Monthly Archives: December, 0

Eight temporary huts were razed to the ground in Kuenga Rabten in Trongsa yesterday afternoon.

Residents of Samdrupling Constituency (Demkhong) under Gelegphu Thromde in Sarpang are concerned about elephants frequently entering their settlements and damaging properties.

People in Phuentshogling are making good use of the recently installed condom vending machines. Over the past two months, more than 8,000 condoms were taken out from the five machines which were set up at various locations: Road Safety and Transport Authority building, drayangs, a hotel, and truck parking.

Highlanders from Wangdue Phodrang, Haa, and Bumthang dzongkhags requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests to formulate a concrete law to address the issue of territorial disputes among the Cordecep collectors. This was put up during a consultative meeting in Thimphu yesterday.

Six-year-old Kamal Rai spends his day on the roadsides every day. The little boy does this not out of choice but because he has no choice. Komal’s mother, Urmila Rai, is a road worker.

The tale of water shortage in Dechhenling-Goenpawoong Chiwog of Dechhenling Gewog is not new. The chiwog’s water crisis mainly stems from its location.

Many Bhutanese are said to be suffering from ear diseases such as “Chronic suppurative otitis media” or CSOM and “Cholesteatoma.” However, they are not aware about the diseases and how it can be treated with surgeries. This was found out by a medical team from Thimphu National Referral Hospital while carrying out an ear surgery in Paro recently.

Come 2018 and students of Daga Central School in Dagana will get to consume various organic vegetables that are grown in their locality. The school management recently signed an agreement to procure vegetables from a Farmers group of Tseza Gewog.

An overwhelming number of shopkeepers have registered with the Bank of Bhutan (BoB) Quick Response or QR code facility. First of its kind, the “Scan to Pay” was launched last month to make payments seamless and easy.

Thimphu will get another artificial football turf ground soon.The ground is a part of a sports complex being constructed on a five-acre land in Serbithang, about one and a half kilometres away from the Babesa zero point.