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The need to retain medical specialists is critical due to the number of resignations and retirement due to old age, personal reasons and due to work pressure said the health Minister Lyonpo Tandin Wangchuk. “It’s critical to retain the specialist since our aim is to treat as many patients within …

Thromde says they already did so in 2015 Thimphu’s parking woes that is worsening by the day, is more to do with poor management rather than a shortage of infrastructure, say road safety and transport authority (RSTA) officials. “Parking in Thimphu has been handled with inadequate pricing, poor enforcement, no …

11-year-old Yeshi Tsheyang Zam, Bhutan’s youngest author, who published her first book “Khakey” a few days ago, is already working on her second book based on a fairy tale. Her second book is inspired by ‘land of fairytales’ her favourite author, Chris Coffer. “I’ll keep writing books even if I …

Waterkeeper Alliance, one of the largest and fastest growing non-profit organizations based in New York, partnered with Clean Bhutan Organization to work toward ensuring clean water in the country by maintaining drinkable and swimmable water everywhere. Waterkeeper Alliance officials held a three-day training program on water quality monitoring for local …

Thimphu Thromde has plans to build two overhead bridges in the capital as safe crossings. For the pilot project, Thromde has chosen the junction near Yangchenphu Higher Secondary School and Lungtenzampa School and the other at the Ministry of Information and Communications junction. Thimphu Thrompon Kinlay Dorjee said the overhead …

The Sarpang Layer Cooperative has initiated Mobile agents to make fresh eggs more easily available at an affordable price. The chairman of the Sarpang Layers cooperatives, Nima Lama, said the mobile agent initiative is to make fresh eggs available at affordable prices in any town of the country. “As of …

The National Research and Development Center for Aquaculture (NRDCA) in Gelephu, the apical technical aquacultural organization in Bhutan, has initiated on-station research on carp culture with the Rohu (Labeo rohita) and Mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala) species. According to the centre’s Livestock Protection Officer, Drukpola,  the objective of the research is to …

Bhutan is third in essential health service coverage and fourth in financial protection among 11 South East Asian countries according to the UHC (Universal Health Coverage) essential service coverage index of the World Health Organisation. However in Bhutan, a large proportion of household spending on health related to transportation costs. …

The CARLEP office has been forming Water User Association (WUA) in villages across the country to effectively utilize water resources for farming and drinking. Such association is intended to enhance agriculture production in the villages by addressing the issue of insufficient water for paddy and vegetables. The remote villages of …

The education ministry has initiated several programs to engage students and teachers during the month long summer vacations, which began this week. To engage the teachers during the vacation a 5-day EEC (English for Effective Communication) programme will be held for 155 teachers in 50 centres spread across the country. …