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“Bhutan has not only progressed but has matured a lot in its political system since its transition to democracy,” said the new SAARC Secretary General Ahmed Saleem who made his first visit to Bhutan since he assumed the post last March. During his visit he met with Bhutanese counterparts from …

Bhutan wants to stay green, and promote green. Naturally Afforestation and plantation programs figure into the to-do list. An incongruous collection of Norms and Standards or a frequent inadequacy of budget to-do it was not, part of the plan. The element of budget shortage has paradoxically always contradicted Bhutan’s otherwise …

Being rendered handicapped with the resignation of the chairman, Tashi Yangyel Community Forests (CF) of Wangbama village under Genyen gewog is currently on the hunt for a new chairman who could manage their chunk of forests. A series of CF management groups meetings to elect the new chairman had concluded …

Three oil expeller and three flour mills which will benefit about 174 households will be constructed in the Gewog. The shed construction of these six mills will be constructed with the Constituency Development Grant (CDG) budget of almost 0.2 mn. However, one oil expeller and one flour mill will be …

Completion of a three kilometer farm road in Zumi Gewog signals development prospects but farmers will have to take up cash crops cultivation to reap the benefits. Khelikha village, one of the five chiwogs in Zomi Gewog under Punakha Dzongkhag is about 30 minutes away from the nearest road head. …

Paddy fields will be visible in Pangzur Kago Nawa under baling chiwog only after the completion of the seven kilometers irrigation channel.“We don’t have a paddy field in the chiwog despite the spacious and barren area because there were no water sources in the area, so people are planning to …

Until recently if a person is caught drunk and driving, he was either charged a penalty or in some minor cases excused. However, with the increasing number of traffic accidents in the city the traffic rules are going to be implemented more strictly. It is not that rules did not …

In the back drop of the rupee crunch which limits vegetables import and in sync with the agriculture ministry’s initiative to enhance local agricultural production to meet the goal of self-reliance, farmers around the country are now aiming to produce fruits and vegetables, in bigger quantities. Tawchum, 22 year old, …

A 26-year-old man was killed while a 28-year-old and a 29-year-old accomplice escaped with multiple stab wounds from a bar brawl which continued near the expressway between the Fly-over Bridge and Changjiji Bridge during the late hours of Monday on May 21 in Thimphu. The four accused involved in the …

The Royal Bhutan Police (RPB) in Thimphu arrested three people for possession and illegal transaction of controlled substances in the span of one week. A 32-year-old man from Trashiyangtse was arrested on May 14 from a hotel in Phuntsholing when a clandestine informer reported to the RBP that a DCM …