Monthly Archives: December, 0

Internet charges in Bhutan are higher compared to other countries. And with the government’s flagship programme to digitalize services in every office, it might further increase the internet cost.

Mountain Hazelnuts will be carrying out a large-scale grafting programme to increase the nut production by giving the orchards full complement of pollinizer varieties. The company is training about 150 field staff to conduct the grafting program in the country.

From 2020, the education ministry will be introducing technical and vocational education and training (TVET) as the fourth stream in Class XI and XII.

Residents in Samdrup Jongkhar can look forward to free rides on the first day of the 5th Royal Bhutan Flower exhibition, which will start on February 21 coinciding with His Majesty The King’s birthday.

The Gelegphu dungkhag administration shifted to its new office in Umling Gewog recently, after almost six months of the building’s inauguration.

His Majesty The King promoted the Chief of Police to the rank of Brigadier this morning. His Majesty also appointed the new secretary for the Works and Human Settlement Ministry, the new Pema Gatshel Drangpon and granted dhar to the new gup of Samkhar Gewog in Trashigang.

The commissioning of the Punatsangchhu Hydroelectric Project Authority (PHPA) I have now been deferred to 2024. The Economic Affairs Minister said the delay is not due to the recent slide, but because of muck that has overburdened the previous slides. The removal of the muck is going to take some time.

United Nations in Bhutan and Loden Foundation are taking Bhutan Dialogues global with the launch of an independent website for the forum. Bhutan Dialogue is a forum, where leaders and change-makers talk about policies, issues, challenges and solutions surrounding developmental situations of the country.

The government has deferred its plan to send a team to Japan to study the issues of the students who went to Japan under the Learn and Earn programme.

Bhutan has committed to eliminate cervical cancer at the 144th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) held in Geneva, Switzerland last month. The ministry has initiated the elimination committee who will provide with the roadmap towards elimination.