Monthly Archives: December, 0

A three-year-old boy lost his life in a fire incident at Tandigang village of Tang Gewog in Bumthang on Wednesday. The fire had gutted down a two-storey traditional Bhutanese house.

As more farmers in eastern dzongkhags take up mushroom cultivation, the demand for mushroom spawn has been increasing over the years. And meeting their demands has been a challenge for the only Mushroom Spawn Production Unit in the east at Khangma in Trashigang.

The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) is reviewing the benefits and challenges of its Priority Sector Lending (PLS) scheme. The officials from the Central Bank visited its assisted projects in Tsirang yesterday.

Going by the Annual Education Statistics 2018's primary net enrolment rate, about 2,840 primary age children are out of school or not enrolled in any forms of structured learning. It is an increase by about 1,800 primary age children in 2017.

Nine games into the season and Bengaluru FC’s Bhutanese starlet, Chencho Gyeltshen, finally opened his account in the ongoing Indian Super League (ISL), yesterday. Chencho’s acrobatic finish in the 90th minute of the match ensured Bengaluru FC remained unbeaten at the top of the ISL table.

Coinciding with world soil day yesterday, the National Soil Services Center (NSSC) advocated the importance of healthy soil and sustainable management of soil resources to the people of Trongsa. The day is observed on the theme “Be the Solution to Soil Pollution.”

The second Bhutan-Austria Economic Forum held in Thimphu saw eight Austrian companies from diverse sectors such as energy, engineering, tourism, and health in Bhutan to explore business and investment opportunities.

Dazin, a local project with the mission to eliminate air pollution from cooking and heating has been awarded the 2018 Global Energy Award. Dazin is a cooperative enterprise working in partnership with Happy Green Cooperative. The project provides both smokeless gasifying stoves and affordable clean cooking fuel.

To provide an alternative for the farmers to dry their agricultural produce, the Agriculture Research and Development Centre (ARDC) at Wengkhar in Monggar has come up with a new technology called greenhouse solar dryer.

The farmers of Sergithang Gewog in Tsirang are picking up Quinoa cultivation, two years after the dzongkhag agriculture sector first started growing quinoa on a trial basis. Quinoa is a kind of cereal grain known for its nutritious value.