18 April, 2010 - As the country experiments with numerous measures to deter Bhutanese from consuming alcohol, liquor continues to claim many Bhutanese lives every year and gain notoriety of being the country’s foremost cause of death.

Reutala Accident Update18 April, 2010 - Falling boulders have hampered search work at the Reutala accident site, where the body of one of the four killed in the accident is still missing, according to police.

The service comes three months after it began offering tickets online, but only to travel agencies.

Idle: The company’s tetra pack plant

Bhutan Dairy And Agro Products18 April, 2010 - The Bhutan dairy and agro products limited (BDAPL) in Phuentsholing may become the first ever company to be de-listed from the royal securities exchange of Bhutan.

Second Annual Drukpa Council 18 April, 2010 - At a time when the world is riven with conflict, afflicted with hatred and widening detachment, more than 5,000 Buddhist masters and their followers from 65 nations are showing the way to harmony.

The Aquillaria Tree18 April, 2010 - “If one of these trees get infected, Druk Seed corporation (DSC) will become the richest organisation.” This was what late Dasho Keiji Nishoka, who was in Bhutan from 1964-1992, said after planting 3,000 aquillaria trees or agar wood in Bhutan for the government owned corporation.

17 April, 2010 - A total of 13,423 training and employment opportunities will be available for job seekers in 2010-11, the ministry of labour and human resources (MoLHR) announced yesterday.

The first of many gates to welcome delegates

15 April, 2010 - From whitewashing retention walls in the capital to putting the finishing touches to the ministers’ enclave in Motithang, preparations are in full swing as Bhutan gears up to host the biggest event in South Asia, the 16th SAARC summit.

15 April, 2010 - Nature conservation division (NCD) and forestry officials on Saturday released a Himalayan black bear after it was chased pack of dogs at Lamdru, near Khasadrapchu, Thimphu.

New town old problem

15 April, 2010 - Dagana residents are so frustrated with the erratic power supply in their dzongkhag that they are asking Bhutan Power corporation (BPC) for an alternative source of electricity.

15 April, 2010 - Following the hailstorm that pounded Chukha for about a week at the end of March, 35 vehicle owners are claiming motor insurance from the regional royal insurance corporation (RICB) office in Phuentsholing.

This quote by Charles Dudley Warner, an American essayist and novelist, that is also credited to Mark Twain, was obviously written in jest to indicate that the weather is beyond anyone’s control. Thus complaining about it did not make any sense.

15 April, 2010 - The drug regulatory authority (DRA) has written to the department of public health (DoPH) to halt the launch of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which was scheduled to go nationwide on May 5.

15 April, 2010 - A resident of Doribari, India, was caught red handed jointly by the special branch and the Phuentsholing police on March 29, while he was making a deal to sell off a Chenrezig gold statue and a 100-page gold script religious text, Ser gi Lebom, in the heart of Phuentsholing town.