Plans of cold storage facilities for potatoes along the passes are in the pipeline Stock up the local potatoes in a simple wooden shed that is located high up on the mountain passes across the country, and let the nature act as a cold storage to increase this perishable farm …

A Royal Audit Authority report titled, “Leasing of government land, Government Reserved Forest land and Mines’ found several irregularities, violations and flaws in the leasing of hundreds of acres of government land to communities, government corporations, institutions, private companies and private individuals. The report done from 14th September 2012 to …

Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay justified that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has cut down on a lot of unnecessary expenses which exceeds the cost of a minister’s service. This was in response to a query raised by Member of Parliament (MP) Dorji Wangdi during the question hour of the NA session …

11th FYP HRD master plan The human resource development master plan drawn by the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) for the next five years shows the first choice of employment by the jobseekers is the government sector. There is significant difference in educational attainment across the broad sectors. …

In order to prevent and control non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 2025, 11 South-East Asian countries are expected to adopt ten targets for having lost millions of lives every year due to NCDs. World Health Organization (WHO) , South-East Asian Region’s news release states an estimated 7.9 million lives, 55% of …

As part of wildlife management curriculum of the certificate course offered at the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) in Bumthang, they have, since August 22 this year, begun a program which they are engaged in long- term monitoring of birds. Such innovative venture of long- term bird …

Training on the implementation of this management tool was attended by key officials One of the strategic and performance management tool used by many successful companies across the world, “Balance Scorecard” (BSC) is being introduced for the first time in Bhutan by DHI (Druk Holding and Investments). DHI also organized …

One of the main features of the Bhutan-Thailand bilateral trade agreement is to establish a joint trade committee that will be co-chaired by the commerce minister of the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the economic affairs minister of the Royal Government of Bhutan. This was discussed during the …

The 67 kilometer Shingkhar -Gorgan highway construction that runs through a core tiger habitat at Thrumshingla Park, which is said to have been stranded because the previous government faced a budget shortage, is now underway. The agriculture and forests ministry’s minister Yeshey Dorji said for the last ten years there …

36 enthusiast housewives from the Changjiji community in Thimphu have enrolled themselves in the free literacy classes provided by Read Model Center under Read Bhutan in Changjiji. The center provides one hour class, four times a week. The class has been divided into basic and advance categories with 24 and …