Monthly Archives: December, 0

The Divisional Forest Office in Paro seized yet another illegal sandalwood consignment yesterday.

They have big dreams, big ambition. But they are not being able to lay what they call a strong foundation to achieve their big dreams and ambitions. This, the students of Singye Namgyel Community Primary School, say is because of lack of professional teachers in their school. Out of the seven teachers, only two are professionals and rest five are contract teachers.

The Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay, along with the cabinet ministers, attended the Moenlam Chhenmo in Haa today. Lyonchhoen was accompanied by the National Assembly Speaker, Information and Communications Minister, Foreign Affairs Minister and other Members of the Parliament.

Twenty six monks, researchers, translators and lecturers attended a nine-day training programme on ‘From Manuscripts and Xylographs to Modern Editions: Buddhist Textual Scholarship in Theory and Practice’. The participants were trained to interpret and investigate Buddhists texts and ideas.

An inter-school dance competition in Punakha was held yesterday at the Khuruthang MSS. Nine schools took part in the competition. Students competed in Zhungdra, Boedra and Rigsar. Tashidingkha MSS bagged the first prize followed by Punakha HSS and Khuruthang MSS.

A music club called ‘Punakha Angel’ with students from Khuruthang was formed in 2009. The man behind this club is Dr. Kim, a South Korean music teacher who has been volunteering and living in Bhutan for over 11 years now.

Tawpo, 69, will now not have to come all the way to Thimphu to get medical services whenever he is sick. His village, Hongtsho, under Chang Gewog in Thimphu got a new grade II Basic Health Unit (BHU) yesterday.

More than a hundred villagers and out of school youth from 15 Gewogs in Samste are undergoing a village skills development programme. The programme aims to enhance the capacity of villagers, especially women and girls, to sustain economic activities and create employment.

A Baseball team from Bhutan left the country, today, to participate at the “World Children’s Baseball Fair”, in Fukui, Japan.

A group of volunteers from Royal Bhutan Police and Zhemgang Dzongkhag administration are building a temporary shelter for the family whose house was damaged by a landslide last Saturday in Wangdigang. The landslide had been caused by incessant rainfall.