Back in the village, when other kids of Tenzin Yeshey’s age played in the dusty small flat farm land, when his mates of his village enjoyed all the freedom of hanging around, he followed the stern rigor set by his father. A little more than a decade later, it’s his …

Her Royal Highness Ashi Sonam Dechan Wangchuck officially launched the nationwide media advocacy campaign titled ‘La Aum Lyonchen’ on Saturday last week. The advocacy campaign was organized by the KCD Productions, with financial assistance from the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD) With unfolding of the Media Advocacy campaign …

Members of the private sector are virtually in prayers BCCI will take up the issue while the chamber expects a written complaint While the government hasn’t shown any signs to let-up on the Pedestrian day, various business houses in the country from small shops to industries are faced with difficulties …

The Royal Education Council (REC) will launch an autonomous Teacher Education Institute in Yonphula, Trashigang, as an in-service Professional Development Institute on 11 November. The event launched in coincidence to the fourth monarch’s birth anniversary is meant to be a tribute to 100 years of education and is currently named …

Households say received insurance payments is not enough Around 200 households under the Bji gewog has successfully received insurance for damages caused by the September earthquake to their homes last year. However the gup said that the amount the people received was not enough to rebuild their houses. Each household …

Electric vehicles have started to pick up in popularity but, of late recharging the car battery has been a bit of an issue for those who have purchased the environment-friendly machine. There is however inspiring news on that front. Karsang Dorji an Executive Engineer for Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) …

APIC will allow stalls to operate on Tuesdays starting this week till November end in view of the tourist peak season; however vendors expressed various business hindrances including lack of customers and maintenance of the CB For the first time this year, shops at the Craft Bazaar (CB) in the …

BKP spokesperson Sonam Tobgay said the party is more focused on equally empowering its members and shall not form any core group and will always abide by the ‘three Cs’ Bhutan Kuen-Ngyam Party (BKP) with its slogan ‘concern for all’ believes in collective consensus of its members and is of …

Bhutan’s Annual Status of Student Learning (ASSL) 2011 showed low performance by students compared to ASSL 2008. Students from governments schools in Bhutan performed lower than the international average in all classes and subjects tested. The ASSL 2011 brought out by a collaboration of Royal Education Council (REC), Ministry of …

Response to, ‘Staggering lapse in hospital procedures puts a life on high risk’  In the article ‘Staggering lapse in hospital procedures puts a life on high risk, published on August 31 issue of The Bhutanese, I was shocked that my name was unnecessarily dragged into the story.   Firstly, I …