Monthly Archives: December, 0

Beginning next month, the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) will not issue or renew the work permits of expatriate workers in five job categories.

A project to create a life-sized snow leopard origami collage is underway at the exhibition hall of the Royal Textile Academy (RTA) in Thimphu. It was launched at the opening of the Young Pandas Bhutan art exhibition yesterday on the International Snow Leopard Day.

A thousand butter lamps were lit at the Kuenrey of the Tashichhoedzong to mark the 73rd United Nations Day today.

In recent years, the rice farmers of Radhi Gewog in Trashigang, popularly known as the rice bowl of the east, have been seeing an increase in the production. From over 1,900 metric tons of rice in 2015, the yield increase to 2,500 metric tons last year.   

The people of Lauri Gewog in Samdrup Jongkhar say their Gewog Centre (GC) road needs to be blacktopped. The 36 kilometres GC road from Minjiwoong till Lauri was opened in 2015.

Laya has been turned into a hub of celebration as the Third Royal Highland Festival got underway today. More than a thousand people, including tourists, are attending the two-day festival.

27-year-old Kinley Zam is the winner in the women's category, while Sangay Wangchuk came first in the men’s category.

A 34-year-old man is being tried at the Tsirang District Court on the suspicion of making a false alarm.

Punakha District Court has sentenced a 48-year-old man to six years in prison for illicit trafficking of cannabis and its derivatives.

The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) has confirmed its President Dr Lotay Tshering as the prime minister nominee. The party's executive committee decided this today.