Monthly Archives: December, 0

During the first consultative workshop in the capital, yesterday, the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MoWHS) underlined that it is going to come up with an integrated National Sanitation and Hygiene Policy.

The government has given green signal for the implementation of Motor Vehicles Agreement for Regulation of Passenger, Personal and Cargo Vehicular Traffic between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal (BBIN) among the three member countries only.

His Holiness the Je Khenpo is presiding over the five day Moenlam Chenmo in Trongsa, since today. Over 150 monks from Trongsa Dratshang are reciting the prayers.

Bumthang’s commercial hub, Chamkhar town is filled with an air of relief as His Holiness the Je Khenpo finally ends a three-day ritual to avert misfortunes in the town which has seen several fire disasters in recent memory.

The government has completed 13 projects under the Project-Tied Assistance (PTA) of the Government of India (GoI) for the 11th Five Year Plan. Fifty seven additional projects under the same assistance will be over in June, 2018.

Bhutan will receive a moderate rainfall this year. This was revealed by experts and scientists from South Asia at the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF) in Thimphu, recently.

Bhutanese will now be able to apply for Norway Visa in Bhutan without having to travel to India. Bhutan Visa Application Centre has opened Norway Visa Centre in Thimphu. The centre started delivering services, since yesterday.

Along with the global community, Bhutan marked the International Girls in ICT Day in the capital, today. The event was marked for the first time in the country.

His Holiness the Je Khenpo administered Goenpoi-Tong-Tshog on the second day of the rituals performed to ward off misfortunes in Bumthang yesterday.

Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck met with the patients and 20 surgeons at the surgery camp in Paro yesterday.