KuenselOnline Bhutan's Daily Newspaper

The joint sitting of the Parliament yesterday agreed that the government will provide adequate time and resources for preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for future hydropower projects to avoid cost escalation and delay in implementation.

Three people were injured and two vehicles were severely damaged after an excavator toppled above the Gyelyong Tshokhang in Langjophakha yesterday.

Bhutan has currently achieved 77 percent blood donations from the voluntary non-remunerated blood donors, health minister Tandin Wangchuk said during an event to observe World Blood Donor Day at the Clock Tower Square in Thimphu yesterday.

An organic farmers' group of Khatoed gewog in Gasa, Rangshin Sonam Detshen, distributed its first produce of garlic and carrot yesterday.

The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has unearthed irregularities worth Nu 588.78 M last year, according to the annual audit report.

If the tourism industry, the second largest revenue source of the country, is to do better it needs a policy or legislation.

Of some 90 students in Drametse Central School in Mongar, who were admitted at the Drametse basic health unit (BHU) for suspected food poisoning on June 12, two are still admitted.

The government has refused to implement the recommendation of the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) to revise the Gewog Development Grant (GDG) and the existing system of the grant’s allocation.

Four students, two from Norbuling Central School and two from Pelrithang Middle Secondary School in Gelephu, have been missing since June 9.

Police in Samdrupjongkhar is investigating how an explosive detonated and injured a 14-year-old monk of Duejom Choekhang Shedra in Samdrupjongkhar on June 11.

With many places within Thimphu thromde being dug up to lay sewerage and drainage pipes, town residents are frustrated and complaining that thromde is causing inconveniences by leaving the roads unpaved and open.

Gelephu dungkhag court on June 8 sentenced a 23-year old man to five years and two months imprisonment for repeated impersonating.