Tenzin Lhaden Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic last year, cordyceps collectors faced difficulty to harvest cordyceps, and cordyceps agencies were also impacted. It is a success story for the highlanders in Sephu, Wangdue Phodrang, this year. โWe couldn’t bring in any cash last year in light of the fact that the sellers couldn’t trade the item outside,โ said Pemba, Tshogpa …
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Joint investigation reveal other causes for MV accident in Monggar
Yeshey Lhadon The bus driver initially claimed that the accident occurred due to brake failure, a joint investigation points to another side. A joint investigation conducted by the police and Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) confirmed that the accident didn’t happen because of the brake failure. The joint investigation team said that they took the bus to the workshop in …
Read More »Experts still working on contingency plan to protect foreign currency: Finance Minister
Yeshey Lhadon For the declining foreign currency reserve, the government is rolling its sleeves to address the decline by adopting holistic measures to intervene and replenish the reserve. In doing so, a team of four experts from the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA), Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) and the Central Bank, Royal Monetary Authority …
Read More »Digitalization of government offices and online services failing, says citizen
Sonam Deki Online services are meant to provide easy and prompt solutions for both service providers and service seekers. However, Bhutan seems to lag behind and is not taking full leverage of technology. Many frustrated citizens complain of inefficient and delayed services from the public service provider. Apparently, digital inconvenience in this digitalized world is common in Bhutan and the general …
Read More »Nightclub owners seek time extension beyond 12 am
Tenzin Lhadenย As the time limit was set on nitery, the late-night business owners in Thimphu are not happy with the early closing time pointing to several issues. The closing time is set at 12 am. This, the Thimphu Thrompon Ugyen Dorji is said that the timing has been changed as per the Prime Minister’s Office Press Release issued for …
Read More »e-Taxi drivers propose green zone parking, charging, maintenance stations
Yeshey Lhadon Green taxis or battery-driven taxis are seen picking up their passengers from the old city-bus parking at Changlam stretch. They give discounted taxi rates on the fare compared to gasoline-driven taxis. They charge Nu 10 less compared to fuel taxis. “We provide a discount to the passengers riding in green taxis for now because we donโt have …
Read More »Is Green Tax a necessity for carbon-negative country?
โฆ it is to ensure the status of carbon-negative of country Puran Gurung Coming into effect on June 20, 2012, the government started to levy a green tax on vehicle imports in addition to sales tax (ST) and customs duty (CD). Government decided to levy various percentage of green tax on motor vehicles and petroleum fuel to reduce vehicular emissions …
Read More »More journalists to enter political arena
โฆ journalism skills add value to performing parliamentary duties Puran Gurung With two senior journalists resigning possibly to contest elections, journalists are easily becoming a common sight in the political arena. Journalists share close links with politicians and they represent political leaders in terms of their policies and political competence, and they have a good grasp of policies surrounding the countryโs …
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Yeshey Lhadon The body of a 47-year-old man from Umling, Gelephu was handed over to his parents yesterday evening around 5 pm by the neighbouring citizens. The local leaders claimed that the deceased ran away from his house at Rejuke around 8 am yesterday and entered Bagmara, India illegally. “The deceased was to be taken to the hospital. We were …
Read More »๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ: ๐ ๐ญ๐ณ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ผ๐น๐ฑ, ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ท๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ท๐ถ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ
Yeshey Lhadon The case is still under investigation forms A 17-year-old, class XII student of Bjishong Central School in Gasa jumped off to her death from a viewpoint cliff in Damji located some 400 meters away from Selekha village on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was a day-scholar student living with her mother and step father in Selekha. On 24th July; …
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