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Residents of Umling and Tareythang gewogs in Gelephu has found an alternative source of energy to bypass the struggle to get their subsidised liquid petroleum gas (LPG) refilled. 

When the sun goes down in Sachilo, Samdrupjongkhar,  villagers get busy. It is the time to get home, at least for the housewives, to get back to the kitchen and prepare dinner. Without electricity, they have to make the best use of the remaining daylight.

The upcoming summer session of Parliament, which is expected to be significant, will begin on May 23.  Deputy Speaker Tshencho Wangdi said that although it will take some time for the House to finalise the agenda, major issues expected for deliberation are the pay commission report and the country’s policy on its forest. 

The pay commission recommends tabling its recommendations to the parliament as a pay revision report and not as money bill.   According to the fourth pay commission, the first and second pay commission’s recommendations were submitted to Parliament in the form of a Pay Revision Report and endorsed as a report. 

For the past few weeks, people residing near the regional referral hospital in Gelephu have been waking up to the sounds of chainsaws and aggregate machines.

Development has brought a new problem to some of the villages of Trashigang. With roads connecting all the villages, horses are now redundant. They are no longer the principal means of transportation.

Mothers of children enrolled in the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) centre in Jurmey, Mongar take turns to look after their children at the centre.

More than 300 dogs were sterilised and vaccinated during the two-week mass dog sterilisation and vaccination campaign that began on April 2 in Thimphu.

The art of papermaking is popular in Bumdeling and Rigsum Goenpa in Trashiyangtse. Historically paper has been made to provide Buddhist monasteries with paper for woodblock and manuscript books and for writing prayers and mantras. 

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering leaves for Bangladesh today on a four-day state visit. The visit is made at the invitation of the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. A press release from the foreign ministry states that the visit, which is in keeping with the tradition of the regular exchange …

Her Majesty the Gyalyum Tshering Pem Wangchuck inaugurated the extended Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) yesterday. Her Majesty had donated Nu 6 million (M) in March last year, to purchase two sets of ICU equipment which include an ICU bed, ICU …

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday appealed to the Supreme Court against one of the officials who was acquitted by the Larger Bench of the High Court. The larger bench on March 28 acquitted Major Sonam Tshering of the charges of embezzlement that the military court convicted him of in the …