Only 16.8% of stream water sources and 28% of spring water sources are safe for drinking, showing that the majority of drinking water sources in rural Bhutan are a potential source of  diseases if consumed directly. Water resources is visibly not a cause for concern in Bhutan with more than …

With the commencement of the New Year, some 30-40 patients in Gelephu will finally receive treatment against hearing impairments which otherwise was turning into loss of hearing. A medical team, consisting of technicians and a specialist, from the National Referral Hospital is conducting a free Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT) …

When we watch a football match, we hardly bother to see who the referee is because we remain focused on the players and the match. Fact is behind every successful match, the role of a referee is of great importance to help the match come out into the ones that …

Countdown has already started with only a couple of days left for the New Year, and people are already geared up for celebrations across the country. Music, cakes, lots of foods and drinks, new clothes, get-togethers and picnics is what comes to most minds when an occasion such as this …

For the youth who find a dearth of things to-do for the winters, this year too as it does every year the Taekwondo federation under Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) will organize and conduct a coaching camp. Coaching sessions started from 3 December and will continue till the first week of …

Winter in all its glory may not be sensually appealing but for those who improvise on fashion with every changing season even winter inspires its own trends. And complementary to that shopkeepers who try in every which way to cater to the tastes, the likes and obsession of the Fashionistas, …

Students of Khuruthang Vocational Training Institute will have to exit for job markets after they are certified with National Certificate 2 (NC2) as per the labor ministry’s (MoLHR) Competency Base Training (CBT) which is being implemented in the Institute. But the students are unhappy as they think this will deprive …

Call it winter’s boon or more accurately the efforts of health officials, the Samtse hospital did not record a single case of malaria as well dengue cases this year. Samtse’s District Health Officer (DHO) Sonam Dorji said, the main reason for zero malaria and dengue case would be because of …

A quagmire of procedures and technicalities has left two regulatory offices in a state of indecision on the disposal of pharmaceutical wastes while imminent harm that the lethal waste poses to people in its immediate atmosphere will not linger in wait for a decision. Presently it’s been a month since …

Five SAARC countries of India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bhutan will come together for a Cultural festival on Traditional Drumming in Thimphu and make it a unique SAARC cultural festival to be held in Bhutan for the first time where rhythm and tradition will embrace each other through cultural …