Bailey bridge launched over Kharkhola in Chudzom, Sarpang
It took 52 volunteers from DeSuung, soldiers of Royal Bhutan Army and engineers from Department of Roads (DoR) nine days to launch a 150ft bailey bridge over Kharkhola in Chudzom gewog, Sarpang. Chief...
View ArticleTuesdays with Morrie, a book by Mitch Albom
This May 2nd, I chose to review a book that I respect and have read twice. It reminds me of my parents, teachers, lecturers and students from whom I have learnt to live and be a good human being. It...
View ArticleNo red panda caught on cameras
Sightings of the red panda in the highlands have decreased in recent years Almost two years after officials of the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary (SWC) installed 10 camera traps, not a single red panda has...
View ArticleWHO SEAR calls on member countries to address air pollution
The World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region (WHO SEAR) yesterday called on its member countries to address the double burden of household and ambient (outdoor) air pollution. According to a...
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National integrity score drops
Corruption control system has been weak, finds ACC’s report The national integrity score decreased by 0.42 points to 7.95 in the National Integrity Assessment (NIA) 2016 from NIA 2012. However, the...
View ArticleThank you teachers
May is come again! We are in the luxuriant boughs of the season’s goodness and abundances. In particular May 2 is here, a day of special significance for the nation and the people. This day we honour...
View ArticleMoH to introduce vaccine against pneumonia
The health ministry’s high-level committee has approved the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) into the routine immunisation services. This means, the vaccine, which prevents...
View ArticleNC candidate Passang Thrinlee appeals to HC
A candidate, Passang Thrinlee, who had contested in the recent National Council elections from Wangdue, moved the High Court yesterday to investigate alleged corrupt practices during the election....
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Bhutanese living in Jaigaon await housing colony
Torrential rain floods the Chinese Lane road that separates Phuentsholing and Jaigaon. It is 3:30pm. Women wade through the knee-deep floodwater on the road to the lane’s gate to pick up their children...
View ArticleTeachers’ day honour 43 retired Indian teachers
Forty-three senior retired Indian teachers who served in Bhutan were invited as guests of honour to celebrate teachers’ day at Changlingmithang, Thimphu, yesterday. Director of Directorate of Services...
View ArticleAre we getting our priorities right?
Bhutan has made impressive progress within the last couple of decades in all spheres of development. We now have a fairly extensive road network; electricity supply has reached all nooks and corners of...
View ArticleCST students learn to construct smart toilets
More than 100 students from the College of Science and Technology (CST) in Phuentsholing now have an experience of constructing smart toilets. They learnt the skill through the smart toilet innovation...
View ArticleLearn from the ways
The way we look at education ought to change. The way we look at counselling must change. We have moved on. We have had enough bad news from the sector. But good things are happening. This day we are...
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Tendruk gewog in Samtse celebrated the birth anniversary of the Third Druk Gyalpo, which is also observed as Teachers’ Day yesterday by distributing 2,750 tree saplings to the villagers
View ArticleChumey mini hydropower plant re-commissioned
Coinciding with the golden jubilee anniversary celebrations of formal diplomatic relations between Bhutan and India, the Chumey Mini Hydropower Plant in Bumthang was re-commissioned yesterday. HRH...
View ArticleSherubtse observes teachers’ day
Sherubtse’s Arts and Humanity forum bagged the first position in the cultural competition organised to observe Teachers’ Day at Sherubtse College in Kanglung yesterday. The competition (on rigsar...
View ArticleYANA taxi app launched
A week after an app was launched to avail taxi service online, the Bhutan Taxi Association (BTA) launched an app called YANA taxi app, claiming that the new app has features that will not only benefit...
View ArticlemPowerYouth registers 122 cases in three years
Academic stress is one of the main issues students share on mPowerYouth, a mobile application that the department of youth and sports (DYS) developed to enhance access to public service delivery for...
View ArticleJDWNRH celebrates first foundation day
Sixty-two years after the first hospital opened at Langjophakha in Thimphu and coinciding with the birth anniversary of the Third King, the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)...
View ArticleZhemgang starts implementing national dress resolution
The Zhemgang dzongkhag administration has started implementing the dzongkhag tshogdu’s decision to make wearing of the national dress mandatory from 9am to 5pm. Dzongdag Harka S Tamang yesterday issued...
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