Pale Green Awlet found in Bhutan
Butterfly: The presence of Pale Green Awlet (Burara gomata), a nocturnal butterfly, was recorded as the latest addition to the Hesperiidae family of butterflies recently. An ecologist from Sherubtse...
View ArticlePrevention programme saves babies from HIV
65 babies tested negative since the prevention programme began in 2006 Health: Preventing mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been a success in the country since the...
View ArticleLifestyle and climate change in South Asia context
An excerpt from Sir Mark Tully’s Friday Forum lecture delivered on March 11 RIGSS: South Asia need not learn and live the western way of consumerism concentrating on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
View ArticleA learning process
The government’s helicopter has received mixed reviews from firefighters. Some are of the opinion that the helicopter’s water drops were ineffective, especially during the Thimphu fires, while some say...
View ArticleDT decides to keep current vacation system
Vacation: Samdrupjongkhar Dzongkhag Tshogdu (DT) endorsed the decision that schools should continue with the existing winter and summer vacations – two weeks summer break and 59 days winter break....
View ArticleGyalpoizhing CS to be upgraded to a college
Pay revision for Royal Bhutan Police announced MTR: Gyalpoizhing Central School will be the third college in eastern Bhutan. The school will be upgraded to a college, announced Prime Minister Tshering...
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Trashiyangtse on track to achieving plan targets
MTR: According to the midterm review (MTR) report submitted to Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, yesterday, Trashiyangtse has achieved about 75 percent of the 11th Plan targets. Of the 52 key performance...
View ArticleHis Majesty The King granted an Audience to SELP-6 participants
His Majesty The King granted an Audience to the participants of the 6th Senior Executive Leadership Programme (SELP-6) at the Royal Institute of Governance and Strategic Studies in Phuentsholing. The...
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Taktshang to remain closed on Tuesdays from April 1
Home ministry stands by DT proposal Tourism: The home ministry has approved the proposal to close Taktshang monastery in Paro for visitors every Tuesday from April 1. The home secretary wrote to the...
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Six eastern dzongkhags need priority: PM
Lyonchoen defends the Rising East Programme during Trashigang’s MTR MTR: Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay took advantage of the mid term review (MTR) of Trashigang dzongkhag to defend the government’s...
View ArticleReviving volleyball begins with national championship
Volleyball: In an attempt to revive volleyball in the country, the Bhutan Volleyball Federation (BVF) organized a weeklong National Volleyball Championship (park-volleyball) in Thimphu yesterday. Since...
View ArticleAre we really doing that well?
With the central agencies done, the government in on a marathon of review meetings in the dzongkhags assessing how successful the 11th Plan had been so far. Reports are encouraging and there seems to...
View ArticleMoH plans 30 MBBS scholarships annually
To meet the shortage of doctors in the country Health: To help resolve the issue of shortage of doctors and specialists in the country, 30 undergraduate scholarships in Bachelor of Medicine and...
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A team from RTC brings home silver
Competition: Three young and handsome boys. They have just flown in. Jet-lagged, they are quietly peering out the wide windows of Royal Thimphu College’s (RTC) Executive Centre, as if they are trying...
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Cervical cancer could challenge meeting SDGs
Health: The health sector could be Bhutan’s hurdle in meeting the country’s sustainable development goals (SDG) post 2015, health officials say. A specific SDG target on maternal mortality under the...
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Airports fear paying millions in land tax annually
The establishment of thromdes could see the higher urban land tax being charged Tax: The Department of Air Transport (DAT) will be proposing to the government that airport land be exempted from urban...
View ArticleRural environment clearance fee slashed
NEC: Not less than a year after it was introduced, the National Environment Commission (NEC) has reduced the environment clearance fee for construction of rural houses to Nu 600 from Nu 2,500. The...
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