News Bhutan Wangdue Phodrang: Wangduephodrang pledges full support to safeguard the country’s security
As they concluded the mid term review of the Eighth Plan on March 31, the people’s representatives of Wangduephodrang said they shared the views of their fellow citizens in all the other dzongkhags that there was no option but to resort to military action to remove the ULFA and Bodo militants if they refused to leave peacefully. The people of Wangduephodrang, they said, were ready...
News Bhutan Wangdue Phodrang: Wang-Lingbu Chhondha: More than a game, a celebration of unity
As archery season arrives, a rare match unfolds between two communities from two districts, Lingmukha in Punakha and Martalungchu in Wangdue Phodrang.
News Bhutan Wangdue Phodrang: Bhutan: Villages in Wangdue district prepare for kiwi plantation
In Wangdue Phodrang District, a district of central Bhutan, 666 kiwi seedlings were supplied to 11 village blocks on February 26 as a measure to diversify crop production and to reduce import. Each ...
News Bhutan Wangdue Phodrang: Gangteng Gompa
Gangteng Gompa is a historic monastery in the Black Mountain region of Bhutan. Built in the early 17th century, the monastery was established by Gyalse Rigdzin Pema Thinley, the grandson of the ...
News Bhutan Wangdue Phodrang: 1,188 people arrested in 2018 for trafficking and abusing drugs
At least 70 people were arrested in Samdrupjongkhar, 52 in Punakha, 29 in Wangdue Phodrang and 28 in Samtse ... According to records with the Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA), another 59 ...
