Hotels refrain from serving meat
Ban: All hotels in Bumthang have stopped serving meat from February 9 as agreed in June last year to refrain from serving non-vegetarian items during the auspicious months. About 67 hotels had signed...
View ArticleLocal leaders to miss out on LG entitlements
For want of rules and regulations, implementation of LG entitlement Act has been delayed LG: The elected members of the local government (LG) will complete their tenure in June. But as expected before,...
View ArticleSherubtse reduces IT intake
With RIM also reviewing its IT diploma course, and the RTC having suspended its degree programme last year, the government is concerned ICT: With Sherubtse college having decreased its BSc Computer...
View ArticleNEC test rules out toxic content
Test conducted to verify what killed fishes in the Dungsamchhu last year Environment: A water sample test, the National Environment Commission (NEC) conducted on the water discharged from the sewerage...
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Road safety tips for children
“Safe Journey, road safety tips for children,” written by Prem P Adhikari, is an easy-to-understand handbook on road safety tips with simple and understandable illustrations. Through the book, a child...
View ArticleTaking contemporary art to east
VAST: The first thing Jigme Dorji, a teacher graduate noticed when posted to Bayling higher secondary school, Trashiyangtse, was that students in the remote school shared his interest in art. An artist...
View ArticleThromde thuemi posts constitutional: Government
Local leaders will get entitlements, says former home minister Meet the press: The government believes the recent election of thromde thuemis in the three dzongkhag thromdes of Thimphu, Phuentsholing...
View ArticleStudent stabs classmate in Darjeeling
Crime: A 15-year-old student studying in North Point, Darjeeling is under Indian police custody after he stabbed his classmate to death. The incident occurred on February 10, during a camp at Singla...
View ArticleThree colleges to start this year
Two higher secondary schools to be upgraded to college Education: Two higher secondary schools in the eastern districts are identified to be upgraded to colleges, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay...
View ArticleFire contained – Clear showing of Bhutanese insouciance
The fire at Sangaygang in Thimphu yesterday gave us an important lesson. We will continue to face many such challenges, natural and man-made, as we go on about celebrating our workaday occupations. But...
View ArticleTemporary houses to solve Phuentsholing’s housing crunch
Housing: The government is working on a plan to build temporary houses to solve the housing crunch in Phuentsholing. Eight acres of land has been identified for the project. Speaking at the Meet the...
View ArticleDrugyal Dzong reconstruction to start immediately
Monument: Works to rebuild Drugyal Dzong have begun, said Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, who announced the reconstruction plan on February 5, coinciding with the birth of His Royal Highness The...
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Helicopter joins fight to douse forest blaze
Thimphu suffered three forest fires alone yesterday Fire: In its first fire-fighting mission, the government’s helicopter aided fire fighters on the ground to battle and douse a large forest fire that...
View ArticleOpposition accuses govt. of unscrupulous political act
Politics: As part of its “Rising East” programme, the government recently formed an Eastern Development Committee comprising of four cabinet ministers hailing from the east, and announced the...
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High fliers: An indication of just how popular basketball is throughout Bhutan Photo by Ezoo Kee
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Solving the IT graduate unemployment problem
Solid fundamentals, an ability to upgrade skills and an entrepreneurial spirit are some of solutions Employment: A group of young entrepreneurs launched an online real estate service, last week. Their...
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