Despite an inadequate budget, Wangdue Phodrang district administration plans to float a tender to supply clean drinking water for Bajo town and nearby areas. The project, estimated to cost more than ...

Gyalsung—Bhutan’s National Service, was launched simultaneously at the four Gyalsung Academies in Khotokha in Wangdue, Pemathang in Samdrupjongkhar, Gyalpoizhing in Mongar, and Jamtsholing in Samtse ...

Golley, 79, from Gangtey in Wangdue Phodrang district has grown potatoes and sold them all his life. While growing was not a challenge, selling them had been. Golley has had to take his potato ...

The first phase of Bhutan’s first utility-scale solar power project at Sephu in Wangdue Phodrang is set for completion by March next year. A utility-scale solar facility generates solar power and ...

It is also the birthplace of the legendary saint Pema Lingpa, to whom the Bhutanese royalty trace their lineage. The Jakar Dzong, like many of the dzongs — fortified monasteries that are found ...

Dorji is the head carpenter for Wangdue Dzong reconstruction project. In one of the working space in Samthang is Karma Tshering with his team, carving the intricate patterns of flowers, dragons and ...