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A pragmatic rule
Thimphu Thromde had made a made a very sensible rule. They have decided to penalize people who litter and put up posters in the city. But the most relevant is penalizing people who spit doma juice in...
View ArticleParliament to decide Pemagatshel Dzongkhag and Yenlag thromdes
Update: The winter session of Parliament slated to commence from November 4 is expected to declare the Dzongkhag Thromde for Pemagatshel and Yenlag Thromdes for Paro and Pemagatshel dzongkhags. The...
View ArticleFour children injured in Jaigaon house fire
They were all locked inside the house on fire Mishap: Three girls and a boy, all four-year old, were referred to Thimphu hospital after they suffered more than 40 to 50 percent burns on their bodies in...
View ArticleSmearing tsuney (lime) and spitting doma to be penalized
Inspectors will soon roam the streets of Thimphu looking for violators Thromde: Chewing doma will soon be an expensive habit! This is not because the cost of doma is shooting, but those chewers...
View ArticleHM visits villages in Chhukha
Royal Tour: His Majesty The King met with the people of Lobneykha (Chapcha), Darla, Meritsemo and Bongo during His Majesty’s Royal Tour to villages in Chhukha dzongkhag. His Majesty granted audiences...
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GDP reaches Nu 119.5B
The tertiary sector is the highest contributor to GDP Economy: The expansion in GDP to Nu 119.5B last year, up from Nu 105B in the previous year was accompanied by a major structural shift in the...
View ArticleBhutanese student bestowed with two prestigious awards
Mikyo Dorjee is the only student to have been bestowed with two awards in a year in history of the school Recognition: A tenth grade student of St. Jospeh’s School, North Point in Darjeeling is the...
View ArticleTeachers continue to leave in droves
About three percent of the total teachers in government schools left their profession last year Attrition: At least 19 teachers have left the teaching profession every month in the last five years....
View ArticleFor our own safety
The World Health Organization’s status report on road safety could be looked from two angles. We can take pride in the findings of the report where it commended our helmet and drink-driving rules. The...
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Dignifying vocational jobs still a work in progress
Occupation: Although the wages vary, the challenge of working a blue-collar job transcends boundary. Being a road worker in Switzerland may not be as tough as it is in Bhutan, but its not easy either,...
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Wind turbines to spin on National Day
The 600KW wind power project is expected to earn about Nu 2.5M a year Energy: The first wind turbines in the country will start whirling off power coinciding with the National Day celebrations in...
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Weak enforcement of road safety rules: WHO
Bhutan scores 10 on 10 for helmet rule Safety: The chance of dying in road accidents is higher in Bhutan than in populous neighbours like Bangladesh and Pakistan. Annual deaths per 100,000 people in...
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Yebilaptsa school girl was killed by the Assistant Principal
Breaking News: The assistant principal of Yebilaptsa Middle Secondary School has confessed to the killing of the 13-year-old, class VII girl of the school. On interrogation, he admitted to police of...
View ArticleA grim reality
If the murder of a schoolgirl in Yebilaptsa has left the family members in deep pain, it sure would have left the school community shell shocked. As the news of the gruesome murder spreads, fanned by...
View ArticleVET-ting the matters of blue collared jobs
A Helvetas-Bhutan seminar on “Education for Jobs?” discussed about careers in vocational education Labour: Strengthening the Vocational Education Training (VET) systems and the private sector was some...
View ArticleTrashigang landfill to be expanded
The municipality plans to start segregating waste from the 12th Plan Waste: To address the growing issue of waste in Trashigang town, the Trashigang Municipal Authority (TMA) would soon expand the...
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