Preventable diseases like diarrhoea, skin infections and conjunctivitis are still among the top 10 diseases in Bhutan, according to the annual health bulletin (AHB), 2009.

Forestry officials in Thimphu are still investigating the extent of damage caused by the forest fire that razed blue pine forest above the Tandin Nye, Thimphu, for two days.

Tsirang town has a water problem, which will be aggravated soon with the town

To address the shortage of medical specialists in the country, the health ministry on April 16 launched two telemedicine projects, where an expert from India can diagnose and advise on the complex case of a critically ill Bhutanese patient

Bamboos dying in large numbers on the hills of Jarey gewog in Lhuentse worry villagers, who depend on the plant for roofing and other domestic purposes. About 150 houses in the gewog with 221 households have bamboo roofing, while others use bamboo to roof animal sheds and make products for domestic use.

NEW DELHI: Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has bagged Rs. 688 crore order for 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I hydro electric project in Bhutan. The project is located on river Punatsangchhu.

About 140 boarding students of Tang, Chumey, and Ura schools are infected with, what doctors call, the

A massive landslide yesterday around 1 pm at Takti, on the Phuentsholing-Thimphu highway, killed a Dantak site supervisor on the spot and swept away a tipper truck with its driver and assistant.

Bhutan and India have agreed to a final list of 10 hydropower projects with a total capacity of 11,576 MW to be constructed in Bhutan by 2020.

This was decided during the visit of the economic affairs minister Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk to India recently.