Monthly Archives: December, 0

Transport sector is a major greenhouse gas contributor in Bhutan. The National Environment Commission Secretariat (NECS) wants to change this.

The government has prioritised upgrading 2G network service to 3G for the high altitude areas in the 12th Five-Year-Plan (FYP). The up-gradation works will be done from the Universal Service Fund of Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA).

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has forwarded the case involving a man who set his ex-wife on fire to the Thimphu District Court last Friday.  

After remaining almost isolated in the absence of a bridge over Harrachhu, the people of Rookha Samthang and Lawa_Lamga Chiwogs of Athang Gewog in Wangdue Phodrang are finally connected.

The Education Minister, Norbu Wangchuk, informed the National Council yesterday that Tsirang Dzongkhag’s proposal to upgrade Damphu Central School to a college is not possible during the current government’s tenure. The minister underlined this after the National Council member from Tsirang quizzed him about the proposal.

Waste management inside the Wangchuck Centennial National Park’s territory in Chhoekhor Gewog, Bumthang is increasingly becoming a challenge for the park managers over the years. With the rise in the number of cordycep collectors, tourists, and local visitors, trash is becoming a common sight along its trekking trails and campsites. To mitigate wastes, the park and the gewog administration recently conducted a ten-day cleaning campaign along the Dhur Tshachu trail.

In a bid to provide better banking services to the people, the Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL), the only bank in Dorokha Drungkhag under Sa