With a good long year in hand, the Social Forestry and Extension Division (SFED) under the Department of Forests and Park Services is upbeat to achieve targets to initiate and establish 400 Community Forests (CF) in Bhutan. In fact, it might even overshoot the initial target. The current tenth plan …

The Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) and Larson and Toubro (L&T) company of the Punatsangchu Hydro-Electric Project (PHEP) have found a new source for vegetables – a cooperative which is in the making. Though it is yet to be registered, the cooperative society which comprises 23 farmer groups of Wangdue (12), …

The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) has formally completed the party charter and confirmed 31 candidates and has start works on the party manifesto which comprises seven points. The party spoke person Norbu Wangchuk, who currently works as a consultant and instructor at Institute of Management Studies (IMS) said, “We have …

Bardo still in Bardo One of Bhutan’s most remote and backward gewog, Bardo is still the poetic imagery of its namesake which translates to ‘the intermediate state between life and rebirth’. The gewog even now doesn’t have road connectivity or electricity. Nevertheless, 9 schemes of Rural Water Supply Scheme (RWSS) …

Human-wildlife conflict is ever on a climb and growing settlements and development works have only entirely worked to antagonize the situation. The results of the unbalanced equation have brought about undesirable consequences for both parties. It’s a case of who is more important; livestock for the farmers or the wild …

If the due process of law is followed on the ACC report on the Gyelpozhing land grab (which is nearing completion) it could affect the electoral prospects of four key DPT leaders. The leaders who are involved in the Gyelpozhing case are, the National Assembly Speaker Jigme Tshultim, Prime Minister …

The Gasa-Tongchudrak farm road between Gasa and Laya was Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley’s promise to the people of Laya during the Mid-Term Review. It so happens, the PM just might not be able to keep his words, that is if the National Environment Commission (NEC) has its way. Conservationists through …

In April 2011 the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) submitted an investigation report on the Bhutan Lottery case to the Prime Minister, however, more than a year later no action has been taken against the perpetrators of Bhutan’s biggest scam till date. While officials at the RAA refrained from making any …

Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley met with Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs, Didier Reynders, at the Gyalyong Tshokhang on August 6, 2012. Deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders arrived in the country yesterday on a four-day visit. Lyonchhen said the Belgium …

 Damages caused by the 20 June flood in Gasa accounts for over 5mn in damages to infrastructures, irrigation channels, houses and government buildings. The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has prepared its initial report of the consolidated accounts for damages caused to the The detailed field assessment report was presented …