Monthly Archives: December, 0

The 17-kilometre long Norgaygang Gewog centre road in Samtse benefits over 600 households. However, since the completion of the road in 2017, it has not seen much maintenance works. With a limited budget and the road being very long, the gewog administration is not able to maintain the road.

Bhutan received three fire-fighting vehicles from Japan today. The Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Bhutan Office handed over the vehicles to the Royal Bhutan Police at the Fire and Rescue Services Division in Changzamtog, Thimphu earlier today.

Bhutan's first Ambassador to Australia, Sonam Tobgay, presented his credentials virtually to General David Hurley, AC, DSC (Retd), the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, today.

The road maintenance works of over seven kilometres along the Punakha-Gasa highway was stopped abruptly in mid-July after the monsoon affected the work progress. While the work is expected to resume after the rainy season, travellers and residents are frustrated with the current condition of the road.

A 26-year-old man is in the custody of Tsirang Police for the alleged rape of a minor. The suspect, working as a lab assistant in one of the schools in Tsirang, was arrested last Friday. The girl, who is 17 years old, is a student in the same school.

The Bumthang Police did not find any evidence of malpractice after almost a year’s investigation into a suspected gas cylinder explosion case. that injured four people. The incident happened on July 26 last year at the Bhutan Oil Corporation’s (BOC) warehouse in Chamkhar and left four of its staff injured.

The Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) will now certify all tourism service providers in the country to be able to operate in the new normal. It is as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), developed by the council. Working towards reopening the country to tourists, the TCB is also training a group of trainers on Clean and Safe certification.

With the 12th Five Year Plan already midway, the government was able to utilise only more than Nu 2bn on the flagship programmes so far. A total budget of Nu 10bn was identified for these programmes. The flagship programmes were identified and prioritised based on the national significance and the potential for yielding high socio-economic impact.

A new bridge over Wangchhu along the Damchhu-Haa bypass will be constructed from November. The project DANTAK will construct the bridge. The previous bridge which was almost complete collapsed in February this year killing nine Indian workers.

The Phuentshogling Police have detained two women and a girl on suspicion of engaging in prostitution. They were arrested on Wednesday last week. The three are suspected to have provided sexual services from a massage parlour in Phuentshogling town.