Monthly Archives: December, 0

The Wangchhu in Thimphu is said to be contaminated with a bacteria known as E.coli. This was ascertained by Gobal Waterkeeper Alliance which recently examined the quality of the river. The Global Waterkeeper Alliance is the largest and fastest growing non-profit organisation solely focused on clean water.

The Bhutan Association of Women Entrepreneurs (BAOWE) highlighted the need to establish Women Chamber in Bhutan. The proposal was tabled during the two-day SAARC regional consultative meeting which ends today in Thimphu.

The Bhutan Emergency Aero Retrieval (BEAR) is leading in emergency health care delivery in the country by jumping to the rescue of patients in need of critical care and saving lives that would otherwise have been lost.

The Samazingkha ridge in Thimphu will be converted to an Agroforestry landscape. To this effect, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests(MoAF) signed a grant agreement of Nu 15m with the Bhutan Trust Fund today.

The evidence hearing for the battery case involving the warden of Pakshikha Central School was held at the Chhukha District Court on Tuesday.

Tsirang Dzongkhag Court has acquitted a 17-year-old student from Patshaling Gewog of raping a 40-year-old speech-impaired woman.

The Sagteng Wildlife Sanctuary and agriculture officials are helping people of Joenkhar in the installation of electric fencing in their village. The 11.5 kilometre fencing is expected to help farmers in guarding their crops against monkeys, porcupines and other wild animals.

Thousands of devotees received  Zhabdrung Darnami Wang from His Holiness the Je Khenpo at the Jambay Lhakhang in Bumthang today.

A windstorm in Monggar destroyed 255 acres of maize fields belonging to 484 households on the evening of July 18.

Berdoongma village of Thrimshing Gewog in Trashigang is connected by a farm road. But the 12.6 kilometre road has not been of much benefit for the villagers owing to its poor condition.