Monthly Archives: December, 0

For the first time, the artifacts of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel will be showcased to the public for six months. Preparation works are almost complete for the exhibition.

Bhutan National Football Team is back in the country after its away game with Bangladesh for Asian Cup Playoff Qualifiers, 2019. None of the teams could score and the game ended in a goalless draw.

The overall inflation rate in the country has decreased by 0.7 percent in the last one year. But the price of food items, both domestic and imported, has increased by around 4 percent, as per the consumer price index published by the National Statistical Bureau.

A senior Ecologist with the Royal Society for Protection of Nature, Rebecca Pradhan, has been recognised as one of the biodiversity ‘Hotspot Heroes’ by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. It was in recognition of the valuable contribution she made towards conservation of biodiversity hotspots in Bhutan.

Sangay Tsheltrim, 34, bagged gold medal for Bhutan in the second day of the 50th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship, yesterday.

Some youth, passionate about joining armed forces, are unhappy after being rejected because of their tattoos. Armed forces’ guidelines for recruitment say an individual is not allowed to join armed forces if they have tattoos.

University graduates, who want to become police officers, will have to pass the Civil Service Examinations from this year onwards.

Trashigang renovated 827 Chorten this year, the highest in the country. The district is in the process of renovating 20 more.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs will be restructured as Ministry of Energy and Minerals, and labour ministry as Ministry of Trade, Industry and Employment in the 12th Five Year Plan.

The Netherlands Alumni Association of Bhutan donated 300 books written by local authors to the National Public Library in Thimphu, today.