The Chief Environment Officer under the Waste Management Division, National Environment Commission (NEC), Thinley Dorji, said that all the stakeholders across the country are taking the plastic ban with a gradual pace so as not to overwhelm the public, however, he added that the ban will be taken seriously after …

RCSC says delinking will have to go through Parliament The health minister Lyonpo Dechen Wangmo said that one of the major reforms that the government is planning to bring in the health sector is to merge Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH), Gelephu regional referral hospital and Mongar Regional …

The agriculture minister, Lyonpo Yeshey Penjor said that the stray dog population in the country and especially in the capital is not only causing a nuisance to the local people but is also becoming a threat to the tourists visiting the country. The Annual Health Bulletin 2018 showed that a …

In order to facilitate tshethar activities or the practice of freeing living beings from slaughter and death, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests has developed guidelines for tshethar practices in the country. Providing the rationales behind the formulation and enforcement of the guidelines, agriculture minister, Lyonpo Yeshey Penjore said a …

Perched centrally between Jarey and Maedtsho gewogs, Zangkhar Primary School in Lhuentse has been distinguished in the 90s despite its remoteness for having excelled remarkably in academics amongst all the schools in the country. It is the second school established in 1962 after Lhuentse Primary School in the dzongkhag. Today, …

Amidst severe backlash from the general public and monastic body on the Samrang mega-farm that was once conjectured to be a slaughterhouse even before any official affirmation, the previous government faced a difficult time convincing that there were no plans in line to turn Samrang mega farm into a slaughterhouse. …

With the aim to inculcate good savings habit and create awareness among the younger generation and parents on banking, insurance, and various types of financial services provided by the financial institutions, Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL) in partnership with Zangkhar Primary School in Lhuentse observed Global Money Week starting from …

Breastfeeding allowances will be henceforth referred to as ‘accelerating mother and child health’ program, said the health minister during the Friday press meet. “We will be stressing on the 1000 days of the child, which would be from the time they are conceived until the child goes to school. Currently, …

Sonam Yangdon/ Thimphu “To me, a profound excitement during a couple of days in Bhutan has been the sense of strength, identity and the clarity of thoughts and aspiration the country is pursuing. Since Bhutan’s democracy is more than a decade old, during my first day we launched the Bhutan …

The government’s new approach of engagement with the partners henceforth will focus on trade from aid unlike the traditional pattern. The foreign minister, Lyonpo Tandin Dorji, after the conclusion of the RTM said that Bhutan has to move from aid to trade and explore different forms of partnership as the …