Monthly Archives: December, 0

A family of five in Pangkhar village of Ura Gewog in Bumthang lost their home to fire this afternoon. The fire, which started at around 1:30 pm, razed the 2-storey traditional Bhutanese house to the ground.

The Bhutanese team booked their spot in the finals of the ongoing UEFA ASSIST U-15 International Tournament as they beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in the Maldives yesterday.

The senior women's national team defeated Sri Lanka 1-0 as the two sides played yet another friendly match at the Changlimethang National Stadium yesterday.

A 49-year-old mother and her 23-year-old daughter who is 7-month pregnant went missing since last night after a flash flood at Lingabee in Gangzur, Lhuentse.

Punatshangchhu Hydroelectric Project Authority (PHPA)-I has the highest unresolved irregularities compared to other ongoing hydropower projects. The project did not resolve irregularities of about Nu 1bn till March this year as per the recent Annual Audit Report 2018.

Tashi Wangdi had to settle for bronze as he lost the semi final match of the ongoing Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament in Bangkok, today.

Punakha Police arrested a 21-year-old woman from Wangdue Phodrang for abandoning her newborn baby girl in Lobesa on Monday. According to the police, the suspect, a private employee delivered the baby inside her house and threw it from the toilet window, from a height of about 4 feet.

A two-day seminar to discuss the role of copyright in fostering creative industries and contribution to socio-cultural development was held in Thimphu. It was organised by the department of intellectual property in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The electricity supply to three chiwogs of Barpong_Namirgang, Kamati, and Dhali under Bjoka Gewog, Zhemgang is cut off for about 17 days now.

A herd of elephants has started reappearing into Samdrupling demkhong under Gelegphu thromde after a gap of eight months from last night. The last time they appeared was in last December.