A school Principal’s quick-action to a visibly-worrying situation of nutrition deficiency reports in the media resulted in early detection of vitamin deficient cases from Langthel Lower Secondary School (LLSS) in Trongsa. The LLSS Principal, Kuenga Loday who kept tab through media reports about nutrition deficiency cases at Orong and Lhuentse …

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Annual Report presentation at the National Assembly (NA) took a detour as contents of the presentation became ready-arsenal for the Health Minister to dress-down the commission. “Punish the guilty and free the innocents. Now it’s high-time. With the beginning there should be an end,” the health …

All valid points considered, the National Assembly (NA) forwarded the Domestic Violence Bill to the women and children committee for review and recommendations. Most of the views expressed revolved around the premise that there were already too many punitive measures in place to ensure prevention of domestic violence, therefore a …

School faculty members are of the opinion that stipends of boarding students need to be increased in the face of the Rupee crisis-induced environment. The faculty made the submission on the premise that in the serious turn that Rupee crunch made in the country, vegetable import had been restricted whereby …

It’s the sheer numbers that fuel the rise of a culture. And Bhutan has it huge in the youth of the nation. According to statistics with the National Statistics Bureau, The youth population in the age group 15-24 is expected to increase from 145,810 persons to 161,280 in 2030, and …

It would seem that the east is been beleaguered by prequels to unforeseen outbreaks, which in the end always seem to have been avoidable. This time ‘round, it’s an outbreak of ‘Gastroenteritis’ in Zhemgang Higher Secondary School (ZHSS), where 72 cases have been reported at Zhemgang’s basic health facility, the …

Three oil expeller and three flour mills which will benefit about 174 households will be constructed in the Gewog. The shed construction of these six mills will be constructed with the Constituency Development Grant (CDG) budget of almost 0.2 mn. However, one oil expeller and one flour mill will be …

A quick and contagious murmur of ‘Circuit’ was fixated on the lips of every Bhutanese audience during the ‘Bolo Bollywood’ session of the Mountain Echoes on Monday. No, there wasn’t any electrical short circuits at the Tarayana center. It was just the Bhutanese Bollywood (Indian Film Industry) fans ogling Arshad …

The Children’s Parks, Kuensel Phodrang Park, Botanical Garden and so on are what we all have seen, heard and visited in the capital. This time around Santa Barbara Park  is joining the club. Santa Barbara Park was constructed by some 20 students of Rinchen Higher Secondary School in just two …

Forty-four teachers under Thimphu Thromde attended a six-day training on Driglam Namzha that concluded last Saturday. The training was coordinated by Department of Culture (DoC) under Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (MoHCA). The Department thought that if teachers were trained on Driglam Namzha, they could disseminate their knowledge to …