The Central Water Supply Scheme project funded by World Bank was taken up by M/s Nima construction co Pvt. Ltd and M/s Fine INC from Korea for construction of intake, transmission main from Dodena to Taba and distribution mains with CWR at different locations including Care takers quarters and M/s East west construction and Fine …
Read More »The emerging challenge of fronting in the Tourism Industry
As if the rise of regional tourism and undercutting is not bad enough, Bhutan’s tourism Industry is seeing the rise of a new kind of challenge which is fronting in the tourism Industry -where foreign tour companies use Bhutanese tour licenses to run their business in Bhutan. The result is …
Read More »Chickenpox hits 50 students in Bumthang
50 students from Tang central school got infected by chicken pox. Several symptoms like redness scattered across the body was noticed, along with complain of fever and nausea. The BHU health assistant said although the number of cases are seen each day, various precaution measures are taken by the schools …
Read More »Jigme Namgyel Naktshang in Dungkar to be turned into a museum
Given the historical importance of the Jigme Namgyel Naktshang in Dungkar—the ancestral home of Wangchuk Dynasty, works are underway by the Lhuentse Dzongkhag administration to turn the 16th-century structure of immense historical importance into a museum within the 12th FYP. According to Jambay Wangchuk, the Lhuentse Dzongda, there are many …
Read More »An unsustainable increase of hotels impacts the hotel business in Phuentsholing
According to the hoteliers in Phuentsholing, low occupancy resulting from the increasing number of hotels and rented apartments being converted into hotels, shortage of labor and immigration issues are common concerns. The increase in the number of hotels is so high that even the high the number of tourist arrivals …
Read More »Bulk of Mangdechu revenue will go to finance pay hike
The annual implication of the pay commission’s pay hike is Nu 4.238 bn a year and 17.913 bn in the next four years. However, if increased salary hike grants to be given to the autonomous Royal University of Bhutan and other institutions and increased student stipends are included then the …
Read More »Third Vajrayana conference seeks to discuss various techniques in Vajrayana Buddhism
The Third International Conference on Vajrayāna Buddhism began yesterday in the capital with the theme—Techniques in Vajrayana Buddhism. The two-day conference was organized by the Centre for Bhutan and GNH studies (CBS) in collaboration with the Central Monastic. As per the CBS, the conference, in essence will address issues of …
Read More »What the Pay Commission report offers
The Basic Pay Hike The Cabinet released the fourth pay commission report which recommends a 14% to 29% pay hike. For civil servants the pay hike recommendation is 14% to 21% hike. It has a higher hike of 21% for O4 to O1 level, 18% for S5 to S1 level, …
Read More »Fake Tshethar tshogpas and spread of diseases leads to Tshethar guidelines
In order to facilitate tshethar activities or the practice of freeing living beings from slaughter and death, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests has developed guidelines for tshethar practices in the country. Providing the rationales behind the formulation and enforcement of the guidelines, agriculture minister, Lyonpo Yeshey Penjore said a …
Read More »Zangkhar PS: A model school in rural Lhuentse that is accomplishing wonders despite challenges
Perched centrally between Jarey and Maedtsho gewogs, Zangkhar Primary School in Lhuentse has been distinguished in the 90s despite its remoteness for having excelled remarkably in academics amongst all the schools in the country. It is the second school established in 1962 after Lhuentse Primary School in the dzongkhag. Today, …
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