Response to ‘Indifferent Ministry and careless contractors mess up Nu 30 mn renovation of Pangrizampa Monastery’ It is not the problem of procurement rules. The rules are clear and stringent. The problem lies with the engineers who take up this project. They are supposed to come up with structurally sound …

Lives of people in Monangkhola in Khaling, Trashigang have become difficult after the recent road cutting was completed but left hazardously without a concrete wall to protect it from landslides. The road-cutting in the middle of human settlements and cultivation, left without any fortification, turned the place into a frequent …

Though the government through official figures has shown high GDP growth rates and lower poverty rates there has not been adequate focus on inflation which can negatively impact both of the above. A troubling overall trend in the last five years is the strong rise of inflation in Bhutan which …

The officials of Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA), Royal Bhutan police (RBP) Customs and Royal Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) in a jointl surprise inspection on 22 March  this year seized large quantities of numerous banned substances. Fines and penalties  were also imposed on the defaulters. According to a BNCA …

A 15 year old Californian school girl Claire Thomsen from USA, donated a generous US$ 50,000 to help build a READ center in Chuzagang village under Sarpang She was in Bhutan sometimes in 2010 and when she left for her country she decided to come back with funds to help …

The Phuentsholing municipality has come up with construction of new water works within the town. These new schemes include treatment plants in Rinchending areas (Kharbandi), new water sources in Kharbandi, Dhoti Khola , Hati dunga , Damantara under Chilauni chiwog, Basgari (near Dhoti river), some new water supply schemes in …

The Royal Govemment of Bhutan and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh had the first Bilateral Consultation on 2 April, 2013 in Dhaka. The Bhutanese delegation to the Consultation was be led by Foreign Secretary Yeshey Dorji and will include officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During …

Two Lhakhangs for the financial year For this financial year, Bardo gewog is left with construction of  Khomchar Lhakhang and Digala Lhakhang. As of now, 90% of the works have been completed. The construction work on Khomchar Lhakhang was started three years back with the budget of more than Nu …

Monks at the monastery said the infrastructure started falling apart within a few months’ time Compassion and endurance may have been preached by the Buddha, but contractors through a shoddily-renovated monastery have tested these qualities of resident monks at the historically and culturally significant Pangrizampa monastery in Thimphu. And what …

Among many other incentives, even the candidates’ process trainings for the two companies are funded by the government while tenancy progress at the tech park hasn’t improved a bit Save for the existing two at the Thimphu TechPark Private Limited (TTPL), an uncomfortably good period has passed without any other …