BHUTAN TODAY The New Perspective

… 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 …

… 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 country’s …

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 …

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; …

… another one survives the fire mishapPuran Gurung A 29-year-old Nim Dorji Tamang lost his life in the line of duty on July 1 in a fireaccident at a petrol pump at Bondey, Paro.The deceased was on his night duty and the fire mishap took place around 9 to 9:30pm. There are no clear reports on the cause of fire, …