The increase is attributed to the introduction of favorable technical courses for women, congenial environment and heightened awareness creation An increasing number of women are now willing to dirty their hands alongside their male counterparts, particularly going by the escalating turn over of female trainees in Technical Training Institutes (TTIs) …

Druk Chirwang Tshogpa’s symbol of a mythical bird with its wings spread and beak surging skyward from a blooming pink lotus from water back-dropped against a jewel represents  the party manifesto, a functionary said.  The symbol, he said is a pre-manifesto of the party. The water represents a life of …

Sherubtse College under Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) will prepare a new module for all the colleges under RUB called environment, climate change and poverty mainstreaming (ECPM) module to uplift the rural poor. The new module would most  likely be an awareness tool for fragile environment, which is vulnerable to …

All the Technical Training Institutes (TTI) in the Nation signed a performance compact to achieve center of excellence in their respective fields on 18 September in a Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) conference. The compact would be an undertaking that the institutes will deliver within one year ranging from the …

People can now not only bargain for prices of commodities but can also fight for the accurately calibrated measurement. This piece of empowered element is made possible by the National Metrology Laboratory of the Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB). The metrology lab is equipped with all the materials to maintain the …

 The Labor Ministry will send 15 University graduates to Thailand Vocational Training Institutes (VTI) as English teachers. This is the ministry’s initiative planned since five years back. Initially, around 172 graduates competed for 19 slots but 15 students were selected and 4 as standby after all the written exam and …

… And the tourists who will enhance their trade and livelihood Lhuentse known for its intricately woven Kishutharas craves for tourism facilities to promote the trade as it is the dzongkhag’s one of the more potential means to a better livelihood. The lack of proper infrastructure such as resorts, proper …

Instituted with every good intentions, but the labor ministry’s market guide to provide gainful employment has worked contradictorily with university graduates. University graduates in general were not pleased in the least bit to look at the pay scale in the guide which ranges Nu 4000 and above. They said the …

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) …

Electricity visited Panbang quite late and only on 1 July 2012. The electrified boon has however decided not to faithfully light up the villages; it is evident from the prolonged erratic behavior it has displayed for months. “It’s been two months now but we had to live without power supply …