Coaching skills to help youth leaders and counselors
Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA) in collaboration with a group of volunteers from Malaysia conducted a coaching workshop for counselors and youth leaders from January 8 to 10 in Thimphu....
View ArticleWHO gifts equipment worth USD 0.3M to health ministry
World Health Organisation (WHO) handed over a refrigerated van, 17 sets of outdoor gym equipment and laboratory equipment worth USD 0.3 million (M) to the health ministry yesterday. Health minister...
View ArticleBhutan Trust Fund
Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (BTFEC) signed two grant assistance projects worth Nu 19,733,400 yesterday in Thimphu. The projects proposed by Tarayana Foundation and Territorial...
View ArticleBhutan participates in international renewable energy assembly
A Bhutanese delegation led by the economic affairs minister, will attend the 8th Session of General Assembly of the international Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) from January 13 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The...
View ArticleJapan gifts 353 more power tillers
In the last 30 years, Japan has provided 3,592 farm machines Come summer, farmers across Bhutan will have access to more power tillers to help them complete paddy transplantation works on time. The...
View ArticleACC asks RICBL board to take administrative action
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has forwarded cases that involve 16 Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Ltd (RICBL) staff and three private individuals to the Office of the Attorney General...
View ArticleIndia releases Nu 455 Million
India yesterday released Nu 455 million for the Construction of Anim Shedra (nunnery) at Mongar, a Project Tied Assistance project. The first secretary (Eco and Com) of Indian Embassy in Thimphu, S...
View ArticleEncouraging the young to take up the sport
Located at the extreme left of the Changlimithang stadium, Bhutan Shooting Federation has more than eight shooting ranges. In an enclosed room, 10-metre air pistol shooting competition is going on....
View ArticleSix gewog centre roads open to traffic this month
Following the inauguration of Phobjikha Gewog Centre (GC) road in Wangduephodrang on January 10, the works and human settlement minister Dorji Choden will inaugurate five more GC roads this month. The...
View ArticleBhutan experiences drop in temperature
Temperature has dropped by 2 degree Celsius across the country compared with the same time last year, according to Senior Meteorologist with meteorology division, Tayba Buddha Tamang. The drop was...
View ArticleKinlay Dorji stands from Chukha for NC
Kinlay Dorji, 33, has declared his intention to stand National Council (NC) candidate from Chukha. Kinlay Dorji is from Omchu village. Kinlay Dorji graduated from College of Language and Culture...
View ArticleACC finds land claim in Dagana unfounded
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has reconfirmed that the 2.80-acre land in Dagapela that Sabitara Chuwan claimed as inherited land since 1994 is government land. The commission concluded that her...
View ArticleBKP chooses former banker from Shompangkha constituency
Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) has nominated a former banker, Basant Rana as its candidate from Shompangkha constituency in Sarpang. The 48-year-old from Gakidling gewog has worked with the Bank of...
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PIT refund increases by Nu 403 million
…34,310 taxpayers benefited from the tax measures Revision of Personal Income Tax (PIT) ceiling, enhancement of education expense limit and tax exemption on interest on fixed deposit has led to...
View ArticleCST students design photovoltaic (PV) system
As part of a college project to make uninterrupted power supply in the two reading rooms at the College of Science and Technology (CST) more advanced, four final year electrical engineering students...
View ArticleRTC graduate to stand as Thimphu’s NC candidate
Sangay Tshering, 28, from Tshaluna in Thimphu aspires to stand for the upcoming National Council (NC) election. Sangay Tshering holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Royal Thimphu College. He has...
View ArticleCandidates switch party affiliation
Political candidates have started switching their party affiliations in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The former information and communications minister from Druk Phuensum...
View Article50 years on: A tale of two nations
It was fifty years ago that Bhutan chose to walk out of the shadows of the medieval world. The world was changing and we had to make the right choice. We did. We looked to India for steadfast...
View ArticleHealth ministry assures female health worker in BHU II by this month
The placement of one female health worker in each grade II Basic Health Unit (BHU) by the end of this month is a challenge for the health ministry. Health Secretary Dr Ugen Dophu, said the ministry is...
View ArticleReady to lead DNT, says Dr Lotay Tshering
Druk Thuksey recipient Dr Lotay Tshering has said he is ready to lead Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) as the party president if members support him. The party is preparing to call a general convention next...
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