Monthly Archives: December, 0

Construction industry is booming and so is the demand for materials, Sand is one of them. Contractors say, the price of sand keeps fluctuating depending on the transportation cost.

The number of endangered black necked cranes, roosting in Boomdeling in Trashiyangtse has steadily declined over the years. In the early nineties more than two hundred black necked cranes were recorded. But today, a little over a hundred are spotted every winter.

Tshering Lhamo,is a student with special need at Zangtherpo Community Primary School under Chhoekhor gewog in Bumthang is doing well. Despite her disability, the 10-year-old attends classes like any other normal children. She became physically disabled when she was seven months old.

Local farm produce is likely to hit the vegetable markets soon, if it goes as planned by the respective agencies. The Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives has already started collecting market information on quantity and price of agriculture produce.

The Farmer’s group of Pakpay Community Forest in Samtse is constructing a Bamboo Model House. Once complete the house will be rented to local farmers to set up sales counter for local farm produce. The house will also have a guest room for visitors.

Farm road construction in Tsirang saw drastic improvement in quality after people were involved in planning as well supervision. Earlier, constructions were monitored by the local leaders and Dzongkhag engineers.

Environment friendly road construction technique was introduced in the Kingdom in 1999. Yet, after over a decade, implementers find it difficult to put into practice for several reasons. This was revealed at a sensitisation workshop on environment friendly construction techniques in Thimphu.

The Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan Limited, RSEBL inaugurated an online system called Integrated System to trade in stocks and securities.

The United Nations in collaboration with the One Day on Earth online Community screened the first ever film that has footage shot in every country on the planet on a single day.