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Education minister also says no to NC committee proposal to teach History in Dzongkha Prospective employees may already know this, with most job applicants even unable to write a decent application letter in English, but a survey has confirmed that Bhutanese students find English more challenging to learn than Dzongkha. …

To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of His Majesty the King’s accession to the Golden Throne, a Nation Wide Cleaning Campaign will be conducted on 9th December 2016. Videoconferencing with the Dzongdags of 20 Dzongkhag from Thimphu yesterday, Lyonchhen said “the real gift to His Majesty the King would be to …

According to a senior government source, Bhutan is waiting for the India to exchange around INR 2.5 bn or INR 250 crores of demonetized INR 500 and INR 1000 notes from Bhutan. However, though Bhutan’s Foreign Ministry and its Embassy in Delhi has sent requests to India, the Reserve Bank …

With the ongoing ban of chillies from Falakata in North Bengal and soaring domestic prices, the government is importing 20 Metric Tons or 20,000 kg of chillies from the Indian state of Gujarat via Kolkata. Agriculture Minister Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji said that the ministry has carried out chemical test on …

With the domestic seasonal supply drying out fast and the import ban still on, prices of vegetables in Thimphu are spiraling with each passing week frustrating both vendors and consumers.  Meanwhile the government’s winter vegetable production in the warmer districts is yet to hit the markets or make any impact. …

However, many landowners are ready to move court on the issue The Thimphu Thromde in a public notice issued to 104 landowners in Hejo, Thimphu asked them to come forward and collect their government rate cash compensation for their land, which is now meant to be a Diplomatic enclave. The …

The owners of  the five buildings affected by the long term water poisoning of the drinking water to their building and tenants, are not satisfied the with Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) investigation into the issue, saying that the main culprit has been let off. The building owners are Jigme Chogyal, …

In the backdrop of a growing number of regional tourists and vehicles entering Bhutan, the National Council (NC) in its 16th session in December 2015 passed a resolution which among others recommended a host of measures to regulate regional tourism. However, the government of the day was unable to get …

Farmers across Bhutan have been hit hard with the continuous deflation in the price of potatoes in the past few years. The situation has been made worse this year by the recent demonetization announcement on November 8 by the Indian Government. According to the marketing advisor with the Food Corporation …

Agriculture and Livestock officers over the years have found it increasingly difficult to convince farmers in the poorest parts of Bhutan, and especially so in Eastern Bhutan to take up livestock, poultry and fishery related activities. In fact, due to strong religious influence and social pressures even farmers who did …