Of late the express way which connects urban Thimphu to its outskirts, has proved to be a gross misnomer of itself, and for the commuters cruising along its surface the drive is everything but a pleasant driving experience. The root of all tainted records for the 6.2 km stretch of …

Aurbay Sher Shong Payzothkhang (ASSP) the first READ supported community Library and resource center in Ura, commemorated its Second Anniversary on 26 May. Rural Education and Development (READ) Bhutan in partnership with Ura Middle Secondary School organized a cleanup campaign and created awareness in the community. Principal in the Function …

Land officials say this is unconstitutional while MoAF officials say the cabinet introduced the highly controversial changes The Land Bill of Bhutan 2012 even before being introduced in the Parliament has already created much controversy. National Land Commission officers accused the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests and the Cabinet of …

The two day awareness seminar for Right to Information (RTI) in capital saw experts from India, Bangladesh, USA and the World Bank advising Bhutan to adopt RTI as an important tool for good governance, transparency, democratization and also to prevent corruption. The experts also said that RTI Law will benefit …

Despite repeated reminders and allegations of graft by the community, the former Gup and committee have not yet made the accounts public The people of Debsi under Thimphu Dzongkhag contributed millions to construct a motorable bridge in 2007 but five years down the line the community is faced with a …

Gozhips in Dagana harvest more than 40 tons of Maize every year. Gozhips will hardly harvest five or six tons of Maize this year. That is easily not… good news. Farmers in the gewog are deeply worried the unusually long hiatus in rainfall is a prelude to an approaching famine …

Company promoters say that the company will help solve the Rupee crunch, accelerate hydro projects and build national capacity in hydro construction Bhutan’s first hydropower construction company to be called the Bhutan Energy and Infrastructure Limited (BEIL) will be registered with the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) within this month. …

Around 39 participants from private training providers and technical training institutes gathered for a first-time workshop on quality assurance management in training institutes conducted by the Department of Occupational Standard (DOS) under the labor ministry on 4th May in Paro. According to the Head of the Quality Assurance Division, labor …

People in Jamkhar gewog under Trashiyangtse dzongkhag were planning to connect their farm road till the doorsteps of Jiktsham Lhakhang. However, the Gewog Administration Officer, Ugyen Wangdi stated that  works might be stalled as the landscape is very rugged. The deadline to complete the work is by June. The road …

On 10th May, Bongo and Darla gewogs under Chukha Dzongkhag were oriented for  local governance.Two officials from Department of Local Government (DLG) and one from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) were in the gewogs to train the LG officials. According to the Bongo Gup Tashi Dorji, tshogpas, mangmis, Gaydrungs (Gewog …