A farmer, Sonam, in Zungye village under Chummey, Bumthang, planted potatoes twice last year. It was not due to market demands or because it was a high yielding variety seed. It was due to the wild boars damaging almost all her potato crops. She is among the few farmers in …

A 67-year-old farmer in Pang-Shu, Tang gewog, Bumthang, Ap Gyeltshen, rises early to use his pit toilet built near his house. He and a few other villagers are not yet able to build a modern attached toilet. Water and financial constraints are to be blamed. “As an early riser, everyone …

Buckwheat cultivation is making a comeback in Bumthang, a traditional staple diet in the central valley, which in recent decades had lost out to commerical cultivation of potato. Phurba, 65, from Gyatsa shifted to cultivating potato recently, after decades of cultivating buckwheat, and he now regrets the change. While wildlife …

In 2017, there were a total of 7,700 cases registered and 1,626 cases carried forward from 2016 stated the annual report of the Judiciary of Bhutan. A total of 6957 cases were decided by the courts in 2017. There were 4897 civil cases registered last year. Out of which the …

Thimphu Thromde will do away with parking spaces along Norzin Lam, Thimphu’s main thoroughfare, by the end of this year, after the completion of the two multi storied parking lots. The decision was made during a public consultation meeting last month. According to the Thromde master plan, Norzin lam was …

With the evolution of gadgets like smart phones and tablets, Internet accessibility is just a tap of the finger for children and youth. But there is risk of exposing children to inappropriate content and cyber bullying. To help promote positive use of Internet, Bhutan joined the global community to mark …

At the midterm review of the agriculture ministry’s Annual Performance Agreement (APA) for 2017-18 this week in Thimphu, the agriculture secretary petitioned the government to reduce targets for farm shops, fish production and budget utilization. Agriculture secretary Rinzin Dorji said the target for farm shops be reduced from 58 to …

At the press conference this week in Thimphu, the opposition party described the government’s charges against former DPT minister Yeshey Zimba of policy corruption and official misconduct, as ‘malicious political vendetta’. The government has alleged that the fiscal incentives approved by then DPT Government in April 2013 was granted to …

The Public Services and Grievance Redressal Division (PSGRD) under Cabinet Secretariat has received 61 applications and responded to about 40 applications received so far. Other remaining applications are being assessed for similar actions. Of this the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) and Ministry of Education (MoE) tops the grievances received …

The ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MoWHS) is in the process of drafting a national policy to guide the development of the construction sector so that it is inclusive and sustainable. One of the fastest growing sectors of the economy, the construction sector contributes 16 percent to the Gross …