Monthly Archives: December, 0

The ongoing construction of Trongsa district court will solve space crunch, the current court faces. The new court is being constructed near the town.

GeoHazards International in collaboration with Department of Disaster Management and working group members from different agencies formally handover the National Action Plan for School Earthquake Safety document to the Ministry of Education in Thimphu, today.

About 12 cases of Lhakhang robbery were reported last year, according to the records maintained with the Crime Branch of the Royal Bhutan Police. The figure is relatively higher than that of 2011.

The officials of the livestock department, health and BAFRA carried out an awareness campaign at Chuzargang gewog after the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 was detected in Sarpang dzongkhag.

In the ongoing Asian Cricket Council Women’s Championship held at Thailand, Bhutan won by seven wickets against UAE, yesterday.

Dorokha town in Samtse is suffering acute shortage of drinking water for about two years now. Residents of the town area say the water from the present source is barely enough for a growing population.

Bhutan and the Republic of Tajikistan, have established diplomatic relations. The Joint Communiqué was signed between the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bhutan to the United Nations, Lhatu Wangchuk, and the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Nations Sirodjidin M. Aslov.

His Majesty the King, granted an audience to the Indian National Congress' Vice President, Rahul Gandhi, and the Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, at the Taj Palace in New Delhi, today.

The government has borrowed another four billion rupees from the Indian government as standby credit to ease the rupee shortage in the country.

The Langchenphu bridge in Lhuentse collapsed one day prior to its completion. The 140 feet long bridge gave way on the January 15 after the launching nose of the bridge broke. Only one worker at the site suffered a hand fracture, the rest escaped unhurt.