Woman sentenced to 25 years for Olakha murder
Thimphu dzongkhag court’s commercial bench sentenced a 26-year-old woman to 25 years in prison on August 28 for murdering a woman in Olakha on September 30 last year. The judgment stated that the...
View ArticleBumthang cordyceps fetch the highest price ever
With a kg of cordyceps fetching Nu 2.71 million (M) in Bumthang last month, it has broken the record for the second time in a row, a report from the Department of Agriculture Marketing and Cooperatives...
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Palestine humbles Bhutan 2:0
The national squad put up a brave fight against Palestine, who remain undefeated in the AFC Asian Cup qualifier, at the Changlimithang Stadium yesterday. However, a goal each in the early second half...
View ArticlePerformance matters
The announcement by the Royal Civil Service Commission on the performance of university graduates in the civil service examination is an important revelation. Based on the last three year’s...
View ArticleOnline auction for potatoes goes live
Farmers, who come to Phuentsholing to auction their potatoes, will no longer have to depend on a middleman to sell their products. This is because the Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited (FCBL) and the...
View ArticleNC recommends RCSC to revisit S&S reforms
The National Council (NC) last month wrote to the Chairperson of the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC), Dasho Karma Tshiteem, asking the commission to reconsider its reform initiatives pertaining...
View ArticleOnly 12 percent of children fed acceptable diet
Inadequate dietary diversity, lack of care during pregnancy and breastfeeding practices in Bhutan are causing stunting, wasting, underweight and anemia in children. While discussing the nutrition for...
View ArticleRefining Kanjyur text underway at Kuenselphodrang
At Kuenselphodrang in Thimphu today, where His Holiness the Je Khenpo is administering the oral transmission of Kanjyur (Translated words of Buddha), a group of monks and lay monks are editing a set of...
View ArticleWHO’s RC meeting focuses on health and climate change
WHO (World Health Organisation) experts and senior officials from 11 member countries will attend the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee meeting in Maldives’ Malé. The meeting will set health...
View ArticleCSOs need more visibility, finds study
While people know about some established civil society organisations (CSO), many do not know the CSO as a fraternity, a preliminary research done on the perception of CSOs revealed. Three individuals,...
View ArticlePM visits flood damage site in Sarpang
A heavy rainfall on the night of September 4 washed away more than 200 metres of Serzhong gewog centre road in Sarpang. Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay visited the affected area yesterday. The road...
View ArticleMalfunctioned sensor causes Drukair flight to return
Drukair’s flight KB205, which was supposed to land at 3PM in Paro yesterday from Delhi, had to return to Delhi midway after it took off because of a technical fault. The flight, which was rescheduled...
View ArticleSo it has been still?
Department of Roads (DoR) has said lack of “in-depth study” of the soil conditions before the construction of roads, widening activities, and heavy rainfall were among the causes leading to numerous...
View ArticleU-16 in first basketball int’l championship
The U-16 national basketball team lost its second match to Nepal 96-38 yesterday in the ongoing 2nd South Asian Basketball Association U-16 Basketball Championship, which began on September 5 in...
View ArticlePower Training Institute launches three courses
In a move towards generating specialised and skilled human resources in the power sector, Jigme Wangchuk Power Training Institute in Gelephu launched its first three courses on September 5. The three...
View Article“We may have changed but not the society”: A recovering addict
Removing the stigma attached to substance abuse is the biggest challenge to advocates A team of eight recovering addicts has come together to advocate on rehabilitation services and substance use...
View ArticleELM to improve children’s maths and literacy skills
A National Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) impact evaluation study 2015 found that Bhutanese children are weak in literacy, mathematics and socio-emotional development. These findings were...
View ArticleWHO calls on ministers to strengthen investment in health
The WHO (World Health Organisation) South-East Asia Region (SEAR) commended Bhutan and the Maldives for eliminating measles, at the inaugural of the Regional Committee meeting in Malé yesterday. In...
View ArticleAccident kills one
A 60-year-old man died on impact when the Maruti van, his friend was driving veered off the road and fell about 250 meters in Zhemgang on September 5. The accident occurred about five kilometers from...
View ArticleMinor commits suicide in Thimphu
A 13-year-old boy committed suicide in Thimphu yesterday. An official from the forensic department at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) said that there had been cases of...
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