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Vegetables are a key source of income for farmers. But in most places, farmers lack a proper market to sell their produce. Similarly, farmers residing near Nganglam town in Pema Gatshel have been selling their goods in open spaces. Now, with the completion of a newly constructed two-story building, they no longer have to endure the heat and dust to...

The coal mine at Habrang in SamdrupJongkhar is set to prematurely shut down by the end of this month. This is due to declining coal reserve. The Public Accounts Committee informed this at the Joint Sitting of the Parliament today. The Habrang coal mine spans an area of over 100 acres. The State Mining Corporation has been digging coal here...

The Royal Civil Service Commission or RCSC has recorded an increase of over six per cent in this year’s civil service exams as compared to that of last year. According to the RCSC, more than 78 per cent of the graduates who sat for the main exams of the Bhutan Civil Service Examinations scored more than 50 per cent which...

Cardamom has become a key source of income for farmers of Samdrup Jongkhar’s Tshotshalu village. Farmers can sell cardamom for as high as 1,700 ngultrum per kilogramme this year, a significant increase compared to last year’s price of around 500 ngultrum.  The price rise is providing a boost to farmer’s livelihoods. 75-year-old Ngawang Gyetshen has cultivated cardamom on more than...