Timber extraction should be prudent, experts say
November 6th, 2020
The forest department has submitted a proposal and a study on additional timber harvesting to the Cabinet. While the Cabinet is yet to deliberate on the proposal, conservation experts have started a dialogue on the social media group ‘Bhutan Conservation Forum’.
Investors and entrepreneurs pour in as industrial estate takes shape finally
November 6th, 2020
Jigmeling, Sarpang. After a rather long wait, the industrial estate is...
Pangtse shing benefits rural communities but faces threat from deforestation
November 6th, 2020
Petari in Punakha had recorded no incidence of severe drought, water...
Students say household chores impede study
November 5th, 2020
More than one in three students could not study at home...
Only one candidate for Bumdeling’s bye-election for gup
November 5th, 2020
Bye-election for gup in Bumdeling Gewog, Trashiyangtse is scheduled for November...
Greenhouse gives fresh vegetables in Merak
November 5th, 2020
In Merak, Trashigang, Tshenden is preparing lunch for her family. She...
GDP bounced back in 2019
November 5th, 2020
The Bhutanese economy bounced back strongly in 2019, the National Accounts...
Boulder export in Gelephu reforms
November 5th, 2020
The export of boulders and riverbed materials from Gelephu to India...
Hazelnut growers unhappy with prices
November 5th, 2020
Tashi Yangzom, from Lhuentse, started growing hazelnuts in 2010. Ten years...
Elephants destroy acres of paddy fields
November 5th, 2020
Elephants destroyed about seven acres of paddy fields belonging to the...
Thimphu Thromde to complete its four-lane road by June 2021
November 5th, 2020
Widening and converting the road between Bhutan Telecom Junction to Jungshina...
CFM vendors resort to vending from multiple locations
November 5th, 2020
Tashi Wangmo, a dried vegetable vendor at the Centenary Farmers’ Market...
Orange exporters desperate for workers
November 5th, 2020
Mandarin export season begins in a few weeks in Gelephu but...