Unlike in the previous years where land management campaign was conducted to mark the World Day to Combat Desertification and Land Degradation, Bhutan has celebrated the day this year, by looking at what has been done to combat land degradation. Bhutan as party to the United Nations Convention to Combat …

  An eight-member poultry farmer’s group in Bangzor village under Dewathang gewog in Samdrup Jongkhar has proved not only a boon to the communities, but also an exemplary venture, enabling the villagers to attain self-sufficiency in eggs and other poultry products. Sangay Wangmo, 30, was called for an awareness talk …

The world premier event celebrated coinciding with the Environment Day, conferred a young Bhutanese entrepreneur the most deserving Global Environment Entrepreneur of the Year. The award is the outstanding Environmental Stewardship which recognizes the achievements by successful young entrepreneurs. The award was bestowed to the chief executive officer of Greener …

Dissatisfied with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) serving a warning to the DPT’s Jomotshangkha–Martshala candidate for supposedly bribing voters during the recent elections, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) coordinator of Serthi and Lauri gewog said they want to take the matter further to its logical conclusion. A  ‘last warning’ …

The poll day for primary round of the parliamentary election in Samdrup Jongkhar saw many old voters, their ages ranging from 50 to 80 and none of them were reported of carrying old voter identity cards (VPIC). The senior bunch also did not make news for other electoral-related issues which …

Despite heavy downpour in Pemagatshel huge numbers of voters turned up to vote for the primary round and this contributed to a great conquest for the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT). The DPT won all of three constituencies under Pemagatshel dzongkhag and with vast differences in votes pushing the party way …

The people of Orong gewog under Samdrup Jongkhar say they are dissatisfied with the performance of past government as the pledges made in 2008 have not come to fruition. This comes at a time when the parties are wooing voters to get through the primary round of elections. People say …

At times developmental activities come as a double-edged sword, and this is particularly true for the villagers of Chhema and Monangkhola villages in Khaling under Trashigang who interpret such an intervention as both a boon and a bane. The recent visit of a bull dozer cutting roads to their villages …

Intense rainfall in Trashigang and Samdrup Jongkhar highway have caused road blocks in numerous areas, and the vehicles plying between the two dzongkhags have been stranded for about two days, and it is likely to remain so as the rains have not ceased. The block has stranded more than 300 …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates in the east are wooing voters on the premise of its ideology ‘Wangtse Chhirpel,’ which they say is all about empowering people for liberty, equality, and prosperity by devolving power and authority. Such devolution will be done from the centre right to the people. In …