Channel blockage causing problem for farmers
Agriculture: The new Taklai irrigation channel that was inaugurated in April this year has not been of much help to the people of Chuzargang and Sershong gewogs in Sarpang because of blockage at the...
View ArticleBFF-FIFA trains goalkeeping instructors
Football: A five-day FIFA GK Intermediate Course began at the Changjiji ground yesterday to train goalkeeper coaches on the technical and tactical aspects during the game. Jose Carpio, FIFA/AFC...
View ArticleFire guts two houses, partially burns another
Disaster: A fire suspected to have started from a bukhari, razed two traditional houses to the ground and partially burnt another in Tshesar, Dhur in Chokhor, Bumthang around 7:30am yesterday. Five...
View ArticleExpedition member to be airlifted today
Update: The member of an expedition to Memari Lake who was admitted at Laya BHU for mountain sickness would be airlifted to Thimphu today between 7-8am. Pilots of the twin chopper expect the weather to...
View ArticleMonks meet to straighten urgent issues
Religion: The annual meeting of Trashigang Rabdey that ended on July 28 resolved that kenyers (care takers) of the religious organisations under the Trashigang Dratshang will be paid a monthly stipend...
View ArticleEight graduates for one vacancy in the civil service
BCSE: At least eight graduates will be vying for one slot in the civil service this year. The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) yesterday announced 434 vacancies in the civil service, less by two...
View ArticleDire need to conserve intangible cultural heritage
ICH: At the rate Bhutan is developing and modernising, there’s little time to preserve and promote its rich intangible cultural heritage (ICH), researchers say. A researcher with the National Library...
View Article3,154 households identified the poorest
SAARC: In an effort to narrow down poverty alleviation strategy, the government has identified 3,154 poorest households in the country. During the fourth SAARC ministers’ meeting on poverty alleviation...
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His Majesty visits Lungnyi gewog
Royal visit: It was a special day for the people of Wochu and other villages in Paro’s Lungnyi gewog, who welcomed His Majesty The King to their homes and fields, before enjoying a public Tokha granted...
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Housing crunch driving people out of town
Housing: It is blistering hot in Chinese Lane. The narrow lane that divides Phuentsholing and Jaigaon has a deserted look. It is 2:30pm. A woman in brown kira appears from one of the many alleys. She...
View Article156 Bhutanese ready to leave for the Middle East
First batch leaves next week Employment: Seventy-eight graduates will be turning a new chapter in their lives, if not in Bhutan but in Dubai, UAE and Kuwait starting next month. Recruited under the...
View ArticleReducing the buffer zone in Gelephu
Thromde: With mounting pressure, in the form of requests from landowners, the Gelephu thromde has proposed to reduce the buffer zone or no construction zone. The proposal is already submitted to the...
View ArticleAre collectors hiding cordyceps?
With better price in the black market, govt. could lose revenue from royalty Royalty: The government could lose hundred of thousands of Ngultrums from royalty imposed on cordyceps if legitimate...
View ArticleMongar town cries for streetlight repair
Facility: Mongar’s town area is a dark and difficult place at night. Streetlights don’t beam from the light poles because there has been no repair or maintenance done in the last six months. People who...
View ArticleWhy Govt. replaced the foreign minister
Cabinet: Removing former foreign minister, Rinzin Dorje from a ministerial position was for the greater good, according to the government. The would-be foreign minister Lyonpo Damcho Dorji yesterday...
View ArticleFirst small step, giant leap for public e-services
The launching of the G2C Wallet allows online payments for public services for the first time Tech: In a development that marks another major transition towards e-governance, an online payment system...
View ArticleDorokha dungkhag court inaugurated
Construction of court buildings has been an integral part of reforms in the judiciary Judiciary: Signifying that infrastructure is vital for the delivery of justice, the newly constructed dungkhag...
View ArticleCivil service growth slows down
RCSC: The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) could be on the slow but right track in keeping a small, compact and efficient civil service. Over the last four years, the growth of civil service...
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