Monthly Archives: December, 0

The Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA) has collected close to Nu 65,000 in fines from the shopkeepers for illegal possession of narcotic substances.

His Royal Highness Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji Wangchuck inaugurated the “Use Right System Project” in Monggar yesterday. This is the second such pilot project, which aims at granting state land for youth employment, productive farming, and other purposes.

2017 saw the highest number of teachers leaving the profession, according to the Annual Education Statistics 2017. A total 345 teachers left the profession last year of which 260 resigned voluntarily.

The use of Gudeul, a traditional Korean room heating technology, has been successfully piloted in Gasa.

The Agriculture Minister, Yeshey Dorji, on April 1 visited windstorm affected gewogs namely Senggye, Gakiling, and Shompangkha and comforted the victims.

The Department of Cottage and Small Industry of the economic affairs ministry will convert its existing Service Centre at Changzamtog in Thimphu to Business Incubation or Start-up Centre soon.

Most businesses in the border areas have to compete with their counterparts in neighbouring Indian towns. So is the case with the watermelon business.

The Loden Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Centre at Ura Gewog in Bumthang is shaping lives of the community’s children by preparing them for the transition from preschool to grade school.

Residents of Tsamang Gewog, Monggar are disappointed with the poor blacktopped quality of their Gewog Centre (GC) road.

Vendors of Tshimalakha and Gaeddu in Chhukha Dzongkhag prefer selling their crops on the roadside of Thimphu-Phuentshogling highway than in proper vegetable shed.