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Zambalha Dairy Group in need of sale counter
Zambalha Dairy Group in Pema Gatshel is doing a brisk business. With increase in both production and customers, what the group now needs is a sale counter. At present, they sell the products from their...
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Serthig’s lone poultry farmer prospers
Kelzang Wangmo carefully picks dozens of eggs from her chicken farm one by one and places them in a bucket until it is filled to the brim. She then heads to the water tap where the eggs are washed,...
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Closure of college of Zorig Chusum is failure of government’s three-college...
The closure of college of Zorig Chusum in Trashi Yangtse is a clear case of the failure of the government to fulfill the pledge of establishing three colleges in the east, says the Opposition. In a...
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Wizards wins Pepsi A-League Basketball Championship
Team Wizards won the fourth edition of Pepsi A-League basketball championship. In the second final played yesterday, Wizards defeated team Magics by five and half baskets. Team Magics were leading the...
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Thimphu Police arrest two for theft
Thimphu police arrested a 28-year-old man for robbery. The man, who is unemployed and from Zhemgang, is suspected to have robbed mostly the handbags and mobile phones. Police have earlier received over...
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Trashi Yangtse to relocate its current landfill
A landfill in Trashi Yangtse will be relocated to a new place following complaints from residents. The present landfill, located in Lichen Chiwog, will be moved to Langla about four kilometres away...
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EU commits € 52m
The Bhutanese government and the European Union (EU) signed the Agreed Minutes of the Seventh Biennial Consultations yesterday in Thimphu. The Bhutanese side was represented by the Director General of...
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Vendors of Tshimalakha, Gaeddu prefer roadside to vegetable market
Vendors of Tshimalakha and Gaeddu in Chhukha Dzongkhag prefer selling their crops on the roadside of Thimphu-Phuentshogling highway than in proper vegetable shed. When asked why? Vendors were quick to...
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Poor quality GC road perturbs villagers of Tsamang
Residents of Tsamang Gewog, Monggar are disappointed with the poor blacktopped quality of their Gewog Centre (GC) road. After completion of blacktopping works, the road was handed over to the...
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Ura’s ECCD Centre effective in preparing children for formal schooling
The Loden Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Centre at Ura Gewog in Bumthang is shaping lives of the community’s children by preparing them for the transition from preschool to grade school....
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SJ watermelon growers face stiff competition from sellers across the border
Most businesses in the border areas have to compete with their counterparts in neighbouring Indian towns. So is the case with the watermelon business. Dhanmoti Subba is one of the farmers in...
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MoEA’s Chamgzamtog service centre to become start-up centre
The Department of Cottage and Small Industry of the economic affairs ministry will convert its existing Service Centre at Changzamtog in Thimphu to Business Incubation or Start-up Centre soon. The...
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Agriculture ministry assures help to windstorm victims in Sarpang
The Agriculture Minister, Yeshey Dorji, on April 1 visited windstorm affected gewogs namely Senggye, Gakiling, and Shompangkha and comforted the victims. The minister told the victims that the...
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Traditional Korean room heating system piloted in Gasa
The use of Gudeul, a traditional Korean room heating technology, has been successfully piloted in Gasa. The system, an under floor heating, is a unique invention of ancient Korea, which uses direct...
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Education ministry to focus on teacher empowerment in 12th FYP to retain...
2017 saw the highest number of teachers leaving the profession, according to the Annual Education Statistics 2017. A total 345 teachers left the profession last year of which 260 resigned voluntarily....
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HRH Gyaltshab inaugurates “Use Right System Project” in Monggar
His Royal Highness Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji Wangchuck inaugurated the “Use Right System Project” in Monggar yesterday. This is the second such pilot project, which aims at granting state land for youth...
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Shopkeepers and smokers fined over narcotic substances
The Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA) has collected close to Nu 65,000 in fines from the shopkeepers for illegal possession of narcotic substances. The shopkeepers were caught during a string...
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Tsirang Sports Association to seek funds from BFF
Tsirang Sports Association through Dzongkhag Tshogdu (DT) will write to Bhutan Football Federation (BFF), seeking funds for the maintenance of additional facilities around the artificial football turf...
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More students show interest in art of gold and silver smith
The College of Zorig Chusum or the 13 Arts and Crafts in Trashi Yangtse is seeing an increase in the number of students showing keen interest in learning Tre-zo or the art of gold and silver smith....
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Dalbari-Dagapela road construction project is 60% complete
After a hiatus of almost two years, the construction of Dalbari-Dagapela secondary national highway in Dagana is now in full swing. The work resumed in March last year and so far around 60 per cent of...
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