Thromde yet to decide on incinerator
Thimphu Thromde and stakeholders will decide whether the country should use waste incinerator after a viability study is completed. Environmental officer of Thimphu Tromde, Phub Tshering, said...
View ArticleStartups face challenges with policies and non-availability of raw materials
Despite efforts to promote entrepreneurship in the country, government policies and availability of raw materials constrain startups in the country. A 26-year-old entrepreneur who started his business...
View ArticleMultidimensional poverty drops between 2012 and 2017
About 6 percent of Bhutanese are multidimensionally poor this year, a decrease from 12 percent in 2012, according to the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2017. The report stated that among...
View ArticleConservation officials accused of embezzling fund
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is reviewing the report of the Anti-Corruption Commissionās (ACC) investigation into a fund embezzlement case in Takin restocking work. The ACC forwarded the...
View ArticleLearners hold onto their last NFE centre in Sangbaykha
A group of men and women are practising a performance at the school ground in Bebji village of Sangbaykha gewog, Haa. The group consists of elderly non-formal education (NFE) learners. The NFE learners...
View ArticleNational sports meet ongoing in Tsirang
At least 365 students from 20 schools in Tsirang are competing in the five-day national level football and archery tournaments. The students, 128 girls and 98 boys, are winners of the seven regional...
View ArticleDharma programme should be for a month: Participants
The ongoing dharma trogar (DT) programme at Ugyen Dorji monastery in Pasakha, Phuentsholing has proved beneficial to about 104 young students of Phuentsholing Thromde. The programme by the Institute of...
View ArticleSix student athletes to participate in ITF Asia U-14 development championship
Six student-athletes, three boys and three girls, will represent the country at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Asiaās under-14 Development Championships that will be held in Ho Chi-Minh,...
View ArticleDagana has a former journalist as lone female NC aspirant
Former journalist, Chador Wangmo, 31, is the lone female candidate standing for theĀ upcoming National Council (NC) election from Dagana. She will contest against 20 male candidates. Chador Wangmo said...
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DPT announces two more candidates; Nanong-Shumar MP not to recontest
Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) says the partyās preparation for the 2018 parliamentary election is gathering momentum.Ā This week, the party introduced two new candidates. The party has nominated Lungten...
View ArticleAre we employing the right way?
Fifteen students from Laya are in Thimphu for education tour. They are among the best students in the school. The main idea behind the tour is to encourage them to stay in the school system. In the...
View ArticlePakshikha lab. assistant missing
A 35-year-old chemistry laboratory assistant of Pakshikha Central School in Gedu, Chukha, has been missing since the afternoon of December 28. The senior superintendent of police (SSP) from...
View ArticleSherig conference rolls out significant plans
Ministry of Education has a plan to provide one laptop every teacher in the 12th Five-Year Plan period. This was one of the resolutions of Sherig Conference that was held from December 27 to 31 in...
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Bhutan witnesses gender imparity rise
Ranking 124th of the 144 countries, the global gender gap report (GGGR) 2017 shows that Bhutan saw an increase in gender imparity over the past few years. This is a drop fromĀ theĀ 121st position in...
View ArticleLPG refill at the BOD depot in Motithang
Thimphu residents get LPG refill at the BOD depot in Motithang after two truckloads of cylinders arrived yesterday. The depot will accept both LPG consumer cards and online coupons until the end of...
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Cardamom: boon and bane for Sangbaykha?
Four years ago, Thinley Dorji gave up his job as a chef in one of the high-end hotels in Paro and returned to his village for good. On his journey home to Sangbay Ama village in Haa, the first thing on...
View ArticleSouth Korean Olympian to train national archers
Come July and Bhutan will have one of the first South Korean female archers to compete in the world championship, Park Young Sook, commonly known as Sally Park, as the head coach of Bhutan Archery...
View ArticleFormer Sherubtse lecturer and a development worker to contest for NC
A former lecturer of Sherubtse College in Kanglung, Chheki Wangchuk, 52, intends to contest as the National Council (NC) candidate from Shogphu gewog in Trashigang. He said that having worked closely...
View ArticleMartial arts class more than engage students
Bhutan Institute of Martial Arts (BIMA) is conducting a month-long coaching class that began January 1. More than 60 students are attending the programme. President of BIMA, Damber Singh Rai, said that...
View ArticleJDWNRH to improve patients waiting time
Doctors of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in Thimphu have been informed to report and leave on time, Medical Superintendent Dr Gosar Pemba said. The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) found...
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