The third meetings of the Joint Working Groups (JWGs) on Sub-Regional Cooperation between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) on Water Resources Management and Power/Hydropower and on Connectivity and Transit were held in Dhaka on 19-20 January 2016. The JWG on Water Resources Management and Power/Hydropower carried forward earlier discussions …

His Majesty The King on 22nd January 2016 granted dhar to the new gups elected during the local government by-elections. Rinzin from Drametsi, Mongar, Nim Dorji from Gakiding, Haa, Prem Bdr. Ghalley from Tading, Samtse, Sonam Dendup from Langthil, Trongsa, and Padam Singh Monger from Dekiling, Sarpang, are the new …

A farmer’s market shed, constructed upon the Royal Command of His Majesty The King, was inaugurated at Gangola in Mongar. The farmer’s market will immensely benefit the farmers of Chali, Tsakaling, and Mongar gewogs, who market their produce at the strategic location, situated at the junction of the Mongar-Bumthang and …

On 12th January 2016 Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay, addressed the participants of the Central School Immersion Program and biennial DEO conference, which was held in Phuntsholing HSS from 6th to 12th Jan 2016. According to a Ministry of Education release amongst other matters Lyonchhen stressed on the importance of the role …

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 …

With a recent installment of Nu 1.997 bn the Government of India (GoI) has released a total of Nu 17.576 bn to RGoB which is 39.06 percent of total committed allocation of Nu 45 bn in the 11th Five Year Plan Period. The GoI has committed a total of Nu …

A Thrimshing RNR project under the Ministry of Agrculture and Forests (MoAF) found that the best way to combat land degradation was by using stone check dams. Tshering Dorji the Gewog Forest Officer in his report said there has been mass land degradation and landslide in many gewogs in Trashigang Dzongkhag. …

A release by the Ministry of Information and Communication (MoIC) said that the government has decided to purchase 10 additional buses for city transport at a cost of Nu. 67.55 mn. The MoIC said that the burgeoning vehicular traffic in Thimphu City has become a concern to everyone and so …