LOCAL NEWS

Tshering Tashi/Thimphu For the upcoming 2nd Local Government (LG) Election, the Dzongkhag electoral staff in Lhuntse has formed three groups to educate voters in the chiwogs. While the leading team covered 12 chiwogs, the other two teams covered 6 and 5 chiwogs respectively. Voter education was held either on open …

According a Ministry of Agriculture and Forests report the National Seed Centre (NSC) has introduced tissue cultured Grand Naine (G-9) banana variety in 2015 June and July by importing it from India which was initially introduced from Israel. After importing, the NSC started culturing the variety in laboratory and multiplied …

Thimphu City has allocated total amount of Nu 98 Million for the construction of sewerage treatment plants for Motithang and Yangchenphug areas. It is funded by the Government of India, under the Small Development Project. So far, Thromde has completed the paper work for tendering works. Once it is fully …

The issue of not having caretaker in monasteries and dratshangs in the country has been discussed since mid 2000 but such issues still prevail in rural communities especially as the young and educated leave the villages for urban areas and rural houses become empty. The National Assembly of Bhutan before …

With the challenges faced by the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources, with regard to the overseas employment in the past, the ministry has now added some additional rules to make it work. The ministry will make a legally binding contract for jobseekers to sign. This is aimed at avoiding …

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has started a new program called Little Police Partnership (LPP) to celebrate the birth of His Royal Highness the Gyalsey, with a theme to promote child friendly policing with primary school level children in Thimphu. It will be launched by the Education Minister at Kuensel Phodrang …

The thousands of devotees attending the sacred Gomkora Tsechu were doubly blessed when His Majesty The King graced the historic festival. The people offered Ku Sung Thugten Mendrel and Tshogchang to welcome their King. His Majesty spent the evening meeting with the people. The tsechu was initiated by the 3rd Druk …

The Royal Bhutan Airlines will be welcoming its latest generation A319 equipped with “Sharklets to commemorate the 60th birth anniversary of the fourth Druk Gyalpo. The aircraft will be arriving from Hamburg, Germany via Delhi on 15th March at Paro International Airport and will complement its existing fleet of three …

As one of the happiest countries in the world, one might have a niggling question about the gender dynamics in Bhutan. Generally a typical Bhutanese women is considered a matriarch and from the accounts of those who comment on it women are liberated, tough and successful. There are instances like …

Two Bhutanese Youth Leaders selected among the community based scouts are in Denmark for a month long exchange program. The two phased exchange program will be held in Denmark and Bhutan where the youth leaders learn each country’s ways of scouting and produce adult leaders who will assist and support …