« Ornamental and medicinal:The Alevora plant is found in abundance in Dagana A mission to collect and derive local genetic material that can be used for profitable end products National Biodiversity Centre For a long time, the locals of Dagana used Alevora plant to cure burns. It was a practice, elders recall, which had been [...]
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24th Nov, 2011
The Alevora plant is found in abundance in Dagana
« At Home: The home minister interacts with out-of-school youth Police & Out-Of-School Youth Partnership Program Ram Mongar’s hopes went up by several notches last morning, after he heard the home and cultural affairs minister sound out about giving school dropouts like him an opportunity to do something in their life. The 22-year-old, who left [...]
21st Nov, 2011
The Prime Minister presided over the Bhutan climate summit
« The Prime Minister presided over the Bhutan climate summit where a regional framework of cooperation was agreed upon Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal sign a declaration of consensus at Bhutan climate summit Summit Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal have agreed on a ‘framework of cooperation’, and a mechanism to address several issues related to [...]
21st Nov, 2011
Bhutan Druk Wangyel Archery tournament
Druk Wangyel Archery Only 14 teams are participating in the annual Druk Wangyel archery tournament this year, which is eight less than last year. This is the last tournament of the year and is played on traditional equipment. The officials of Bhutan Indigenous Game and Sports Association said this could be because most archers are [...]
19th Nov, 2011
The presentation on global earth in eastern Himalayas
Lyonchhoen and agriculture minister follow the presentation on global earth in eastern Himalayas through 3D shades Figure derived from a comparison of data compiled in three decades National Glaciers Within the last three decades, glaciers of Bhutan shrank by 189sqkm, less than half the size of one of the country’s smallest dzongkhags, Pemagatshel. More pictures [...]
16th Nov, 2011
Team Zimdra winner of Coronation Archery Tournament
«Team Zimdra celebrates at the Changlimithang archery range lit using car head lights The match stretched for nine hours Coronation Archery TournamentThe target turned into more of an imaginary one for archers aiming at it during the last round of the coronation archery tournament finals played at Changlimithang yesterday. Perhaps one of the longest matches [...]
9th Nov, 2011
New one-day highest karey of 21 kareys in 15 rounds
Jigme Norbu, an employee of the Penden Cement Authority in Samtse, has broken the national record of one-day highest karey by hitting 21 kareys in 15 rounds. The last one-day highest karey was recorded at 20 kareys in 15 rounds. He also equalled the national record of 45 kareys in 45 rounds. Eighteen teams are [...]
7th Nov, 2011
Prime Minister left the country yesterday for The Maldives to attend the 17th SAARC summit
?Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley left the country yesterday for The Maldives to attend the 17th SAARC summit scheduled for November 10-11. The theme for the summit, being hosted for the first time to the south of the equator in the city of Addu, is ‘Building Bridges’ – focusing on connectivity and building linkages within and [...]
Come December and the Bathpalathang domestic airport in Bumthang will be operational. The construction of the Bathpalathang domestic airport is in the final stages. Phala Dorji, the Director General of the Department of Civil Aviation, confirmed that “they have decided to start the first flight on December 17 coinciding with the National day.” The domestic [...]
4th Nov, 2011
Ajahn Jayasaro rekindles some aspects of the philosophy among a few Bhutanese who attended the talk
« Ajahn Jayasaro rekindles some aspects of the philosophy among a few Bhutanese who attended the talk Buddhism “A young man from a countryside was carrying a cart-load of coconut to the market.” Thus began Ajahn Jayasaro, a Buddhist monk born in England narrating the story within which was embedded a Buddhist moral to some [...]
