Monthly Archives: December, 0

Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji said that there is good opportunity for the Bhutanese youth to study in Canada. He shared this at the...

Seven cows were killed and three injured the day before yesterday by a bear in Bueltikha, Nagya Gewog in Paro.

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) forwarded the case, involving a 21-year-old woman from Wangdue Phodrang for abandoning her infant child, to the Punakha District Court yesterday.

Six Bhutanese undergraduate scholarship students who studied abroad have excelled in academic and returned in the country with gold medals in the last two and a half years. And to honour and recognise them, the Department of Adult and Higher Education (DAHE)  felicitated the students today.

The world remembers him for his non-violent protest and for the Indians, he's the father of their nation. If he lives for eternity, Mahatma Gandhi would be celebrating his 150th birthday today.

Highlanders residing in communities of Laya, Lingzhi, Merak and Sagteng will enjoy free electricity up to 200 units from this month. It is to improve the living standard and welfare of people in remote areas. The 200 units free electricity came in as a new subsidy in the revised electricity tariff.

Landslides in Khalong village of Narang Gewog in Monggar have left the people worried. They say every year land below their village is getting eroded, posing threat to some 46 households. 

A 30-year-old woman from Tangsibji Gewog died on the spot during a marathon organized in the gewog by Tshangkha Central School under Trongsa Dzongkhag on last Sunday.

Observing the International Day of Older Persons today, the Royal Society for Senior Citizens (RSSC) called for a shift of focus to the health needs of the ageing population.

Close to 200 elderly citizens aged 60 and above from Dorokha Dungkhag in Samtse came together to celebrate the International Day for Older Persons, today.