Monthly Archives: December, 0

Even after two rounds of bye-elections this year, Pangthang chiwog in Pema Gatshel is still without a Tshogpa. The post remains vacant. Without a Tshogpa, a lot of developmental activities have been delayed in the chiwog. Serving as a bridge between the gewog and chiwog, a Tshogpa is important for planning developmental activities.

A lone betel nut dehusking unit in Samdrup Jongkhar is doing good business. Just two months into the business, the owner of the unit has already earned about Nu 70,000. If the trend continues, it could decrease the country’s import of betel nuts. Currently, Bhutan exports betel nuts to India during peak season and imports back paying almost double throughout the year.

Two years on since the Wobthang Organic Wonders was initiated, the people of Tang Gewog in Bumthang are now questioning its ownership and the benefit it has to the community. People raised their concerns to the Prime Minister during his visit to the Gewog last month. The former Opposition Leader Pema Gyamtsho founded the vegetable farm on state land, which was traditionally occupied by Tang people as pastureland. The farm is also yet to acquire the land on lease.

The 16-kilometre-long farm road begins from Chenling village and ends at the Gewog Centre. Its first phase of GSB surfacing works and the construction of a drainage system, covering about 11 km were awarded to a contractor in December 2020. 

Bhutan Broadcasting Service Corporation Ltd., Head Office Thimphu is pleased to invite sealed quotations for the maintenance of Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) from established...

The pass percentage of the university graduates, who sat for this year’s Preliminary Examination (PE) of the Bhutan Civil Service Examination (BCSE), is the highest in the past four years. The PE results, declared today, revealed the pass percentage of 64.88 per cent, which is an increase of a little over 24 per cent since 2018. Compared to last year’s performance, it is up by more than 38 per cent.

The health ministry targets to screen over 44,000 individuals for gastric cancer in Samtse. The Gastric Cancer Screening Programme in the district which began last week screened nearly 9,000 individuals as of today.

When farmers lose their cattle to wildlife, they at least get the carcass back. Sometimes if they are lucky, they also get compensation. But in Sarpang, farmers lose their cattle to thieves. Cattle stealing in the district was quite rampant in the past. While it has receded due to lockdowns and patrolling during the pandemic, residents are now fearing that it is slowly coming back. The district reported some isolated cases recently.

Agriculture is the backbone of the country but the uncertainty of weather remains its worst enemy. Fueled by climate change, the weather pattern has become almost unpredictable over the years. But there’s good news with the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology launching a web-based Climate Service Toolkit that gives detailed weather forecasts.

It came as a shock for a group of Bhutanese travellers when their trip to Nepal was cut short right after it started. Seven people were denied entry at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal earlier today. They had to return home. They said they were refused visas since they were carrying travel documents instead of passports.