Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) will conduct a training which will focus on surveying bird diversity and distribution in the Himalayas around Yongkola, Mongar in November. The training will emphasize study design, field data collection, statistical analyses and interpretation, and effective communication of results. Explaining the reason …

The National Budget report presented by Finance Minister Namgay Dorji for the fiscal year 2013-2014 to the National Assembly (NA) sparked discussions on the pledges made by the present government with Opposition members expressing doubts over the issue. Opposition MP Dorji Wangdi said the former government’s debt was discussed at …

The environment, climate change and poverty (ECP) issues have long been addressed and awarded the gravity of urgency it deserves, and now there is an integrated approach that will mainstream the ECP Mainstreaming (ECPM) initiative in the 11th Five Year Plan (FYP) guidelines. In order to make ECPM more pragmatic …

The National Council (NC) that has again taken up the issue of mining and natural resources conservation has passed three recommendations with regards to the sector’s activities and future direction during its session on Thursday. Councilor Jigme Rinzin, chairperson of the council’s natural resources and environment committee said that it …

The RTI bill has forwarded to NA’s legislative committee for further review and will be presented to the Assembly again on September 24 The long overdue Right to Information (RTI) bill which was tabled in the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday elicited little support from the Opposition party. Information and …

In order to prevent and control non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 2025, 11 South-East Asian countries are expected to adopt ten targets for having lost millions of lives every year due to NCDs. World Health Organization (WHO) , South-East Asian Region’s news release states an estimated 7.9 million lives, 55% of …

The 67 kilometer Shingkhar -Gorgan highway construction that runs through a core tiger habitat at Thrumshingla Park, which is said to have been stranded because the previous government faced a budget shortage, is now underway. The agriculture and forests ministry’s minister Yeshey Dorji said for the last ten years there …

36 enthusiast housewives from the Changjiji community in Thimphu have enrolled themselves in the free literacy classes provided by Read Model Center under Read Bhutan in Changjiji. The center provides one hour class, four times a week. The class has been divided into basic and advance categories with 24 and …

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) records maintained with the Woman and Child Protection Unit (WCPU) shows a decline in reported domestic violence cases. In 2011, a total of 244 cases of domestic violence were reported to WCPU which decreased to 199 in 2012. The assistant superintendent of police (ASP) Major Chewang …

A state funeral for the eleven soldiers of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) who died in the unfortunate September 2 explosive mishap in Haa will be held in the capital on Saturday. They were killed during a routine procedure of destroying unserviceable ammunition which exploded at around 10am at Anakha, …