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Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) so far has registered 123 candidates for the upcoming 4th National Council (NC) Election 2023. Of the total registered candidates, 8 are women. However, the exact percentage of women’s participation will be known only after the Dhamngoi Zomdu is conducted. ECB is fully prepared to …

Since the diagnosis of the first mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) case, a total of 187 pregnant mothers were detected with HIV from 2002 until 2022. Out of which, 127 babies are found to be negative while 42 are HIV positive (39 MTCT cases are infected without prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) …

The recent case of missing answers sheets for Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English II of the 40 students of Trashitse Higher Secondary School in Trashigang has been taken over by the Royal Bhutan Police headquarters in Thimphu after the complaint was lodged with the Police in Gelephu. Prime Minister Dasho …

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) registered a total of 3,499 criminal cases in 2022. The top five crimes reported in 2022 are offence of substance abuse, battery, larceny, burglary and deceptive practice. Battery recorded the highest with 778 cases followed by offence of substance abuse with 604 cases. Larceny contributed 308 …

His Majesty’s Addresses, over the few years, have recurringly been on technology and innovation, and with the current time being dubbed as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, technology has become very important and urgent, especially in terms of development. Tech industry focuses on innovation, creation and growth, and in Bhutan, the …

Already more than 100 government Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) centers are non-operational due to the lack of facilitators, and now, many ECCD facilitators have resigned for Australia and other third countries, which will further have an impact on the centers and young children across the country. The lack …

The wisdom in the saying that in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity is proving to be true as we reel in from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most people have had to realign and adjust to new job profiles as blue collar workers and farmers to earn a livelihood. While the …

The traditional medicine-based palliative care services being piloted in Gidakom, Haa, Paro, Mongar ERRH and Wangduechholing hospitals is being planned to be given in all the district-level hospitals in the country this year. An official from the Department of Traditional Medicine said the palliative care services offer an alternative choice …

Health Thimphu, along with other dzongkhags, saw a steady decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in 2022, and the restrictions were then relaxed and lifted phase-wise, especially in the southern region of the country. The year also saw a single case of a new Omicron XJ variant detected at …

The importance of glaciers, especially the threat posed by melting glaciers, was fully realized only after the incident of the Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) in 1994. The sporadic studies done on glaciers in Bhutan before 1994 did not have much focus. Therefore, realizing the importance of glaciers, in 2000 …