August, 2009
Dagachu Hydro power Plant to boom the economy
The 114 Megawatt Dagachhu hydro power project in Dagana is expected to bring rapid economic development for the people in the region. People in the region are expecting business and employment opportunities once the project takes off later this year.
The hydropower project is already benefiting the people in the region. The access roads to the [...]
Paro Festival 2010
This itinerary offers an in-depth experience of Bhutan as you will be witnessing one of the greatest of Bhutan’s glorious Himalayan Buddhist dance festivals known as Paro Tsechu. As spring warms the mountains, the dancers in magnificent masks and brilliant silk costumes take on the aspects of peaceful and wrathful deities as they illustrate [...]
Mahabodhi society’s presidency ship for the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley will be president of the Mahabodhi society, a Buddhist organisation based in India. Lyonchhoen accepted the post after an invitation from the society was handed over yesterday by a delegation. The prime minister will assume the post in 2010 for three years. The prime minister said the offer was [...]
Farming in Eastern Bhutan
Around 51 percent of the total rice consumption in 50 of the 69 gewogs in the six eastern dzongkhags is imported, according to a study conducted by the agriculture research centre in Wengkhar in Mongar Dzongkhag.
According to the study, out of 8883 acres of wetland in the six dzongkhags, around 1192 acres have been laid [...]
A grant from People of Japan
To promote farm mechanization, the Japanese government will be giving a Non Project Grant Aid beginning this year.
Japanese and Bhutanese officials met in the capital today to discuss the grant.
The grant will further boost the KR-II grant which supports farm mechanization.
Under the new grant, Bhutan will receive farm machinery worth over Nu. 100,000 million.
It will [...]
The lhop’s culture
Modernisation is fast making inroads into the culture-rich Lhop community in Samtse Dzongkhag. Some outgoing youth, who have ventured out of their community and come back, have taken to wearing gho and kira. Some of them have developed modern tendencies and inclinations. But their unique culture remains strong and vibrant. Lhops believe that [...]
Relocation of Chamkhar town
The plan to shift the Chamkhar town in Bumthang to the new site at Dekiling is yet to materialize. The basic infrastructure development at Dekiling town site has been completed about two years ago.
Seventy five of the 136 business license holders in Chamkhar town have also been awarded land. In May this year, they were [...]
New species in parts of Bhutan
The world’s smallest deer, a new species of monkey, and a flying frog are among the 353 new species that have been identified in the Eastern Himalayas between 1998 and 2008, but conservationists warn that global warming is threatening to alter the native habitats of these unique plants and animals. The discoveries by scientists [...]
Flying frog
Environmentalists say a failure to deal with climate change and habitat destruction could jeopardise the future of hundreds of new plant and animal species identified in the eastern Himalayas.
A report released by WWF International says more than 350 species have been discovered in the past decade in the region spanning Nepal, Bhutan, and remote northern [...]
Eastern Dragon Fest
Aug 24, 2010 to Sep 07, 2010
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The National Assembly Building
The National Assembly Building was built by the third king Jigme Dorji Wangchuck to hold the national assembly, Tshogdue. Today it houses the office of ...
