JDWNRH technician confesses to injecting patient attendant with anaesthetic drug
Claims sexual intercourse was consensual A 30-year-old anesthesia technician who was accused of raping a patient attendant on April 5 night at the national referral hospital has confessed to having a...
View ArticleHigh Court hears Chheku Dukpa’s appeal
The next hearing will be held on April 23 During a hearing at the High Court yesterday, the founder of Druk Gaki Tshogpa, Chheku Dukpa submitted that the grounds for the Election Commission of Bhutan’s...
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Pelden Dorji from Thimphu Mountain Biking Club won first position in masters A-category at the third edition of Asian Enduro Series 2018 held in Nepal on April 8. With an overall time of 28 minutes 53...
View ArticleViolence against women and girls is endemic
Our women and children are not safe. They are not safe at homes, at work and in schools. The recent report of a health technician sexually assaulting a patient attendant after injecting her with an...
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Postal ballot facilitation booths open today
ECB will operate nine mobile facilitation booths to cater to those with special needs Voting process for the National Council election begins today with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) opening...
View ArticleMan gets life imprisonment for choeten vandalism
Trashigang dzongkhag court sentenced a 34-year-old man from Ritshangdung in Kanglung to life imprisonment for vandalising a choeten in the locality. The judgment given on March 8 stated that Druptho...
View ArticleCompetency-based assessment to assess students’ learning outcomes
To assess the learning outcome of students for different grades, the Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment (BCSEA) has been implementing competency-based assessment (CBA) since 2011....
View ArticleParo College to open Physical Education and Sports Coaching degree
Up-gradation of college infrastructure will begin by the mid this year Students are waiting their turn to measure weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) at Jigme Namgyel Lower Secondary School in...
View ArticleElection officials allegedly question DPT coordinators in Tsirang
On April 9, election officials allegedly took a member of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa in Tsirang, Kalay Dukpa for interrogation and confiscated his cellphone. Kuensel learnt that the incident occurred when...
View ArticleBorder gate to open on poll day for Bhutanese residing in Jaigaon
Even with the border gate sealed on National Council poll day, Bhutanese living across the border would not have a problem casting their votes in Phuentsholing as most of them are from other...
View Article12 schools to have special needs programme in 12th Plan
Education minister says the ministry plans to establish one special needs education programme in each dzongkhag For inclusive education, the education ministry aims to have 12 schools with Special...
View ArticleBhutan lottery earns Nu 20.9M in profit
In its first year of business, Bhutan Lottery Limited (BLL) made a net profit of Nu 20.9 million (M) last year. The lottery business paid about Nu 6.3M in tax. BLL also announced an 11 percent...
View ArticleSamrang mega farm starts production, albeit challenges
It wears a deserted look. With few homes and fewer people, locating Samrang mega farm in Samdrupjongkhar is not easy. Recently, the forests have been cleared and concrete structures are scattered...
View ArticleMongar town faces housing and water shortage
The Mongar dzongkhag tshogdu (DT) resolved to ask the National Housing Development Corporation Limited (NHDCL) and the National Pension and Provident Fund (NPPF) to construct housing colonies in the...
View ArticleNAPA II project identifies four critical landslides and flood prone areas
Watershed management plans to protect Pasakha industrial area and landslide stabilisation measures at Phuentsholing have proven helpful, Phuentsholing thromde officials said. These are part of the...
View ArticleUsing our franchise meaningfully
The New Year begins for the Bhutanese, in a sense, this season this year. Spring, the seasonal age of rejuvenation, is almost over. We are waking up to a new dawn this hour. The nation is preparing for...
View ArticleSearch and rescue equipment handed to RBP in Tsirang
Tsirang dzongkhag administration handed over search and rescue materials, CCTV and smoke detecting monitoring equipment worth Nu 6.7million (M) to the Royal Bhutan Police on April 5. Although search...
View ArticleRAA officials at audit bill meeting outnumber MPs
Of the nine MPs who had confirmed attendance for the meeting, only three turned up The issue of poor attendance of National Assembly (NA) members at committee meetings has again come to the fore. A...
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Outstanding external debt stands at USD 2.5B
The country has USD 2.51B in external debt as of September last year, which is equivalent to over Nu 163B considering the average exchange rate of Nu 65 per USD. According to the latest statistical...
View ArticleGuidelines identify strategies to improve heritage sites’ resilience
The draft guideline to improve resilience of cultural heritage sites in Bhutan highlights pre-disaster activities such as risk identification, preparedness, maintenance and culturally incorporated...
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