Monthly Archives: December, 0

Bumthang will have a festival ground or Tendrel Thang just below the Jakar Dzong in the next Five-Year-Plan (12th plan). The construction of the ground has been endorsed at the Dzongkhag Tshogdu (DT) meeting, yesterday.

Trongsa town might get two three-storey car parks in the 12th Five Year Plan if the municipal’s proposal comes through.

Shemagangkha Primary School in Chapcha Gewog of Chhukha had been faced with enrollment issues with not enough students enrolled in the school. Yesterday, the school received 57 students from three schools in Phuentshogling.

Some 14 farmers in Chhiphoong Village under Chhimoong Gewog, Pema Gatshel formed a Cane and Bamboo Craft group just a year ago. And today, cane and bamboo products have become an important source of income for them.

Tsakaling Gewog proposed that a fine of Nu 4,500 be imposed on every gungtong or vacant household at the recent Dzongkhag Tshogdu (DT).

Regular classes at Tsirang Toe Central School will begin only tomorrow. The classes had to be delayed as the construction of new buildings at the school was incomplete.

More number of trained dzongkha teachers and standardising spellings in media houses among others were some of the recommendations highlighted during the Dzongkha conference. The three-day meeting ended today.

The Bhutanese Judo team will arrive home tomorrow with three bronze medals it bagged from the tournament in Bangladesh.

The deadline for blacktopping of Chhuzanggang gewog centre (GC) road in Gelegphu was on October, last year. However, it missed the deadline as the work is still underway.

Following the exit of German Coach Torsten Frank Spittler, the Bhutan Football Federation or BFF, has named Trevor Morgan as the new Head Coach.