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Press Release on the Agenda of 18th Session (National Council of Bhutan)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Nov 2016
(Source. National Council of Bhutan). Press Release on the Agenda of 18th Session. Posted on .03 November 2016 ... The House will start its deliberation with the follow-up on the resolution of the 17th Session, report on National Assembly's acceptance on National Council's budget recommendations and Dzongkhag Tshogdu Issues, if any. The other agenda include two legislative issues, six policies issues and one international agreement ... Ms ... Email....

Khuruthang Depot cum Farm Shop inaugurated (MOAF - Ministry of Agriculture and Forests of Bhutan)

Edit Public Technologies 03 May 2016
Other dignitaries present at the function were the Hon'ble Members of Parliament for Kabji-Talo Demkhong and National Council Member for Wangdue, Head of WFP-Bhutan Program, Dasho Dzongda, Dasho Drangpon, Superintendent (RBP) and Dasho Dzongrab of Punakha, Dasho Dzongrab and Dzongkhag Tshogdu Chairman for Wangdue accompanied by Thromde Thuemi's, ......

National parliaments have role to play to achieve SDGs: PM Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh Awami League) ...

Edit Public Technologies 01 Feb 2016
President of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Chair of the session Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Deputy Speaker of Srilankan Parliament Thilanga Sumathipala, Speaker of the House of the People (Wolesi Jirga) of Afghanistan Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi, Speaker of the National Assembly (Tshogdu) of Bhutan Jigme Zangpo, Speaker of the Majlis of the Maldives ......

Tourist and guide drown in Mebartsho

Edit Jakarta Post 05 Nov 2015
Accident ... According to police, the French tourist, 66, fell in the lake while taking photographs ... The guide was from Bongo, Chukha ... Since 2013, safety of tourists visiting the Mebartsho has been highlighted in all forums and even discussed in the Bumthang Dzongkhag Tshogdu. The Tshogdu even considered disallowing unguided tourists at the lake but later resolved that the dzongkhag come up with appropriate safety measures instead....

2nd CF Networking Workshop held in Punakha (MOAF - Ministry of Agriculture and Forests of ...

Edit Public Technologies 18 Sep 2015
(Source ... The different stakeholders who attended the consultative meeting comprised of Dzongkhag Tshogdue (DT) Chairperson, Dy ... To mark the opening the Dzongkhag Tshogdue Chairperson urged all the CF executive members to take active roles in managing the community forests sustainably, reminding them that the Royal Government had spent a huge amount towards the establishment of community forests and handing the CFs over to them ... (noodl....

Trongsa dzong renovation yet to start

Edit Kuensel Online 10 Feb 2015
Heritage. With the department of culture yet to approve the drawings, designs and estimate, a major renovation work worth Nu 30.47M of the country’s largest historical monument Trongsa dzong is likely to be delayed. According to the dzongkhag, the renovation work was supposed to begin by December 2014 ... The dzongkhag tshogdu in July 2014 decided to pull down the existing damaged structure by December last year ... By Tempa Wangdi, Trongsa ....

Two local leaders convicted for official misconduct

Edit Kuensel Online 07 Feb 2015
The Gakidling gup has appealed to the district court against the dungkhag court’s verdict. Corruption ... “I was falsely implicated,” he said ... According to the court verdict, the dzongkhag administration charged gup Tshering Wangdi for being involved directly in the construction work, without discussing at the gewog tshogdu, and for breaching the community contract rules, local government act and penal code of Bhutan ... By Rinzing Wangchuk ....

Sephu wins claim to disputed cordyceps collection area

Edit Kuensel Online 28 Jan 2015
It was also decided that hence harvesting would be restricted to the respective gewogs. Fungus. Following two days of meeting, the home minister, Damcho Dorji, Gasa and Wangdue dzongkhags resolved that the much-disputed area, Metha-Chutha and Yangu, falls under Sephu gewog, Wangdue. The first meeting was held last week at the home ministry headquarters in Thimphu, and later at the Wangdue’s dzongkhag tshogdu hall on January 26 ...   ....

Villagers refuse to vacate government land

Edit Kuensel Online 01 Jan 2015
Gewogs will start assessing the cases of illegal constructions from today. Land ... During the dzongkhag tshogdu (DT), the land record office reported of 40 houses being constructed illegally on government land ... The dzongkhag also issued a circular in October to pull down the structures and fences by December 30 based on the tshogdu’s resoluation ... The case is the same in Chumey and Ura....

Buli-Shingkhar farm road construction resumed

Edit Kuensel Online 16 Dec 2014
The difference among people of Wamling helped road officials to compile report. Zhemgang. Construction of the Buli-Shingkhar road, which was suspended since September this year, has resumed since last month. The road construction resumed after the department of roads’ chief engineer in Tingtibi, Prabhat Rai, met with the people of Wamling and submitted a detailed report to the dzongkhag tshogdu last month ... By Tashi Dema, Tingtibi ....

We may have to revisit parliamentary constituencies: CEC

Edit Kuensel Online 10 Dec 2014
LG Act ... “The conflicting provisions of the previous law with the Constitution was the main reason that we had to reluctantly conduct an incomplete and one-time local government elections only for four dzongkhag thromde tshogdes and none for the yenlag thromdes and dzongkhag tshogdu thuemis,” the CEC told Kuensel. He welcomed the decision, saying it had been waiting for an amendment since the enactment of the pervious LG Act....

Liquor retail trade license issue suspended

Edit Kuensel Online 10 Dec 2014
As its issuance and attempts to control alcohol consumption were seen to be at variance. Notification. The trade department, on December 6, issued a notification suspending the issuance of liquor retail trade license with immediate effect ... The trade department’s decision comes after Zhemgang dzongkhag tshogdu suspended the issuance of licenses for liquor retail shops. Sonam P Wangdi said they issued the notification ... By Tashi Dema....

Tshogdu and trade at cross-purposes

Edit Kuensel Online 01 Dec 2014
While one clamps down on local, the other issue licenses to flog the factory-made. Alcohol. Two months ago, the Zhemgang dzongkhag tshogdu, the highest legislative body at the local level, suspended issuing alcohol retail licenses in the dzongkhag. Having discussed alcohol almost every year in the tshogdu, members agreed that alcohol was one of the main reasons for socio-economic problems in the remote dzongkhag....
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