Monthly Archives: December, 0

Beginning this month, people availing loans from banks to buy vehicles will now only get 30 per cent of the total cost of the vehicle. This is 20 per cent less from the earlier vehicle loan ceiling of 50 per cent.

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has appealed to the High Court against the judgement passed by the Phuentshogling Dungkhag Court on the tax evasion case involving Lalchand Prasad, the owner of M/s Jatan Prasad Lalchand Prasad (JPLP), an Indian grocery store operating in Phuentshogling.

With an aim of reaching a wider section of society in building a healthy nation, Health Ministry trained the first batch of aerobics instructors in the country.

The Office of the Attorney (OAG) today forwarded a case involving a 40-year-old father who is accused of raping his daughter to Thimphu District Court.

The Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in Paro has now infected nearly 500 cattle in the seven affected gewogs. The disease containment team is working hard to prevent the further spread of the disease.

The number of tourist hotels certified by the Tourism council of Bhutan (TCB) has increased over the last four years. Going by what has been reflected in the State of the Nation Report, 2017, from 62 hotels in 2013, the number spiked to 116 last year.

Police in Paro rescued two men who were stranded in Pachhu yesterday. The men told police that they were fishing when the river swelled and left them trapped.

In the ongoing National Football League, Thimphu Football Club (FC) thrashed Phuentshogling City Football Club (FC) with 9-0 goals.

His Holiness the Je Khenpo is presiding over the oral transmission of Kanjur at the Kuensel Phodrang in Thimphu. The three-month long oral transmission of Kanjur began today.  

A sum of Nu 30,000 will now be paid as part of the Rural Life Insurance payout at the death of a person.