A week long cleaning campaigning organized by the Greener Way, which concluded on Wednesday, saw tremendous support from around 1000 volunteers. The volunteers begin their cleaning campaign from Babesa and touched every part of Thimphu, going up till the extreme north till Taba. The Greener Way proprietor, Karma Yonten said, …
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His Majesty The King met with the people of Lobneykha (Chapcha), Darla, Meritsemo and Bongo during His Majesty’s Royal Tour to villages in Chhukha dzongkhag. His Majesty granted Audiences to the people at various public gatherings, where His Majesty discussed every aspect of their lives with the people, asking them …
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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 »Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is the focal agency that manages any natural disasters in Bhutan. It facilitates and coordinates relief works and distribution of relief materials as and when required. It also coordinate with other sectors in implementing recovery and reconstruction and build partnership with both national and international …
Read More »The Annual Health Walk 2015 will be historical and significant as the government is formally launching the “Financing of Essential Drugs & Vaccines” through Bhutan Health Trust Fund (BHTF). The launch is a special tribute to His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, on His Majesty’s 60th Birth Anniversary. …
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Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay and the Foreign Minister Lyonpo Damchoe Dorji arrived back in the country yesterday after nearly two week trip to Europe and the United Nations in New York. The main aim of the trip was to attend the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in the 70th session of …
Read More »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 »The government has given a 6 month extension to the contract of the 42 contract employees of the Royal Education Council who were recently asked to leave with the merger of the REC with the Ministry of Education. The PM said that the government in the meantime would look for …
Read More »Though the Guaranteed Employment Program (GEP) by the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) is considered to be a successful one, however, employers and employees are raising concerns on it, and it is mainly related to salary scale and job relevancy. As of now, the ministry has received 3 …
Read More »Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) stated that it will take measures to increase the internet bandwidth in the dzongkhags. As of now, each dzongkhag has a bandwidth of 12mbps. Information and Communications Minister, DN Dhungyel, said, “Those dzongkhags with high population like, Trashigang, Mongar and Samtse will have to …
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