Monthly Archives: December, 0

Samdrup Jongkhar District Court sentenced a 38-year-old man from Trashi Yangtse to three years in prison for the offence of criminal nuisance. He was convicted of spreading the  Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to two women.

The Dental Department of the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu now treats walk-in patients.Earlier, with the dental services made available only through an appointment system, people had to wait for weeks to avail themselves of such services.

About 100 children between the age group of 6 to 12 years old participated in the one-day athletic festival in Samdrup Jongkhar thromde today. This kind of event is organized for the first time in the thromde. 

Farmers in the auction yard of Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB)  in Phuentshogling are not happy with the price of carrot this year. The bountiful production of carrots this time is hampering the price during the auction.

Starting from next year, the department of trade under the Ministry of Economic Affairs will lift the supply of subsidized Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders from the four Thromdes of Thimphu, Phuentshogling, Gelegphu and Samdrup Jongkhar.

The Bhutanese team was beaten 5-3 by Latvia in the ongoing UEFA ASSIST U15 International tournament in the Maldives yesterday.

His Holiness the Je Khenpo is presiding over the annual Bumthang Moenlam Chenmo at Jambay Lhakhang beginning today.

Health ministry is in short of 2201 medical professionals at various categories including specialists, nurses, and technicians. This is as per the recently released Annual Health Bulletin 2019.

Bhutan's expenditure on import of food items from India decreased by around Nu 700 M in 2018 as compared to 2017. The country imported food items worth Nu 5.9bn last year as compared to Nu 6.6bn in 2017. The decrease in monetary value is owing to a decrease in the amount of food items imported from India.

The Wangdue Phodrang district court sentenced three chiwog tshogpas of Gase Tshogongm gewog to three months each in prison, yesterday. They were convicted for lack of accountability and transparency and failing to carry out their responsibilities. They can, however, pay in place of their imprisonment.