Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen, the Ozone Ambassador graced the occasion. Various ministries, agencies and schools participated at the event. The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone layer is an international treaty that addresses the depletion of Ozone layer by gradually phasing out the use of Ozone Depleting Substances. …

The Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative (SJI) in Dewathang is upscaling the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), a new farming method to increase to improve food security, increase rural incomes and reduce the vulnerability of rural households in the district. Less than eight percent of country’s land is suitable for cultivation and …

Applying and renewing licenses for business can now be done online, which means no need to go the trade office and stand in a queue to get paperwork done. The G2C office under the Prime Minister’s Office launched a total of 34 online Government to Business Services (G2B) on September …

A former monk, a graduate of the Institute of Language and Culture Studies or the incumbent could become the next gup of Trong gewog. Trong, in the central district of Zhemgang, whittled down its choices for gup to these three nominations in the recently concluded village cluster (chiwog) level meetings …

The Ground Breaking Ceremony of Construction of Urban Infrastructure for Lower Taba (LAP) in Thimphu took place on friday morning. Infrastructure such as road and drainage, water supply, sewerage Net-Work System, electricity, communication facilities will be put in place in the next 30 months. Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay spoke about the need to …

Over the past four days the candidates contesting for Gup, Mangmi and Tshogpa in Karna gewog, Dagana, had the opportunity to present their manifestos and interact with their voters through the common forum platform organized by the election commission. Each candidate got 10 minutes to present their manifesto. The first …

At 60, Penjor Dorji is giving one more shot at serving his community as an elected local government official, something he did for 15 years in the past. But he is doing so after a gap of five years and on the insistence of the people of Bjacho Chiwog in …

On an average, at least two people are apprehended in a day for possession of controlled and illegal substances in the border town of Phuentsholing, according to police. Drug related cases in the southern border town are on the rise with at least seven to eight cases in a week …

The two gup candidates of Tashiding gewog in Dagana dzongkhag have concluded their Common Forum visiting four chiwogs and making themselves known to the voters as their next likely leaders. As the candidates prepare for the September 27th Poll Day of the second LG elections, they are working to please …