Students perform poorly in Business Mathematics and Economics
The Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate (BHSEC) examination 2017 recorded the worst performance in Business mathematics and economics. According to Bhutan Council for School Examination and...
View ArticleTarget to provide 24 hours water at risk
Thimphu thromde’s target to provide 24 hours water to 80 percent of the households in Thimphu is at risk, thrompon Kinlay Dorjee said. This was shared at the mid-year annual performance agreement...
View ArticleEducation of children: The buck stops with parents
This is a special season. Results are out for both Class X and XII. It is time for new academic session. Hard as winter comes rolling in, we prepare for a new beginning. For some parents, though, this...
View ArticleBetel nut prices rise but farmers gain little
Unlike previous years, betel nuts are fetching attractive prices in Lhamoizingkha this season. Today, a kilogram of the areca palm fruit is fetching about Nu 30 a kilogram in Kulkuley, an Indian town...
View ArticleMinistry misses target to post female health workers in BHUs
Plans to meet the target when trainee health assistants graduate in July this year About 20 female health workers who were selected to be placed in grade II Basic Health Unit (BHU) where there are none...
View ArticleFormer attorney to contest for NC from Trashiyangtse
To bridge the gaps between people’s needs and law, Thinley, 36, from Yangtse gewog has decided to contest in the National Council election from Trashiyangtse. Thinley has a Bachelor of Laws degree...
View ArticleEntrepreneur aspires to contest for NC from Mongar
A businessman, Ngawang Gyeltshen, 30, has declared his intention to contest in the National Council (NC) candidate from Sherimung gewog in Mongar. The gewog already has two more NC aspirants. Ngawang...
View ArticleReduced orange yield and price disappoints farmers
Although it is peak mandarin season, orchards in Tsirang are already empty. Most farmers have sold their produce. But for those who continue to sell, prices have dropped to less than Nu 4 an orange....
View ArticleECB to set up 64 postal ballot facilitation booths
To ease the voting process, the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) will set up about 64 postal ballot facilitation booths for the upcoming National Council elections across the country. Training...
View ArticleRevised sand supply system goes nationwide
Irrespective of the concerns from the transporters, the Natural Resource Development Corporation (NRDCL) will be implementing the new sand supply system across the country starting next month. The...
View ArticleUnhealthy practice
The health ministry missed its deadline to place female health workers in Basic Health Units that had none. Despite the good intent and assertion that the target would be met, the ministry faced...
View ArticleDamaged Babesa road to be completed by mid this year
The damaged road that runs above the Olakha automobile workshop area leading to project DANTAK office is expected to be completed by mid this year, according to Thimphu Thromde engineers. About 20...
View ArticleMost Lhamoizingkha residents prefer firewood to LPG
Despite the government distributing Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) to rural households in 2017, the customary practice of using firewood for cooking purposes still continue in villages of Lhamoizingkha,...
View ArticleA gup candidate to contest in NC from Lhamoizingkha
Having lived and served in the village for the last four years, Dawa Norbu from Lhamoizingkha is one of the NC aspirants from Dagana. The 32-year-old has a bachelor’s degree in computer application...
View ArticleOAG completes Tsirang loan scam investigation
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is in the process of compiling a report after it investigated the alleged loan scam involving People’s Democratic Party (PDP) workers in Tsirang. The...
View ArticleMan sentenced to a year for posting obscene photograph online
Thimphu district court’s bench II sentenced a man to a year in prison and imposed Nu 101,250 compensation on January 26 for posting an obscene photograph on social media. The 36-year-old convict,...
View ArticleDPT announces Menbi-Tsenkhar candidate
The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) announced its candidate for Menbi-Tsenkhar constituency of Lhuentse at its head office yesterday. Choki Gyeltshen, 52, from Metsho recently resigned as the dzongkhag...
View ArticleFormer finance secretary joins BKP
Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) announced the former finance secretary Lam Dorji as its candidate from Haa’s Bji-Katsho-Uesu constituency at the opening of its dzongkhag party office yesterday. The...
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Ambassador Doma Tshering presented her credentials to the Governor – General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, Julie Payette on January 29 in Ottawa at the Rideau Hall. While presenting the letters of...
View ArticleTask force formed to review new sand system
A task force comprising representatives from the Natural Resource Development Corporation Limited (NRDCL), agriculture ministry, Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) and the Road Safety and Transport...
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