Monthly Archives: December, 0

Maintaining standards not only play a vital role in ensuring quality of goods and services, but also help the country to achieve the nine domains of Gross National Happiness (GNH), says Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB).

There are about 22 households along Trashigang-Kanglung highway and the owners have been asked to remove or dismantle their houses by July 5. The houses, mostly single-storied, were constructed illegally.

Government officials, especially engineers are at the receiving end when government projects are delayed or have compromised quality. Their promotions and other entitlements are being withheld.

To enhance community participation in local governance, the Department of Local Governance (DLG) has come up with a Community Engagement Guideline. The draft guideline was presented at a one day stakeholders' meeting in Thimphu yesterday.

When it comes to success of the business, not all local cement brick manufacturers in the east have similar stories to share.

Since yesterday, youth living in Kabesa under North Thimphu no longer had to travel to main Thimphu Town to surf net, and print and photocopy their documents. The Department of Youth and Sports with the education ministry opened a youth centre in the locality yesterday.

The recently blacktopped Gewog Centre or GC road in Tarathang Gewog, Sarpang has brought relief to areca nut farmers.

Some 16 selected, high caliber Bhutanese civil servants, 11 women and five men, attended a three-day workshop on women in executive leadership. The workshop, which ended yesterday in Thimphu, was the final component of the Australia Awards Short Course, ‘Women in Executive Leadership Development Program’.

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has forwarded the child molestation case involving a school Vice Principal to the Thimphu District Court. 

The Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) collected Nu 21 m in fines in the financial year 2016-2017.