Monthly Archives: December, 0

The rabies outbreak in Dewathang Gewog of Samdrup Jongkhar is finally contained. With this, the marketing of milk from the gewog has also recently resumed. Livestock official says they have not received any cases of rabies for the last two weeks.

Upon reviewing the Judiciary System and Practices in the country from 2012 to 2016, the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) found that inadequacies continue in the legal and institutional framework, human resources, operational areas and case management besides other areas.

Discussing on the Annual Audit Report 2018, the Public Accounts Committee of the parliament found out that the most common and recurring lapses resulting in irregularities in most of the public agencies are excess payment.

With the inauguration of a new traditional medicine unit, yesterday in Tang Gewog in Bumthang, the Dzongkhag now has traditional medicine facilities in all its four gewogs. Bumthang’s traditional medicine team is also providing Elderly Care for people aged 60 and above for three days starting yesterday. 

The Ministry of Economic Affairs is working on a few additional discharge ports to export boulders to Bangladesh through cargo vessels.

Following the success of their trial, farmers of Lamthang under Goshing Gewog in Zhemgang are encouraged to venture into mass winter chilli plantation. 

A ten-year-old boy went missing while swimming in the Mao River in Gelegphu yesterday. The missing boy is a class 3 student in one of the schools in Gelegphu.