Monthly Archives: December, 0

The Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay, said there is a need to relook carefully on whether the purpose of advertisement is to finance the media houses. He was responding to one of the queries put by a Journalist, during Meet the Press session, this afternoon.

More than 730 acres of land have been identified at Jigmeling under Dekiling gewog in Sarpang Dzongkhag as a special economic zone. About 40 acres of private land were also acquired and compensated for accordingly.

The people of two villages under Chhaling Gewog in Monggar have accused a forest official of intentionally cutting down trees in a protected area for personal use. The official, however, maintains he is innocent.

A five-day eye camp in Samtse saw 26 patients have their vision repaired successfully. Most were cataract operations. A team of ophthalmologists from Thimphu led by a senior Eye Specialist were involved in the camp.

The Sha-Dhargey open archery tournament is taking place at Tikizampa in Wangdue Phodrang.  The tournament, although, played Yangphel style sees seven players in a team. The tournament is highly popular and attracts archers from all across the country. The tournament began on the 21^st and will end in January. 48 teams are participating. Prizes for the winners include refrigerators and washing machines.

The debate on Bhutan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has resurfaced after the recent WTO ministerial conference in Bali. Upon returning from the conference, the Economic Affairs Minister Norbu Wangchuk shared that it is no longer about if Bhutan should join the WTO but when Bhutan should join?

The Mobile Library Bus will start providing library services to those children living away from the main city area in Thimphu, from January. The  bus, procured by Save The Children office, was handed over to Thimphu Thromde office, today.

The construction of motorable bridge over Mangdechhu was supposed to have been completed by this year. However, given the budget constraints, it will take a few months more, before the project sees its completion.

Almost every household in Udzorong Gewog in Trashigang have water taps near their houses. But all the taps have remained dry since the day they were put in place, a year ago.

Hundreds of people have gathered at the Laxmi Narayan temple in Lhayul Chiwog under Chhudzom Gewog for the Shrimadh Bhagwat Maha Puran or the Moenlam Chenmo. The prayer ceremony is being performed after four years.