Malaria-free target takes a bite
Bhutan’s effort to achieve malaria free status by 2021 was hampered after the country detected six indigenous malaria cases last year. The country had initially aimed to achieve zero indigenous malaria...
View ArticleFostering competition important
Bhutanese manufacturers and businesses could very well have been in the mind of a great American millionaire-author Kiyosaki when he famously declared: “Failure defeats losers, failure inspires...
View ArticleSpirituality and religious involvement could promote mental health
Prevalence of common mental disorders (CMDs) in Bhutan was found to be higher, at 29.3 percent, 19 percent more than the Gross National Happiness Study, 2015 found. This was according to a...
View ArticleOne more day left to go digital
Residents of Thimphu throm have just one day to switch to digital or not watch television. Beginning March 1, all subscribers of Norling and Etho Metho cable services in Thimphu would be connected to...
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Windstorm damages structures in three dzongkhags
A windstorm damaged more than 19 houses in Paro yesterday and the day before, forcing residents to take shelter with neighbours and relatives. According to reports compiled by the dzongkhag disaster...
View ArticleTransport United out of AFC Cup 2019
Despite a spirited first-half performance, Transport Utd FC failed to capitalise on its single goal lead and conceded two goals in the second half bowing out of the AFC Cup 2019 tournament once again....
View ArticleGomo Lhatsho restored again
Following concerns over water seepage from the Gomo Lhatsho located near the Tashi Thongmoen dzong, officials from the Gasa dzongkhag administration worked for over a week since last month to restore...
View ArticleLack of space leaves children out of Rangjung’s lone ECCD centre
Tashi Tshering, 4, is ready to join children his age at the lone early childhood care and development (ECCD) centre in Rangjung, Trashigang. But with limited seat at the centre, Tashi Tshering’s mother...
View ArticlePrepare your mind for change rather than resisting change
After I graduate college, I want to travel and then look for a place where I can develop life skills. After that I hope to join a CSO, either in Bhutan or overseas. However, my parents are really...
View ArticleMangdechhu project’s commission slated for April
The 720MW Mangdechhu Hydro Project Authority (MHPA) plans to generate full power by monsoon. Managing director AK Mishra said the project is aiming to commission all four units in April for it to be...
View ArticleThe purpose of APA
Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering on Wednesday signed the first annual performance agreement (APA) with the ministers, who did the same with their secretaries. Agreement was also signed with Thimphu...
View ArticleWestern disturbances cause snowfalls this winter
The northern, central and western regions of the country experienced another snowfall yesterday and on February 27, making it the third consecutive snowfall in the capital this winter. While many are...
View Article33 houses in Wangdue report damages from windstorm
Phurba, 49, has been living over his neighbours for about three days now. The windstorm on February 25 afternoon uprooted a tree, which fell on Phurba’s house in Themakha village in Bjena, Wangdue. The...
View ArticleDeed of lease for Bhutan embassy’s plot in Dhaka signed
A deed of lease, formalising the completion of the registration of the embassy’s plot at the Baridhara diplomatic enclave in the name of the Royal Government of Bhutan was signed on a February 27....
View ArticleIt is official – No classes on Saturdays
Almost two months after it was decided, the education ministry issued an official notification to do away with instructional classes on Saturdays from this academic year. However, in doing away with...
View ArticleUnder cutting is tourism sector’s bane, say tour operators
The undercutting issue, that has plagued the tourism industry for the past decade, needs immediate redress according to the members of the industry. If the practice of undercutting is not stopped, they...
View ArticlePicture story
An overview of Thimphu city from Kuenselphodrang yesterday. The northern, central and western regions of the country experienced yet another snowfall this week
View ArticleDrukair’s new ATR 42-600 to arrive by July
The reintroduction of domestic flights to Yonphula in the east and Gelephu in the south-central regions on November 11, 2017, have transformed the way people make their local travels today. Most people...
View ArticleOld Bajo hospital area to be converted to a school and a football stadium
The Wangduephodrang dzongkhag tshogdu (DT) held on February 28 has approved the construction of a football stadium at the old Bajo hospital area. The dzongkhag hospital would be shifted to a new...
View ArticleA successful revival of citrus at Budur, Lhuentse
Citrus production of Budur in Minjey gewog, Lhuentse, has increased since the start of a community-based fruit fly management in 2013. At the two-day Renewable and Natural Resource conference in...
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