New roads to improve inter-dzongkhag connectivity
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Roads: A number of new roads across the country will be proposed in the revised road master plan to improve inter-dzongkhag connectivity.
View ArticleEnvisioning the Bhutanese civil society sector
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Workshop: More than 40 civil society leaders and mid-level officials attended a three-day leadership workshop organised by Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy .
View ArticleCollaborating to divert the Amochhu
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : The move is being pursued to prevent a similar flooding that occurred last year Safety: Fearing more flooding this summer, more than 35 business entities along the Amochhu...
View ArticleGalaxy of leaders, stars to grace Mamata's swearing-in today
Deccan Herald : IN : The CPM and Congress may boycott Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in ceremony on Friday, but there will be no dearth of VVIPs at the event.Though senior officials were not willing to...
View ArticleGalaxy of leaders to attend Mamata's swearing-in, Shukla, Kolkata mayor in...
Yahoo! News : US : Kolkata, May 26 Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, former Indian cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla and noted singer Indranil Sen will be among 18 new faces to be sworn in as ministers as...
View ArticleLocal leaders will forego gratuity to re-contest
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : In line with the LG members entitlement Act LG: With most local leaders in Paro completing their tenure in August, should they resign before that, they will have to forego...
View ArticleCensus postponed
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : It is yet to be determined when the population and housing census will be held Statistics: In what should put to rest rumours, May 30 and 31 will not be holidays.
View ArticleWFP commends Bhutan's school feeding progress
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Food: The World Food Programme's Deputy Regional Director in Asia and the Pacific region commended the government's holistic approach to school meals during her recent call on...
View ArticleNC to hold regular press conferences for information dissemination
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Governance: The National Council will call a press conference twice every session – one in the beginning of the session and another at the end. The first conference was held...
View ArticleGuma gewog searches for more water
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Resources: While construction of the new dzongkhag court above Guma gewog, Punakha is nearing completion, local leaders are worried that there will not be a water supply for...
View ArticleNeed to provide better services
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : It has become a familiar sight in Phuentsholing. On some days, especially early in the week, hundreds of tourists and foreign workers crowd the immigration office.
View ArticlePanbang to give vegetable cultivation another shot
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Agriculture: Following an awareness programme, residents of Panbang plan to give vegetable cultivation another shot.
View ArticleAgriculture for food security subject introduced
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Education: Agriculture for Food Security will be introduced as an optional subject for classes XI and XII from the next academic year.
View ArticleHarmonising standards in the region
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Trade: About 86 percent of intra-regional trade in the SAARC region is affected through non-tariff measures , adoption of non-uniform standards being one of the NTMs.
View ArticleGharials continue to draw locals and tourists
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Conservation: Even as 15 juvenile gharials and eight adult crocodiles are being relocated to Jigmeling in Gelephu, the Gharial Conservation Centre in Phuentsholing remains a...
View ArticleCommercial space in multi-level car park
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : The construction of the multi-level car park is expected to be completed by end of next year. Infrastructure: About 20 percent of the two multi-level car parks that are...
View ArticleLanguage policy: Decolonising the mind
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : A language will become dormant and ultimately vanish when it is no longer spoken as the first or primary language.
View ArticleAt a crossroads: Tourism development in Bhutan
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Having availed many years of work experience and research opportunities in the field of tourism and aware of the present concerns raised on the future of tourism I feel...
View ArticleAdventurer Says 'Walking The Himalayas' Wasn't About 'Sticking Flags In Peaks'
NPR : US : Levison Wood, who previously walked the length of the Nile River, has now trekked 1,700 miles, from Afghanistan to Bhutan, along the Himalayan mountain range.
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