Monthly Archives: December, 0

The post the gaydrung or gewog clerk will now be retained following an extensive deliberation in the National Assembly last week.

The government officially reinstated the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) after four years today. Committee of Secretaries is an important institutional arrangement established to enhance good governance and promote transparency, accountability and efficiency.

A regulation that requires aspiring taxi drivers to possess a minimum qualification of class eight to be eligible to drive taxi will be done away with.

A four-kilometre bypass road will be constructed at Ossey on the Gelegphu- Zhemgang highway. The works and human settlement minister said this at the National Assembly on Friday.

The Government will form a committee to study the establishment of thromdes in other dzongkhags. The Prime Minister informed this during the question hour session at the National Assembly last Friday. The Government will also consider establishing thromde in one of the eastern dzongkhags, next, in a bid towards balanced regional development.

More than 3000 acres of forest were destroyed by a fire in Dramedtse, Monggar.

The Ability Bhutan Society (ABS) launched a project titled “Building an Equal and Inclusive Society" yesterday. The project will be implemented in five Dzongkhags to build inclusive development for persons with disabilities. The three-year project aims to identify the situation and number of people living with disabilities especially women and children.

Thimphu Thromde's new method of composting kitchen waste, Takakura method, is getting popular among many groups and individuals. At present, there are more than 13 groups and many individuals who have adopted this method. It is cost effective and can be carried out by any household.

Tshothang Chiwog in Lauri Gewog, Samdrup Jongkhar still doesn’t have a Tshogpa. It’s been seven years now.

The government will develop the Suung Joen app and carry out its initial testing this year.