Supporting women and girls
After World Menstrual Hygiene Day last week, the rise of menstrual consciousness also caught social media platforms, with photos and videos of people sharing about breaking taboos associated with...
View ArticleDungsamchu bridge completed, approval for approach road awaited
Almost two years after the construction began the Dungsamchu bridge in Samdrupjongkhar is now completed. The company that built the bridge is waiting for the drawing of the approach road to be...
View ArticleDorji Khandu, the first parliament member from Laya
When Gasa elected 33-year-old Dorji Khandu as its National Council representative in April, the country got its first member of parliament from Lungo, Laya. The closely contested election made him the...
View ArticleThromde begins efficient waste collection in Thimphu
Thimphu Thromde has decided to reduce dumping of waste and littering in the city. Garbage trucks will be made available on time. The initiatives include maintaining the garbage trucks’ coverage as per...
View ArticleJDWNRH reviews and endorses more than 200 SoPs
Since the establishment of the Quality Assurance and Standardisation Division (QASD) at the national referral hospital in Thimphu in March 2017, the office has to date recorded 60 incidences, including...
View ArticlePPP, alternate source of financing
Graduation from the least Developed Countries (LDC) status would mean loss of concessional loans and grants, but capital expenditure of the country has been growing over the years. The capital...
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Winter chilli production encouraging despite hiccups
Harka Bahadur Chawan from Tsirang grew winter chillies for the first time last year. He wants to grow more this year. “It was a good learning experience,” he said. “One of the two varieties have lasted...
View ArticleParties raise concerns over politicisation of civil service
The decision of some of the senior civil servants to join the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as candidates for the upcoming National Assembly election has raised questions on the civil service being...
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Market value of shares reach Nu 28B
Share trading in the secondary market has increased by about 300 percent in the first five months this year, compared with the same period in 2017. Market capitalisation has touched a record high of...
View ArticleFour dead and two injured in Neyra Amachu accident
Four labourers, aged between 20 and 30 years, were killed and two injured when an explosive exploded and caused the debris to bury them around 9am yesterday at the Neyra Amachu project in...
View ArticleWater shortage force Pam residents to stop paddy cultivation
Acres of paddy fields in Pam, Trashigang, have been left fallow this year. Owing to water shortage, the village experienced a decreasing trend in paddy cultivation in the village over the years with...
View ArticleThe neglected sector
Bhutan worked towards achieving food self-sufficiency since the first Plan. After more than 50 years of planned development, we are only 47 percent self-sufficient in rice. The state of agriculture...
View ArticleMan arrested for forging US visa documents
Thimphu police arrested a 35-year-old man on June 4 for forging a document to process the United States visa for five people including himself. Police registered the case on May 25 based on a complaint...
View ArticleBhutan to receive 400 more power tillers
The agriculture ministry is expecting another 400 power tillers as grant from Japan by September this year, according to agriculture officials. Agriculture minister, Yeshey Dorji, said it is part of...
View Article12th Plan to focus on continues water supply for every household
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on June 2 said that the 12th Plan would focus on providing 24×7 water supply for every Bhutanese household. Over Nu 500 million were invested in Thimphu Thromde alone to...
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His Majesty The King graced the opening ceremony of the 11th Session of the Second Parliament yesterday. The session ends on June 29.
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Political rhetoric on corruption must translate into actions: ACC
Bhutan has a long way to go to fight corruption although it has made some headway, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) stated in the annual report 2017. The recently released report states that...
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Elder abuse awareness day observed at Genekha BHU
A comprehensive annual health checkup for senior citizens was launched at Genekha Basic Health Unit (BHU) in Thimphu yesterday to observe the world elder abuse awareness day. This is part of Royal...
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