Monthly Archives: December, 0

Renovation of Daga Trashi Yangtse Dzong  is in full swing. Ever since the Dzong was built in 1651, no major renovation has been carried out until today. According to the Project Manager, Kinley Gyeltshen, they are trying to complete the renovation by June next year.

Fifty one years old Ramjar Gup of Trashiyangtse died on the spot when the Alto car he was driving, went off road at Mugthangkhar, along the Trashigang-Trashiyangtse highway. The accident occurred at 3 pm today.

The Royal Bhutan Police, for the first time, will now have its own institution of service board.  The Minister of Home and Cultural Affairs, Minjur Dorji, inaugurated the institution of the Police Service Board, today.

Just like the National Council had rejected the government’s tax revision proposal, the National Assembly today, also rejected all the recommendations by the National Council on Tax Revision Bill.

The pending issue concerning the lease of land, where Trowa Theatre at Changjiji complex stands, was once again deliberated at the National Council yesterday. The issue was one among many recommendations proposed by the Public Accounts Committee.

After much deliberation on the Domestic Violence Prevention Bill of Bhutan 2012, the National Assembly members unanimously endorsed the Bill today. Forty members out of 42 voted in favor of the Bill.

Despite numerous discussions in the Parliament and national forums, the human-wildlife conflict is yet to be mitigated. The Deputy Chairperson of the National Council, MP Sonam Kinga, asked the agriculture minister about the strategies the government has put in place to deal with human-wildlife conflict during the NC’s ‘Question Time’ yesterday.

Almost all the four commercial banks in Phuentsholing have completed issuing drafts to the Indian merchants and other non-residents who had deposited their Ngultrum in the Central Bank’s account.

For the first time ever, wild animals moving along the biological corridors connecting Royal Manas National Park to Phibsoo and Khaling Wildlife Sanctuaries were caught on the video camera. Biological corridors are meant for the movement of wildlife to keep their genetic flow healthy.

The shopkeepers in Dagana said they will not move until they are allotted a new plot. Over 40 shop owners of old Dagana town are yet to get the replacement land. About 30 of them have been allocated new plots.