Germany-China Junket: Preliminary hearings for about seven health personnel, including three surgeons and an Indian supplier, begin today at the Thimphu district court, in connection with the two sponsored trips to Germany and China in 2009.

... Bumthang Kuje's local deity, Shelging Karpo, who was subdued by Guru Rinpoche in the eighth century, and turned into a dharma protector, is one of the 32 local deities housed in the more than four centuries old Wangditse lhakhang in Thimphu.

... knowledge on the seven identified medicinal species in the region was one of the recommendations made by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) workshop, which ended in Thimphu on Saturday.

Tandin Wangchen, 35, the silver medalist in the 85kg light-heavy weight category in the 8th South Asian Bodybuilding championship held in Thimphu last year, snatched away the title this year. Tshering Dorji said he was shocked and disappointed with the ...

In Thimphu the average family owns no less than 2 cars. The husband, wife and even the kids wants a car seperately. Even some college and school going kids in Thimphu has a car. Then in a neighbourhood each family wants to drop off and pick their kids ...

Now almost 12 weeks since the central bank tightened credit, land prices in Thimphu and other urban centres are showing signs of falling. This is significant because land prices in Thimphu have always been appreciating and accelerated in the last ...

National vegetable program coordinator with the horticulture division, Namgay Thinley, told the vendors yesterday that, to date, about 168 vendors of the centenary farmer's market in Thimphu have been linked to about 416 farmers in five dzongkhags of ...

THIMPHU, Bhutan - In a remote Himalayan valley, an archer and a shooter are calmly preparing for a trip of a lifetime to represent Bhutan at the London Olympics, but winning is not the main target. Archer Sherab Zam and shooter Kunzang Choden, ...