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Barnyard Bhutan provides shelter and attends to more than 350 animals By Tshering It is 1 am, Jamie Vaughen is still awake attending to Kaia, a three-legged horse. Kaia had not been well. Jamie Vaughen will sleep after ensuring Kaia falls asleep. Jamie is surrounded by animals. There are cats, roosters and even mice in her room, in all the …

By Tshering A fire that started around 4.30 pm in Hungtsho, Thimphu on Friday had razed two wooden bungalows to the ground. Fire fighters, school students and volunteers helped contain the fire within an hour and no causalities were reported. The cause of fire is not known. Two families lived in bungalows. They lost all their belongings except a gas …

By Tshering To reach out to commuters and drivers in specific and the general public at large, the Chithuen Phendey Association is organizing a drug and alcohol free advocacy program. The month long program started in the capital on August 4. With the theme “Health and happiness”, the program is initiated to advocate and create awareness to reduce drug and …

By Tshering Each chiwog in the country will have at least an electric fence installed, according to the Annual Performance Agreement (APA) 2017-2018 signed between Lyonchhen Dasho Tshering Tobgay and agriculture minister Yeshey Dorji on Friday. The ministry will also find ways to improve rice production to achieve cereal self-sufficiency. APA is aimed at establishing clarity and consensus on the …

By Tshering The Close Circuit Television (CCTV) police installed in the city had come handy in solving an alleged murder case of a 33-year-old man. In the early hours of July 22, police received a call about a man lying unconscious near the works and human settlement ministry’s gate. A police team reached the site and found the man still …

Zimdra Automobiles workshop is conducting two days free service check up camp for Maruti Suzuki taxis at RSTA premises in Phuentsholing. The camp is conducted, according to officials, as taxis are always busy and do not have time to visit workshops. Through the camp, taxis can have periodic checkup on suspension, brakes, lubricants and wiper system. “As it is monsoon …

By Tshering Thimphu police arrested a 33-year-old man on July 22 for allegedly raping a minor. As per police, the incident happened on July 21 around 6.30 pm, while the victim was returning home from her usual work. It was raining and the suspect requested to share her umbrella. During the walk in the rain, he promised her to buy …

By Tshering Hundreds of people gathered for the inaugurated of a Basic Health Unit (BHU) in Dorokha on Thursday. The ceremony was graced by the Information and Communication Minister D N Dhungyel who inaugurated Dorokha BHU Grade-I along with the officials from dzongkhag and dungkhag. The BHU will benefit three gewogs (Dophuchen, Doongtoe and Denchukha). Later in the afternoon, the …

By Tshering In what is a feather in the cap of Bhutan’s environment conservation effort, a high-resolution picture of a Bengal Tiger was captured at an altitude of 11,733 feet in Bhutan Bhutan’s national tiger survey in 2014-2015 confirmed the presence of tigers in several areas of Bhutan for the first time – and found that tigers were using wildlife …

Low production in the plains is raising the cost of the nut By Kinley Yonten If chewing doma (areca nut) is a dirty habit, it is now an expensive habit too. Price of doma is shooting through the roof with Nu 10 fetching only tow khamtos (two ready-made doma). That is the money that fetched a backload of doma from …