we do not have dedicated teachers, teachers who enjoy teaching, who have fun with teaching, who celebrate teaching, we will not be able to go very far.” The education minister, Thakur Singh Powdyel, was speaking at the occasion of the World Teacher’s Day today.

Many Bhutanese are yet to discover the magic, the mystery and the knowledge books have to offer. Reading never was a habit many Bhutanese were fond of.  The advent of television and other modern modes of communications have rendered reading even less appealing.

Community forest is changing the lives of rural people for better. This was clear, this morning when a group of Choekhor Community Forestry members of Kawang Gewog in Thimphu, pocketed a decent amount from the sale of timber.

The number of vehicles coming for a refuel at Bhutan Oil Distributors depot in Thimphu showed no sign of receding even today. Motorists have been rushing to the depot since yesterday after learning that there will be a fuel shortage due to tankers staging a strike in Siliguri, India.

Kangpara gewog under Trashigang Dzongkhag is seeing a decline in its traditional bamboo craft with craftsmen pursuing better economic opportunities elsewhere. Tsarzo is no longer practiced as a source of livelihood.

The ruling party, Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), is yet to decide who among their MPs will get the party ticket, even as the next parliamentary elections draw near.

To address the ever increasing traffic congestion and provide efficient and timely transport services to the people, Bhutan Post Corporation (BPC) launched 15 new city buses for Thimphu Thromde today.

Wangduephodrang district court sentenced a 30-year-old man to nine years imprisonment for voluntary manslaughter. He had stabbed a 24-year-old cab driver in the stomach suspecting the victim of having an illicit affair with his wife.