Mewang Gewog is one of the most mined gewogs in Bhutan with multiple quarries in Bjemina and the expanding Namseling quarry. However, in a sign of increasing awareness and concern over environmental destruction, the public of Bjemina and nearby Khariphu both under Mewang gewog recently turned down three major stone …

  Indians holding Bhutanese bank accounts across the border are encouraging Bhutanese to get visa and maestro cards from Druk PNB and Bank of Bhutan to withdraw rupee from Jaigoan atms for a commission of at least 5%, this paper has found. Many small Bhutanese businessmen, mainly who run paan …

An amusement park and a film and television institute are part of the plan  The gateway for the Bhutanese film industry to the international market is finally unbolting with the ministry of information and communication (MOIC) approving in-principle, the first-ever film city project in the country. Motion Picture Association of …

Bhutan National Bank Limited (BNBL) made a net profit of Nu 510.3mn last year, an increase by Nu 259mn from the year 2010. Chairperson of the board of directors, Kunzang Dechen said that apart from being “delighted”, the management has cut down on a lot of costs. “Income from foreign …

  One of the oldest towns in the country, Golabaazar in Samtse, is slowly degrading while the fate of its survival is being decided. The residents say the town which was booming in the early 40s started to degrade when the government stopped collecting taxes in 1992. Since then, numerous …

  layaps will be connected by a road till Trongshu drak, a three-hour walk from Laya by next year, but the nomad community is not exactly jubilant. “We would be happy, if the road to connect Laya community would start from Gasa Hot spring (Tsachhu),” said Laya Gup Kinley Dorji …

  As per the annual judiciary report of 2011, there are 225 cases filed with Bench 1 of the district court alone from which 73 were related to money, 53 matrimony and the rest were crimes and land disputes. Of the total of 45 cases registered in the last two …

  People in different villages of Nubi gewog in Trongsa are concentrating on lhakhang renovations.The renovation of lhakhangs started since July 2010, 60% of the works at the three-storied lhakhang at Bemjee has been completed.People from 27 households in this village are contributing for the 1.25 mn renovation work in …

  The government has allocated a budget of Nu 30 mn for the construction of a motorable bridge connecting the villages around the Kichu Lhakhang and the Tsenthang village in Lamgong after the earlier suspension bridge was washed away by the Pachhu a year ago. A proposal for a new …

  By August this year, the Department of Human Resources under Labor ministry will phase out Light Vehicle training from Samthang Technical Training Institute (Automobile Engineering) in Wangduephodrang. According to Chief Program Officer Karma, many private light vehicle driving training institutes are coming up across the country and ministry’s mandate …