Monthly Archives: December, 0

Six police officers including a woman officer who will be soon leaving for a year-long assignment at the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) as peacekeepers.

The Minster of Works and Human Settlement introduced the Tenancy Amendment Bill of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2014 at the National Council, today.

The onslaught of pests and other unknown diseases have resulted in poor apple yield this year in Dawakha, Paro. Experts, who visited the apple orchards, were unsure as to what caused the trees to die, beside pests.

The construction of a house in Shari Gewog in Paro has been suspended after the Land Record Officials found the land belonged to the public. The house belongs to a retired land official, Tenzin Thinley.

The Agriculture and Forests Ministry has been working in close contact with the local community of Tang Gewog in Bumthang.

The Child Protection Expert Committee of Zhung Dratshang observed the first ever World Day of Prayer and Action for Children in Thimphu, Trongsa, Trashigang and Lhuentse, today.

Bhutan Archery Federation has taken its national game promotion initiative a step further by taking the game to schools. Archery clubs have been formed in four schools under Kanglung Gewog.

The second meeting of the Bhutan-India Small Development Project Committee (SDPC) was held in Thimphu, today.

The Prime Minister Tshering Tobagy has instructed that students across the country be put on a month-long vitamin B complex supplement. This is to prevent further outbreaks of peripheral neuropathy in schools.

Bhutan will continue to grapple with the shortage of health workers during the current Five Year Plan. The Labour and Human Resources Minister, Ngeema Sangay Tshempo, say there would be a shortage of more than 1,500 health workers in the country, during the 11th Five Year Plan.