Monthly Archives: December, 0

The Agriculture and Livestock Ministry has distributed assorted vegetable seeds and maize and buckwheat seeds worth over Nu 3 M to the hailstorm-affected farmers in Tsirang. The heavy hailstorm on the 10th of this month affected vegetables and cereals in more than 290 acres of farmland belonging to 1,265 households in eight gewogs of Tsirang. The storm also damaged more than fifty-eight thousand fruit trees in the district.

A Gewog Centre road connecting three gewogs in upper Kheng of Zhemgang is in dire need of maintenance. The roads need immediate resurfacing. However, the local leaders said that the respective gewog administrations do not have enough budget to execute resurfacing works. They are waiting to hand over the roads to the Department of Surface Transport.

Residents of the Changjiji housing colony can occupy their houses until they retire. However, during Friday’s ‘Meet the Press’ session, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay...

Today is World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Commemorating the day in the capital, the Department of Labour and the Construction Association...

A Bhutanese man studying in Thailand, who trades cryptocurrency on the trading platform Binance says about Nu 500,000 of criminal proceeds were deposited into his account. According to the man, while he thought the money was proceeds from selling cryptocurrency, he was not aware that the person he was dealing with was scamming and hacking into the bank accounts of Bhutanese individuals to send him the money.   

Bhutan is vulnerable to various disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, forest fires, and other hazards due to our mountainous terrain. According to experts, to ensure resilience against these calamities, it is important to have infrastructures that can handle these hazards. At the 11th annual Green Technology Challenge in Phuentshogling, participants came up with ideas to build residential buildings that can withstand different hazards, going beyond the existing building designs.

The residents of Thedtsho Gewog’s Martanglungchu Chiwog in Wangdue Phodrang will no longer have to struggle with drinking water shortage. Previously, due to limited water supply, they had to share water from a common water tap, disrupting their daily lives for years. However, this problem has been resolved with the recent inauguration of an additional water supply scheme in the chiwog. 

His Majesty The King granted Dhar to appoint the chairperson and commissioners of the Royal Civil Service Commission at the Tashichhodzong today.

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment is reviewing the Foreign Direct Investment Policy 2019 to achieve the government’s ambitious target to generate a...

Some local festivals in the country are considered very significant and are not to be missed. One such festival is the Dungkhar Ugyen Choling Goenpa Tshechu in Pema Gatshel’s Khar Gewog. During the festival, a skull known as "Aa Thoe" marked with the letter Aa (ཨ) is displayed. Devotees gather to receive blessings from this sacred relic while due tsi is served from it.