Monthly Archives: December, 0

Bhutan has scrapped its plan to license private television channels in the country. Both the Prime Minister and the Minister for Information and Communications said the issue of sustainability is behind the decision.

Bhutan’s public debt is expected to increase to a total of Nu 166bn by the end of June, according to projections by the Finance Committee of the National Assembly.

Trongsa district court has sentenced a 21-year-old man to nine years in prison for raping a 16-year-old girl.

Dilution of performing arts in Drayangs has been a concern as most of these entertainment centres perform modern and foreign songs and dancers wear modified national dress.

In an effort to provide and trade healthy food in Phuentshogling, Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) conducted a day-long awareness programme yesterday.

Dorji Lopen of the Central Monastic Body presided over religious rituals in Canberra, Australia recently. Over 600 Bhutanese attended the ceremony.

The government does not consider lottery a form of gambling, according to Home Minister Dawa Gyaltshen, who responded to a question on the lottery business in the National Assembly today.

Bhutan’s vision to go 100 percent organic by 2020 is not looking very realistic. There’s still a long way to go to reach this goal set by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests. Policy makers met in Thimphu to plot a road map for the way ahead.

Poor condition of public toilet in the country has been a topic for discourse among people- most often, informally. But in Thimphu, such a scenario is changing for the better.

The Government of India handed over cheques worth over Nu 1.9bn to Bhutan today.