Private airline to resume domestic service in October
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Initially decided for March this year, an extension was sought and granted Tashi Air: The private airline, Tashi Air, will resume its domestic flight services in October this...
View Article'Babesa sambar' was fifth deer to be rescued this month
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Wildlife: The sambar that foresters rescued from the sewage tank in Babesa on February 4 did not jump into the sewerage tank by accident. Sambar , foresters say, run towards...
View ArticleDAHE online scholarship application system picks pace
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Feedback received by DITT shows high rates of approval for ease of use and speed G2C: In a display of how technology could drastically improve the efficiency of public...
View Article2,400km of roads in 11th Plan
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Of that 2,000km will be farm roads and 400 national NA Q-hour: In the 11th Plan, the government will construct more than 2,000km of farm roads, 400km national roads and repair...
View ArticleBetter late than never
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : After decades of planned development, one area that is still a national priority is road. Right from the beginning of our five-year plans, the country has spent substantial...
View ArticleNC discusses lease land issues
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : NC's good governance committee reviewed the lease of government land and GRF land and mines NC: Lack of policy framework, weak enforcement of legal provisions and occupation of...
View ArticleFinance minister quizzed about stimulus plan
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Going by how the stimulus was to be used, some council members said it nullified the objective of improving liquidity ESP: National council members yesterday asked the finance...
View ArticleNC draws up areas for govt. intervention in construction
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Council: Recognising the spiraling cost of construction, National Council yesterday discussed strategies to combat adverse consequences of this sector. The council proposed six...
View Article233 benifit land kidu in Trashiyangtse
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Royal visit: His Majesty the King granted more than 154 acres of land kidu to 233 thram holders in Trashiyangtse on February 9 and urged the beneficiaries to protect their...
View ArticleGovt. should review PAVA rates …
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : … said the PM at the meet-the-press, if what's currently on offer is not realistic Land rate: The government should review the rates, if what the government Property...
View ArticleAutonomous public hospital, what it means
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Medical professionals' favouring national referral hospital's autonomy conveys a subtle message. Like institutions that have sought and gained autonomy from the civil service...
View ArticleCooperative-institute nexus to go nationwide
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Linking farmers' groups with schools and institutes is a project to satisfy both MAGIP: After successfully linking 57 farmers' groups of six eastern dzongkhags to 31 schools...
View ArticleChangju gets gifted a ropeway
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Funded by GEF small grants program, the facility will take a load off the villagers' backs Tarayan: While villagers of Changju in Norgaygang gewog in Samtse will still have to...
View ArticleAmericans back on top in tourist arrivals
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : After falling second for the first time in 2012 to the Japanese, the Americans were once again #1 Tourism: American tourists dominated international arrivals last year,...
View ArticlePasakha - urban by tax but not amenities
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Becoming a P/ling constituency has so far only been a burden to the villagers Thromde: When the Phuentsholing thromde declared Pasakha, Pekarshing and Rinchending as its...
View ArticleGoing strong at 103…
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Lifestyle: Ganga Maya Ghalley from Chokorling, Gelephu, thinks that she is one of those rare, yet fortunate ones, who got to live under the reign of all five kings in the...
View ArticleIn Transit Blog: More Trips to the Rivers and Temples of Bhutan
New York Times : US : Bhutan is now offering a lengthening menu of adventures, often collaborations with American outfitters.
View ArticlePay commission's report only next month
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Salary: While many were eagerly waiting to learn the Pay Commission's findings on salary revisions, which the finance minister was supposed to present to the National Assembly...
View ArticleHow much capital budget was released
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Assembly: Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, responding to concerns the opposition members raised, yesterday presented the budget released till December 2013 for the first fiscal,...
View ArticlePicture story
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Dechenphodrang monks help fight fire that destroyed about three acres of forest below Dechenphodrang monastery in Thimphu yesterday afternoon. An electric short circuit was...
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