The students of Menji will have proper classrooms and hostels only after two years. At the moment ,they are  making do with bamboo huts.  The construction was planned  to end by next year but due to hazardous weather, it was postponed to 2014. “Due to unhygienic and dusty classrooms, students …

More than 300 households in Khoma gewog will be benefitted by four new farm roads to their villages  planned for the  10th Five Year Plan. The road which stretches from Khoma to Tshikhang was funded by Japan government.Other roads would be constructed till Khoma, Gangtakhem, Kangkhar and Goenpa. Till now, …

  Tanden Zangmo and Sonam Choden / Thimphu Vegetable vendors were encouraged to buy and sell local produce from within the country in order to make a difference to the farmers, consumers and themselves. This was the objective behind Agriculture Minister Lyonpo Dr Pema Gyamtsho visiting the Centennial Farmers Market …

While drugs are already in short supply, the rupee crunch is making the situation worse in the capital. The Operation Manager of Karma Tshongkhang (under Karma Group of Companies), Sonam Pemo, said if the INR crunch continues, there are good chances of their supplies being blocked. “If our supplies get …

An Income Generation Start-up Programme (IGSP) that would help females to set up business in high-poverty headcount regions was announced on April 9 and will end on April 24. The program aims to train a selected batch of people through training courses such as Basic Entrepreneurship Course (BEC), Comprehensive Entrepreneurship …

Now, all local packaged foods will be certified by a food testing lab, the first of its kind in Bhutan which is at the last stage of accreditation. The process to certify the lab which is located at Yusipang has come a long way since its initiation in 2008. It  …

  Radio High, the fifth FM radio station in Thimphu, has been ‘off air’ for more than three months for unknown reasons. Radio stations are mandated to notify BICMA in the event of interruption in broadcasting for more than two days. Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authoritys (BICMA) Chief Information and Media Officer, Lakshuman …

Chuzergang gewog in Gelephu which is cut off from the rest of the world during monsoon due to the torrential Mao Khola now has something to rejoice over if not a bridge. Yesterday, Rural Education and Development (READ) and the Chuzergang community signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish …

The happiness and well-being conference hosted by Bhutan and led by the Prime Minister, Lyonchen Jigmi Y Thinley is expected to bring more than happiness in Bhutan. In his most recent address to the nation, the Prime Minister said,”For a small country like ours, the appreciation we are getting from …

Bhutan needs to focus on two things: the governance which includes the security and sovereignty of the nation, and the other is the economic development through balancing its imports and exports, stated the Prime Minister in a nation-wide address broadcast on the national television on April 12. Owing to these …