Norbu’s red-letter day outing
April 25th, 2015
Ap Chundu’s mythical steed takes the limelight once a year in an appeasement ceremony Occasion: Norbu, the off-white horse, grazes in the compound of Haa dzong. Norbu gets VIP treatment because he is the mythical steed of Ap Chundu, the local deity of Haa valley. Norbu remains tied within the wall of the dzong. There […]
Taxi drivers stung by TINs on expressway
April 25th, 2015
Penalty imposed on Friday, designated as zero tolerance day against traffic...
Work on JICA-funded Dechu bridge begins
April 25th, 2015
Connectivity: Starting next year, the people of Athang gewog will not...
Disputed structure falls into disrepair
April 25th, 2015
Land: There is a Zangtopelri in Samdrupjongkhar that needs some real...
The ‘Black Horse’ of Bhutanese football
April 25th, 2015
The once striker of the national team reminisces about his heydays...
Salami schools merge for safekeeping
April 24th, 2015
Education: With the school’s structures prone to disaster, the lower Salami...
Living under the shadow of floods and landslides
April 24th, 2015
Villagers in Phongmey blame tree felling and overgrazing by ‘outsiders’ for...
Thimphu Thromde schools bursting at the seams
April 23rd, 2015
Old infrastructure and shortage of classrooms have pushed schools to use...
Haa district hospital’s location finalised
April 23rd, 2015
A disagreement between the two gewogs had held the project since...
US ambassador to India visits Bhutan
April 23rd, 2015
Diplomacy: Visiting for the first time, the ambassador of the United...
PM asks employment creation task force to redouble efforts
April 22nd, 2015
Jobs: Although achieving 100 percent employment was not doable given the...
Drayangs get support from local government
April 22nd, 2015
Society: After a majority of members voted no to the proposal,...
TP Sherpa’s pet bottle greenhouse
April 22nd, 2015
Innovation: There were just too many pet bottles, here, there and...