The Phuntsholing Sports Association (PSA) office in collaboration with Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) has organised a youth oriented winter coaching camp cum tournament for under sixteen boys and girls which includes games like football, lawn tennis, table tennis, badminton and basketball. The camp started from 20th of December 2015 and …

According to a press release by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on 14th of January in Thimphu between the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF), College of Natural Resources (CNR) and Hirosaki University, Japan to implement a project aimed at capacity …

His Majesty The King on 15th January 2016 granted an Audience to the participants of Camp Raven during the closing ceremony of the camp. RBA and RBP teams played the final football match at the closing event. The winning football team, as well as the winners of the basketball matches …

The Royal Monetary Authority opened rupee exchange-counters at the RMA Thimphu and Phuntsholing branch offices on 12th January for facilitating exchange of Ngultrum notes for Indian Rupee (INR) notes. To start with the facility is for Bhutanese proceeding on pilgrimage to India. Any Bhutanese citizen going on pilgrimage may, in …

The three Thrompon candidates in Gelephu are wooing voters by promising major renovation and developmental works in Gelephu. The three aspiring candidates faced the common forum to inform the voters of their intention in contesting for the post of Thrompon, which was followed by their pledges on January 13. They …

More than 56 participants comprising of Dzongkhang  Education Officers, Principals, Vice Principals and Teachers from five eastern Dzongkhag’s took part in the orientation on ‘life skill education’ organized by the Comprehensive School Health Division(CSHD) under Ministry of Education, which concluded on 14th of January  in Trashigang. In the first two …

Come winter and Thimphu along with other major urban areas empties out a part of its population. A large portion heads down to the Indian plains or to Nepal for mainly pilgrimage. We all know about this, and the numbers have been documented and talked about especially in relation to …

The Ministry of Labour and Human Resources has an employment program called the Guaranteed Employment Program (GEP), which pays more than 60 percent of a reasonable total salary of an employee for up to a year on a monthly basis. The company has to meet the rest of the sum. …

On 28th February 2015, the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) in its decision had announced its intention to ‘reassign’ the three government secretaries. Since then the former Cabinet Secretary has already retired completing his term but the question over the former Secretary of Ministry of Economic Affairs Dasho Sonam Tshering …

The critically endangered bird species, White-Bellied heron, count in Bhutan has dropped down to 27. Last year the count was at 28. The entire world only has around 200 to 250 of these rapidly declining birds left. Despite the numerous initiatives taken by the Royal Society for Protection of Nature …