Monthly Archives: December, 0

Prime Minister, Jigmi Y Thinley, arrived in New York yesterday to attend the "High Level Meeting on Well-being and Happiness: Defining a New Economic Paradigm". This is the first ever Conference of this magnitude to be hosted by the Royal Government of Bhutan at the United Nations Head Quarters in New York. The three-day conference will begin from April 2.

Human-Wildlife conflict today affects more than 80 percent of rural livelihoods. It is also one of the biggest challenges for conservation, according to conservationists. Therefore, in a move to battle this challenge the Wildlife Conservation Division established an Endowment Fund last year.

The Royal Civil Service Commission, RCSC, is organising its first Annual Human Resource Conference in Thimphu. Over 125 Human Resource Officers from the 20 Dzongkhags and various ministries are attending the four-day Conference, which began today.

(Counterfeit Notes Update) Sixty six more counterfeit notes were recovered by the police in Tsirang recently after two men were arrested for possessing Nu. 1000 fake notes from Dagana last week. The fake notes were found below the road, near Sunkosh town.

Police in Phuentsholing arrested two men in connection with illegal transaction of controlled substances at around 2:00 pm from the Rinchending check-post yesterday.

Participants of the 2^nd Spring Trade Fair are not happy with the sales this time. The week-long fair ended today in the capital.

His Majesty the King granted an audience to 165 members of religious organisations from around the country. The religious heads and representatives are in the capital for the first annual gathering organised by Choedey Lhentshog.

His Holiness the Je Khenpo is presiding over a five-day Moenlam Chenmo in Gelephu beginning today. The ceremony is being conducted at the Dorjidhen Chorten construction site at Phularri, five kilometres away from Gelephu town.

The rush for Rupee continues in Thimphu particularly in the Bank of Bhutan, BoB. People rushing for Rupee are mainly the construction owners.  This is because Indian workers are demanding their payment to be made in Indian Rupee. While others are small time businessmen and parents who want to remit money to India.

A sum of about US$ 18,000, along with Baht 17,000 was stolen from the on-going construction site of the walking Buddha statue in Thimphu. The incident took place in the first week of March.