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As per the Second Quarter Report published by the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), the number of Dzongkhags and Financial Institutions taking part in reviewing Priority Sector Lending (PSL) proposals increased from 7 dzongkhags and just 2 financial institutions in the first quarter to 19 Dzongkhags and 7 financial institutions in …

Lingmukha-Toedwang constituency under Punakha saw a high voter turnout of 5,123 voters out of the total of 6,934 registered voters. Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa’s (DNT) spokesperson, Tandin Dorji, won after securing a total of 1,985 votes (1,381 EVM + 604), followed by Druk Phuensum Tshogpa’s (DPT) Sonam Wangyel who secured a …

Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) bagged the highest votes from all the three constituencies; Nanong-Shumar, Nanglam and Khar-Yurung, in Pemagatshel. Similarly, DPT won from both the constituencies; Boomdeling-Jamkhar and Khamdang-Ramjar, in Trashiyangtse. From Nanong- Shumar, DPT secured total of 3,561 votes (1,728 EVM + 1,888 PB). Likewise, DNT secured 1,513 votes …

The majority of the people in Trashigang have voted for Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT). DPT won in all the five constituencies in the dzongkhag . From Bartsham Shongphu constituency, DPT secured a total of 3,377 votes (1,653 EVM +1,724 PB). While Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) got a total of 2,404 …

Computer Application will no longer be an optional subject for class nine students starting from the next academic session. Instead, there is a new ICT curriculum that students and teachers can look forward to. “With the implementation of the ICT curriculum in class nine, the optional subject Computer Application, which …

A roadblock at Ossey, 27 kms from Gelephu towards Zhemgang is still not cleared for traffic. The road has been blocked for 21 days. Some seven years before the bottom about 800 meters below the alignment started sliding. C.B Mongar, Chief Engineer of Sarpang, DoR said that, the slide encroached …

Although Bhutan has an abundance of water, in terms of per-capita availability reading at 109, 000 cubic meter, however, the access to adequate and consistent water supply can no longer be taken for granted as the pressure on the country’s rich freshwater resource is growing with increasing development and population …

As part of the global conversations on environment and conservation, Mountain Echoes literary festival, Bhutan’s distinctive literary, arts and cultural festival, brought together celebrated names from Bhutan, India and across the globe to unravel the reasons behind nature’s greatest obscurities. Each year, hundreds set out in search of the elusive Himalayan Yeti, but …

Druk Phuensum Tshogpa’s (DPT) former candidate and communication minister, Nandalal Rai from Shompangkha constituency in Sarpang has long declared his will to contest for the upcoming third parliamentary election for National Assembly as a candidate of the People’s Democratic Party. Similarly, Tshering Choden, who was a former PDP candidate during …

There were 200 gewog banks established in the 11th Five Year Plan (FYP). 13,571 bank accounts have been opened by rural based clients amounting to a total saving of Nu 178 million (mn), which according to the report by the Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC)  signifies that the rural communities …