While the nation was busy preparing for celebrating the 60th birth anniversary, a few chose to take a detour by stealing the flowers planted by the National Biodiversity Center under the Ministry of Agriculture. The culprits, a hotelier and one of his staffs aged 56 and 29 years respectively were …
Read More »Bhutan Telecom employee dies fixing connection problems
A 33 year old technical operator died after falling off of a mobile tower in the heart of Gelephu town. The deceased Mr. Hem Kumar Ghalley was an employee of Bhutan Telecom and had climbed over the tower to check line connections after the complaints of about 3 gewogs over …
Read More »What the MoIC and the media are doing to celebrate the 60th anniversary
As a part of the celebration of His Majesty the fourth Druk Gyalpo turning 60 on November 11, 2015, the Ministry of Information and Communications’ and the Media is playing an important role in celebrating the occasion. Bhutan Post will be inaugurating the Postal museum: Evolution of the Communication System …
Read More »GEP- effective when job seekers understand procedures
Many job seekers who cannot register themselves into the Guaranteed Employment Program (GEP) online have to come all the way to the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) in Thimphu to seek assistance and apply for a job. They say it is inconvenient for them to register from home. …
Read More »PM says rise in WB ranking will mean more investment
Bhutan has risen by a record 54 places from 125th position in 2014 to the 71st place in 2015 in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index. Bhutan had ranked 141st in 2013. Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay said this was possible only because of all the hard work the …
Read More »University graduates see a bright future in agriculture
It has been seven months since three aspiring commerce graduates formed a start- up organic agriculture business. They have managed to change the stereotypical notion that farming is only meant for uneducated people in rural areas. In fact, their educational background is only helping them to enhance agricultural works and …
Read More »Elephants continue to discourage farming in Sipsu
Elephants roaming along the bordering areas of Sipsu are a major cause of concern for the farmers as it discourages farming. The human-wildlife conflict in Sipsu, especially with elephants, has been going on for many years. Farmers are forced to leave their farmlands to resettle elsewhere. Elephants cannot be killed …
Read More »Focus on improving quality construction: PM
The Prime Minister gave a clear warning to contractors of the north east-west highway a few weeks ago to do a good quality job or forego similar future jobs. The PM said that the government was open to applying similar standards in other construction projects for ensuring good quality construction …
Read More »Police watching out for locked doors and people creating nuisance in residential areas
The police on the bicycles are now doing serious patrolling in the residential areas and in the town for the safety and well-being of residents. Apart from robberies they also are on the lookout for those people who have a tendency to smoke on the staircase of the buildings hampering …
Read More »MoWHS MTR focuses on national highways and unhappy engineers
Noting that the MTR began early, with only two years of the 11th FYP having been completed, in order to commemorate the review of socio-economic and plan development goals with His Majesty the Fourth King’s Birth Anniversary, the progress of the Ministry of Woks and Human Settlement was presented. The …
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