Monthly Archives: December, 0

In Samdrup Jongkhar, the works to blacktop Lauri Gewog Centre road remain incomplete causing inconveniences to the villagers. The works have not resumed after the Samdrup Jongkhar District Administration terminated the contractor in March last year.

The Punakha District Court has sentenced Sangay from Guma Gewog in Punakha to nine years and one month in prison for raping a 15-year-old girl. The court passed the judgment last week. According to the judgment, the 53-year-old man had sexual intercourse with the female student during summer vacation in June last year and impregnated her. Although the man confessed to having sexual intercourse with the minor, he denied paternity of the unborn baby and requested a prenatal DNA test during the trial. If the paternity is confirmed, the girl can file a separate civil suit.

Starting tomorrow, officials will start monitoring the load capacity of vehicles passing along the Nganglam-Gyalpozhing highway through the Kuri-Gongri bridge. This is to prevent any incidents like those that happened before. They will begin by checking vehicle documents to confirm compliance. This decision was made during a meeting with stakeholders today. People in the eastern districts have been eagerly waiting for the Kuri-Gongri route to open.

The country received a slightly below-normal rainfall compared to the long-term average, last year. According to the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology or NCHM’s State of Climate Report 2023, the annual average rainfall was almost 1,800 millimetres in 2023. Rainfall is measured in millimetres to provide a standardised and uniform way to quantify it. The NCHM uses 20 meteorological stations across the country to collect rainfall data.

The recently inaugurated inclusive toilet at Zhemgang Primary School has been benefitting students with disabilities. The students no longer have to use regular toilets, which otherwise made visiting restrooms challenging. Now, since the inclusive toilets provide necessary assistance, visiting restrooms has become a comfortable experience.

After reaping the benefits of installing electric fences on more than a hundred acres of land at Pakshikha, residents of Bongo Gewog in Chhukha are asking for more farmland to be enclosed with electric fences. The gewog is one of the areas in the district which sees a high rate of wildlife attacks on crops.  Accordingly, another project to fence some 60 acres of land is underway in the gewog.

The Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in Bhutan celebrated its 53rd Independence Day at the Bangladesh Embassy in Thimphu today. The celebration began with the hoisting of the Bangladeshi national flag.

The Wangdue Phodrang Police detained a 25-year-old man for alleged burglary cases earlier this month. The suspect was arrested on the 13th of March based on CCTV cameras footage.

Residents of Trashigang’s Wamrong town and its surrounding areas continue to grapple with insufficient drinking water supply. Due to insufficient supply from the source, the issue has been persisting for over three decades, leaving the community in dire need of a sustainable solution to their water woes. Despite the Wamrong Dungkhag Administration's preliminary survey in 2022 to tap into new water sources, the project could not proceed due to budget constraints.

Despite their names suggesting happiness and peace, residents of Gawadug and Kipadug villages in Samtse Gewog find no peace and happiness during monsoons. Without a bridge over Sukraty River, these villages remain cut off from the rest of the district. Besides, villagers often risk their lives to cross the swollen river during rainy days.