Monthly Archives: December, 0

More than a decade after it was first conceived, the Phuentshogling Township Development Project (PTDP) kicked off on Monday with the conduct of salang tendrel or the ground breaking ceremony for the first package in the Zone A of the project.

The Election Commission of Bhutan has received only one complaint during the election petition period. The 10-working day petition period ended today.

From making national headlines as the first female pilot in 2006 and now as the first female captain, Ugyen Dema continues to break gender barrier in the country’s aviation field.

The Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) says Dasho Neten Zangmo’s resignation has not been accepted. The party revealed this through a post on its Facebook page earlier today. The BKP's Vice President Sonam Tobgay later confirmed it in an interview with BBS.

A study by doctors at the national referral hospital finds an increase in the number of stroke cases. About 700 cases were reported from 2011 to 2015. Male patients accounted for more than half of the cases.

Gelegphu police have arrested a 54 year-old man for alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl.

Police in Paro are investigating a gold smuggling case involving a 48-year-old suspect from Tsento.

Bumthang police yesterday arrested a 36-year-old drug suspect from Lhuenste who has been on the run.

Police in Bumthang forwarded a drug trafficking case involving three men to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) last week.

The President of the Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP), Dasho Neten Zangmo, has submitted resignation letter seeking to step down from the post of the party president.