Monthly Archives: December, 0

Environmental destructions affect human lives in various ways. The foremost among many is human-wildlife conflict and the way this impacts human livelihood. Recognizing this, the Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation is supporting nine projects worth close to Nu 79 M.

During the 'Petitions from the Local Government' session today, an appeal to provide annual grants directly to the gewog's account rather than Dzongkhag's by the Member of Parliament (MP) of Panbang, Dorji Wangdi was not supported by most members of the National Assembly.

The members of the National Council recommended the House to include the private sector along with the government and public sector when it comes to the eligibility to hold a Constitutional Office.

Four people were killed when the bolero pickup truck they were travelling in veered off the road and fell about 15o metres from the Khebisa gewog centre road in Dagana on Saturday at about 3:00 am in the morning.

Electricity has been on the wish-list of the people of Mangdephu in Nubi gewog of Trongsa for a long time now. In the absence of such a facility, people have been depending on solar panels. However, the source of energy being unreliable, oftentimes, they have to switch back to using firewood. 

According to the Dramedtse Ngatsang Member of Parliament (MP), the cabinet’s order to hand over gewog centre (GC) roads to respective gewogs through the Department of Roads (DoR) has left many facing inconveniences while travelling. It also affected the livelihoods of families carrying out road maintenance works.

Non-Performing Loans (NPL) is increasing in the country. And so, the Member of Parliament (MP) from Nganglam in Pema Gatshel asked the government about its plans and policies in solving such an issue.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF), in collaboration with Dzongkhag and gewog administrations, are working to support farmers cultivate price fetching cardamom. Lyonpo Yeshey Penjor shared this during the question hour session of the National Assembly earlier this week.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) says they are against the current restriction on the issuance of new bar licenses considering the increasing number of alcohol consumers and alcohol companies in the country.

The Department of Trade under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) has deferred the move to lift the supply of subsidized Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders in four Thromdes until further notice. The department distributed the notifications on the discontinuance of subsidized LPG cylinders from January this year, on 24th July last year.