Day: July 4, 2018

With timely rainfall this year, the farmers of Trashigang are hoping for a bountiful potato harvest this year. Potato is the main cash crop for the farmers in the dzongkhag. Dorji, a 51-year-old farmer said that he expects to harvest a good yield this year. “We will surely have a good yield this year as […]

In the last two years, there has been no report of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) cases in the country. A press release from the Ministry of Health (MOH) this week stated that there were 27 new cases of HIV detected in the country from November last year to June this year bringing […]

A four-storey center with 28 business incubation units, built at the cost of about Nu 67.5M, the first of its kind of startup center for cottage and small industries (CSI) entrepreneurs was inaugurated on Monday at Changzamtok. The center will provide an enabling space to aspiring entrepreneurs to shape and develop their business ideas. Aspiring […]

Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) declared its 47th candidate for the upcoming National Assembly elections on Monday. Namgay Tshering, a 39-year-old from Jeleykha under Naja gewog will contest from Dogar-Shaba constituency, Paro. He has a Masters Degree in Public Health from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and a Bachelors Degree in BSc. Communication from University of Madras, Tamil […]

In the past few recent years, farmers of Radhi gewog in Trashigang, the rice bowl of eastern Bhutan, have seen increasing paddy yield. Radhi is covered with thick blankets of green paddy and maize fields. Of the total 1,258.91 acres of wetland in the gewog, 1,238.16 acres are under paddy cultivation. Because of this, Radhi […]

The construction work on a fuel depot in Kanglung, which was supposed to be operational by May, is showing slow progress leaving residents worried. At the construction site, the land has been leveled and fuel tanks transported. Besides that, work has been moving at snail’s pace. A Kanglung resident, Sonam said that the construction of […]

Singeychhu bridge which connects seven villages in Samphelling gewog with the rest of Phuentsholing across the Singyechhu river has become unusable as of now. The recent downpour has washed away protection walls of the bridge. Constructed last year, the 70-ft long bridge was a vital connecting bridge for the villagers. Otherwise, they had to use […]

Compared to five years ago, the country’s economy today has become stronger and more robust with Gross Domestic product (GDP) increasing from Nu 100bn in 2013 to Nu 180bn as of now. This was declared by Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay, while presenting ‘The State of the Nation’ report to the second session of the […]

Political parties and the ECB talk on the current mandate that requires the parties to field 47 candidates in the primary round Do political parties really need to have 47 candidates to contest for the primary round of elections? This is one question some political observers have been asking given that the primary round is […]