Pemagatshel gets its own radio station
Media: The advent of mobile phones in the country has eased the life of tshogpa Bopo Drukpa. The local government leader of Khotakpa, a rural village in Pemagatshel has a better and cheaper option now....
View ArticleJob fair attracts hundreds of jobseekers
Employment: More than 600 jobseekers from across the country attended the one-day job fair yesterday in Phuentsholing conducted by the regional labour office. The jobseekers will be competing for more...
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Tsa-Tsa: A symbol of the Bhutan- Japan relationship
A historical perspective of how the Japan- Bhutan friendship started “In the year 2 of Taisho Era, I passed through Bhutan and reached Tibet.” Tokan Tada (1890-1967) writes in his book Tibet, published...
View ArticleNFE vital to achieving adult literacy rate target in S/J
Education: Samdrupjongkhar may not achieve its target of achieving an adult literacy rate of 80 percent in the 11th Plan unless local government officials encourage people to enrol in non-formal...
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Wandering through cycle of life
Review: For indeed, what goes around, comes around. What you sow, you bloody reap entire. Sonam Phuntsho’s Samsara – A Bhutanese Tale – is something of a novelty really, in ways more than one, to put...
View ArticlePM discusses BBIN MVA with truckers, cabbies
Transport: Following a meeting with the Prime Minister and foreign minister, local truckers and taxi drivers expect their concerns to be considered when the government negotiates the details of the...
View ArticleCelebrating friendship with cherry blossoms
This is a season of beauty and hope. This is a season when our backyards and roadsides are awash with soft sweetness of white and light red. Spring is here. Spring is a time when we celebrate vitality...
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Revamping TVET for effective delivery
Labour: The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system in the country today is confronted with several challenges that is hindering the generation of a qualified skilled workforce....
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Completion of Hindu temple delayed
Construction: The Hindu temple at Kuensel Phodrang that should have been completed long ago is still being built with only about 60 percent of the works complete. Construction began in November 2012....
View ArticleCouple gives new hope to abandoned girl
Education: Mendrelgang Central School (MCS) did not take in pre primary children to stay in the hostel this year. That is because of abscence of a full time caretaker. But there are a few exceptions,...
View ArticleImpact: As effluents go into the rivers
Environment: With the increasing number of vehicles being registered every year in Thimphu, car-wash facilities along the Lungtenzampa-Babesa highway are increasing. And with it, the negative...
View ArticleFire burns almost 100 acres of forests in Samdrupjongkhar
Fire: The fire that started Friday night above Samdrupjongkhar Primary School has now been contained after two days. The fire damaged about 100 acres of forests. The division’s chief forest officer,...
View ArticleWatching what we watch
Local cable television operators will restrict airing school concerts to only two hours a day. The authority, Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA), has found the content “annoying and...
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Little police programme to teach positive life decisions
Partnership: Police launched a child-friendly policing approach called Little Police Partner (LPP) on March at Kuensel Phodrang Primary School in Thimphu. The LPP programme is introduced to celebrate...
View ArticleMigration hinders Gasa’s agriculture objectives
Road constructions and landslides are other reasons for some targets not being met MTR: While Gasa has achieved 67 percent of its 11th Plan activities, the dzongkhag has requested reducing the targets...
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Religious personnel: an agent for change?
A survey was conducted to assess their knowledge, attitude and practice on social issues Survey: The understanding of social issues among religious personnel need to be improved going by the findings...
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The medicine man of Tsirang
Profile: Fifty-nine-year-old Partiman Aley of Tsirang has kept his ancestral herbal medicinal practice alive. He clearly remembers the day he began learning the secrets of herbal medicine in 1967 from...
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