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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 …

The outgoing Prime Minister, Dasho Tshering Tobgay during the last meet the press conference on Thursday 9 August said that in order to strengthen good governance and deepen democracy, the PDP government during their tenure strived to respect the constitution by abiding by the rule of law and making sure …

The first case of Brucellosis, which is a very uncommon disease in a country, has been detected in Paro. Tests were carried on a patient who complained of having a fever and body aches for months. The blood sample from the infected person has been sent to the Royal Centre …

The private sector, government and opposition all have their say In July 2017 the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources said that there are available 6,373 job vacancies most of them in the private sector which have not been taken up by locals. The bulk of these vacancies are in …

The Ministry of Information and Communication has constituted the Media Council as per the ICM Act 2018. The council members are Rinzin Wangchuk, President of JAB, Tenzing Lamsang, the Editor of The Bhutanese and President of the Media Association of Bhutan representing proprietors of media firms, Executive Director of Bhutan …