Monthly Archives: December, 0

Connecting Bhutan and the other regional and pacific countries through an information superhighway was one of major topics discussed in the UNESCAP meeting held in Paro. The two-day international meeting, which ended yesterday, was attended by participants from 13 countries.

The opening of the fourth Film Festival of the Republic of Korea began at Terma Linca resort in Thimphu, yesterday.

The Tsirang District Court sentenced a 38-year-old man to one year imprisonment for assaulting his six-year-old daughter.

The five percent telecommunication came into effect from yesterday. The call rate to India has also increased from Nu.5 per minute to Nu.7.5.

The 600 MW Kholongchhu Hydroelectric Project is ready to be implemented. A release from Druk Green Power Corporation says, the last hurdle - of negotiations and signing between the Joint venture Partners -have been completed.

The Home Minister, Damcho Dorji, while delivering Bhutan’s Statement at the 69th Session of the Session of United Nations General Assembly, said efforts to reform the Security Council remain frozen in a deadlock.

Dagana Police have detained a 26-year-old man from Balung under Laja Gewog in Dagana for alleged negligent homicide. The accused had laid a bow trap that killed a 40-year-old man when he accidentally stepped on it.

More than 50 heads of different Choedays in Lhuentse, Monggar, Trashigang and Trashi Yangtse attended a sensitisation workshop on Life Skills in Trashigang.

The Office of Attorney General (OAG), in their rebuttal submission to the court, said the 3.02 acres land in Omkha and seven-acre in Lubding in Lungtenphu were acquired through illegal means- by tampering and manipulating documents.

The Bhutan Film Association for the first time is organising a Viewer’s Choice Awards.