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Although road connectivity has drastically improved in recent years with farm roads connecting all the gewogs the south central district of Dagana continues to face numerous transportation problems that worsen in summer. There are a number of reasons for this, from lack of adequate public service transport, poor condition of …

During the National Assembly’s question hour on May 16, finance minister Namgay Dorji said the government would not be able to exempt cash crop income from tax because it would create two rules and disrupt governance. He was responding to a query raised by Samtse’s Dophuchen Tading MP, Tek Bahadur …

The National Council ratified the Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit between the Kingdom of Bhutan and Government of India in yesterday’s session, which was last revised in 2006. Economic Affairs Minister Lekey Dorji, who presented the renewed agreement to the council, said the first trade agreement was signed in …

Since 2012, 128 people have been convicted for crimes against Ku-Sung-Thuk-Ten with prison sentences ranging from life to not less than four years according to records with the Royal Bhutan Police. As of now 24 people are under custody of which 19 are under trial and five in detention for …

The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Bill 2017, Bhutan Information, Communication and Media Bill 2016, Marriage Bill of Bhutan and Report of the Anti-Corruption Commission will be deliberated during the ninth session of second parliament, which began on May 3 in Thimphu. The session will also deliberate on …

The village of Autsho in the eastern district of Lhuentse is the latest rural community that is using fallow lands to take up commercial vegetable production. Autsho’s vegetable programme has engaged about 17 households in an eight-acre area to practice commercial vegetable production. They have been provided with vegetable seeds, …

An old Basic Health Unit (BHU) in Langchenphu gewog, Jomotshangkha dungkhag, in Samdrup Jongkhar, which remained vacant for close to three decades is being repaired to be used as Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) center. Langchenphu Gup, after drawing guidance and support from the villagers, proposed upgrading the old …

Community Forest has not only helped people effectively protect and manage forests and other natural resources within proximity of villages but has also brought communities together. In the recent fire in Paro where a house was gutted, community forest members of Druk Thuenpa Puenzhi in Dogar gewog came together in …

The Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi conferred the most distinguished Alumni Award 2017 on Supreme Court Justice Rinzin Penjor coinciding  with the 90th Annual Function Day. It was conferred by India’s Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javdekar.

Police at Tshimasham, on the Thimphu–Phuentsholing highway, arrested three men in their 20s, with illegal substances last week. On April 6, police arrested a 25-year-old employee of a private firm at around 9:30 pm. He was travelling in a taxi to Thimphu. Police seized 117 grams of Cannabis and 17 …