Monthly Archives: December, 0

Trashigang Dzongkhag is struggling to meet the required student enrolment every year. Rongthung Primary School in Trashigang did not have a single student enrolment this year.

The need to establish a strong coordination mechanism, fix accountability and propose stronger fiscal measures are some of the recommendation passed by the National Council on Rupee shortage in the Country. The recommendations were presented in the National Council, today.

The legal counsel of the Home Minister, Jamyang Sherab Wangdi, and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Bhutan submitted their closing statement on the Gyalpoizhing land case in Monggar District Court, today.

The National Council today endorsed the Alternative Dispute Resolution Bill of Bhutan 2013. The 19 members present, voted for the bill.  The bill was endorsed by the Assembly, last week. It was then forwarded to the National Council for deliberation.

(Update:) The fire at Manikha in Punakha was brought under control yesterday at 10 p.m.  The fire that broke out on Friday night was first contained on Saturday morning. But by afternoon it had rekindled. Over 50 acres of Chirpine forest cover was lost to the fire.

A 27-year-old man from Langdurbi village under Bardo Gewog in Zhemgang has been apprehended by the police on Saturday night in connection with a murder. The suspect’s cousin was brutally stabbed in his stomach on Saturday. He succumbed to the injuries on the way to Gelephu hospital.

The recent mass deaths of pigeons in and around Thimphu are not due to Bird Flu, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests confirms.

Four Eastern Himalayan Countries have agreed to build six regional projects that will help over hundreds of millions of people adapt to the impacts of climate change.

(Update:) Forestry officials, the police, Desuups and the local community, making up a team of a 160 people are continuing to battle the forest fire in Shengana in Punakha.

Yeedzin is the winner of the first-ever Coca-Cola Bhutan National Football League. The Club has won a cash prize of four hundred thousand ngultrum, and a rolling trophy.