THE NATION

Surjey Dhungyel, 25, is one of the few graduates who has taken up farming after completing college. The 25 year old who has a Bachelors degree in Life Science from Sherubtse College is today a proud owner of a semi commercial dairy farm in Penjorling village in Samtse. After college …

Farmers in Mongar dzongkhag are trying to optimise the use of fallow land with government incentives such as seeds and seedlings, irrigation facilities, transportation subsidy and marketing equipment. The dzongkhag agriculture sector and the gewog administration initiated construction of a 2 km long irrigation channel. With this irrigation channel, seeds …

Youth Business Cooperative (YBC) in Thimphu supplies chillies at Nu 55 per kg which many considered to be quite reasonable during the chilli crisis but recently consumers have started complaining that over 50 per cent of the chillies that YBC supplies are rotten and unusable, consumer says. What makes it …

Rotarians from 10 different countries participated inthe maiden club conference organized by Rotary Club of Thimphu titled-‘Responsible Entrepreneurship towards Sustainable Development’. The three day long conference commenced from Friday with overwhelming number of Rotarians turn out to deliberate on the knowledge and experience of Rotary and Rotarians around the world. …

The Office of the Gyaltshab, Gyalpozhing organized a Fair Carnival for six Eastern Dzongkhags from 5th-9th February 2017 at Gyalpozhing, Mongar to commemorate the 1st Birth Anniversary of His Royal Highness Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck. His Royal Highness Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji Wangchuck graced the event on 8th February 2017. HRH …

The Phuentsholing Thromde is carrying out major river training works at the base of Kailashwor hill as protection from the Amochhu river that spates every monsoon and wreaks havoc to settlements on the Amochhu banks. The training works include dredging the river channel for 3 km with a width of …

The Prime Minister during the Meet the Press yesterday said that the elected members, be it in their individual  capacity or as a political party who is resigning on petty grounds without completing their term, is a betrayal to the sacred trust of the people who have elected to serve …

The maximum retail price (MRP) marked on commodities imported from India cannot be applied to shops in Bhutan according to the Office of Consumer protection (OCP), Ministry of Economic Affairs. “MRP is originally adopted and implemented in India to maintain uniformity of price of a product in India considering the …

A fervent bird watcher and amateur photographer Sherab Jamtsho isn’t interested in portraying the world exactly as it is. Instead his unique vision presents nature as a rustic paradise of fairy tales. “I have learned to see things invisible, to enjoy a million small details to which I previously didn’t …

Following the successful commercial plantation of watermelon in Mongar and Trashiyangtse, more farmers in the east are taking up large-scale plantation of this healthy fruit. A team from the ARDC sub-centers in Lingmethang and Khangma, have also introduced the program in a 4 acre area in Phuntshothang, Samdrupjongkhar dzongkhag, cultivated …