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The biggest trash tag challenge in the country took place last weekend saw an overwhelming turnout of 2,103 volunteers all across the country to take up the famous trash tag challenge which is trending on social media these days.  Over 3,997 sacks of wastes from all the dzongkhags were collected. …

Haa police apprehended six men for stealing 20 barrels of Bitumen from a Department of Road (DoR) site at Langchu and selling it to a private construction company. Police arrested four suspects on 20 March at around 2 am, while the other two was arrested on 21st March. Before the …

The Bhutan PISA-D National Report was launched yesterday. The report was on the performance of 15-year-old students in Reading, Mathematics and Scientific Literacy. Some of the major findings of the report are that the students performed slightly better in Reading and Scientific Literacy in comparison to Mathematical Literacy and while …

The Bank of Bhutan (BoB) informed that some fraudulent or unauthorized transaction has been made on VISA International Debit Cards after suspicious transactions were reported by its clients at its contact center at Phuentsholing in the morning of 22nd march, 2019. A total of 1070 fraudulent transaction on VISA International …

Based on past experiences reporters, made numerous recommendations to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB). The ECB is taking up the recommendations as part of a learning from experience report. A reporter from said that duplication of paper work is an issue. He said that they have the media arbitrator …

The government’s new approach of engagement with the partners henceforth will focus on trade from aid unlike the traditional pattern. The foreign minister, Lyonpo Tandin Dorji, after the conclusion of the RTM said that Bhutan has to move from aid to trade and explore different forms of partnership as the …

The World Kidney Day with the theme ‘Kidney Health for everyone, everywhere,’ was celebrated on 14th March 2019 at the Nagor Middle Secondary School, Silambi Gewog in Mongar Dzongkhag. It was organized by the Bhutan Kidney Foundation and Nagor Middle Secondary School. World Kidney Day is an annual event observed …

On the search and rescue front, Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering said that Department of Disaster Management has put up a proposal to the government to institute a formal team that is professionally developed and focused on infrastructural development. The Department of Disaster Management in the proposal has also identified Chukha …

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the national airline, Drukair created history in Bhutan by operating its first ever all-female crew from Paro to Bangkok via Bagdogra on 8th March. The Captain, First Officer, engineer, cabin crew, push back team, check-in, catering and other ground staff were all females. The flight …

Forest fires have been widely and mostly associated with the loss of biodiversity and increasing rate of air pollution, but the latest research from the Duke University and the National University of Singapore found that externalities of forest fires have been mostly under-researched and ignored.  The findings reveled that forest …