Monthly Archives: December, 0

People of Jaray Gewog in Lhuentse are all in smiles. And they have a reason to be. The construction of a Gewog Centre road has been completed this month. It was inaugurated on Thursday.

Thousands of devotees are attending the week-long Moenlam Chhenmo at Samtse. His Holiness the Je Khenpo is presiding over the ceremony. The devotees say they are happy to have such ceremonies being held in the southern region.

Senior citizens who usually come to circumambulate the Memorial Chorten in the capital got an opportunity for a health checkup, today. The health checkup was organised by the Royal Society for Senior Citizens (RSSC), in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Health Sciences.

How would you feel if you have never flown or even seen an airplane in your life and is given an opportunity to fly. Excited, anxious or both?

The number of tourists visiting the remote gewogs of Soe and Lingzhi has increased sharply over the years. This has immensely benefited the people of the two gewogs. It attracts tourists from all over the world. And the number of tourists has increased drastically in the last two years. The Tourism Council of Bhutan says the number has increased by three folds since 2010.

About four years ago, people of Chung-kha and Bang-teykha village decided to cultivate beans in large quantity. Today, villagers feel they couldn’t have decided any better as they reap immense benefits from growing beans. Beans have now become their main cash crop.

Stereotyping and attitude that men make a better leader discourages women to participate in decision making, according to a study carried out by the National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC).

Sixty three students of Shingkhar Primary School in Zhemgang have contracted chickenpox. Out of 139 students, 117 students who had the skin rashes were examined.

There still is no news about the taxi driver’s whereabouts, even after four days, since he went missing.  He is suspected to have been kidnapped from Dekiling in Gelephu.

The Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley graced the inaugural flight to Gelephu domestic airport as the Chief Guest today. It took about 25 minutes for the flight to land in Gelephu after it took off from Paro International Airport.