The Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley and ministers who have land allotted to their names in the Gyelpozhing Township will voluntarily give back the land to the government. “As a show of appreciation and support for the work of the ACC, shall voluntarily return to the government land allotted …
Read More »High school trumps Community, MSS and LSS betters Primary
In a Teacher Needs Assessment (TNA) study conducted by the Royal Education Council (REC) teachers of MSS scored on an average 55.1% in the Mathematics Pedagogical Skills, while teachers of Community Primary Schools (CPS) managed to score 47.2%. The TNA tested teachers of CPS, Primary Schools (PS), Lower Secondary School …
Read More »A Historical book on Bhutan
A historical book on Bhutan which took 10 years in the making finally made it to its launch last week. In a manner of speaking that is. “Not that I worked on it continuously for 10 years but it has been over a decade. I wouldn’t have had much of …
Read More »Five year old dies in accident, case reaches the halls of justice after one month
The case of the five year-old girl, who was run over by a DCM truck in Changbangdu in Thimphu on the afternoon of 7 October, has reached the Thimphu district court almost after a month. The case was forwarded to the court on 22 October after the Thimphu traffic police …
Read More »A Historical book on Bhutan
A historical book on Bhutan that took 10 years in the making finally made it to its launch yesterday “Not that I worked on it continuously for 10 years but it has been over a decade. I wouldn’t have had much time but I could manage some time from my …
Read More »Who will be the next Dangribu Tshogpa?
A has-been, a confident second timer and a probable public favorite will stand hopeful as less-than 2000 residents go to polls today Dangribu chiwog under Dagana Dzongkhag will have a new Tshogpa after today’s polling day where a Tshogpa will be elected. All the preparation for the day was done …
Read More »Expired drugs prescribed to patients by MoH
The effect could be anything from reduced effectiveness to poisoning A case of expired drugs given for a child in Thimphu with a rare heart condition has brought to fore the controversial practice of government hospitals and pharmacies in supplying expired medicines to patients. It has also attracted the ire …
Read More »Nutrition deficiency suspected in a Mongar community school
Nutrition deficiency has affected 18 students in Dagsa Community Primary School in Mongar. The case was first inspected by Dagsa’s Basic Health Unit’s Health Assistant (HA) Suk Bahadur since it would take about five days for the people to reach the Dzongkhag,. The HA said the students complained of muscle …
Read More »Jarey completes GC road after a fund shortage and a two month hiatus
Jarey, the remotest gewog under Lhuentse Dzongkhag, celebrated the completion of a 36 kilometers farm road from Gorgan till its gewog centre (GC) in an inaugural ceremony yesterday. The ceremony was observed with Chipdrel, hoisting the national flag, Marchang ceremony and included cultural programs like singing and dancing. The inaugural …
Read More »Indian cartoonist trains Bhutanese Cartoonists
Over 15 cartoonists and artists from the Bhutanese media attended a Bhutan Media Foundation (BMF)-conducted training for Cartoonists. The training was not just about the usual drawing and termed as cartoon. It was more about conceptualizing news and events visually, minimal use of text, how to develop caricatures that can …
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