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About 3.5 percent of teachers in government schools voluntarily resign every year and most of them go to third countries suggests a study by the education ministry. “Most of the teachers who voluntarily resigned are found to be in third countries like Australia, USA and Canada,” said  the ministry’s chief …

Thimphu residents in Changzamtog and Changbangdu have complained to Thimphu Thromde regarding drinking water shortages that has persisted for weeks. Upper Motithang, Lower Chubachu and Changiji areas have also suffered water shortages while it was not enough in several other areas. Pema Wangmo, 36, who lives in Changbangdu said that …

A 40-year-old man from Yadi, Mongar, died on the spot after the Jumbo truck he was driving veered off the road near Takti and fell 300 metres below the road. The incident took place at around three in the morning on April 10. The deceased was travelling from Gomtu to …

A baseline study conducted in 2012 reported that buildings in Bhutan consumed 52,707 metric tonnes of oil, nearly 16% of the total energy consumption, of which nearly 60% was estimated to be thermal energy. This is expected to increase over the years due to change in lifestyle of residents where …

Bhutan Narcotic Control Authority (BNCA) will soon establish a compulsory treatment center in country for substance abusers in need of rehabilitation to overcome their addiction. This will take the number of rehabilitation centers in the country to three. The two existing ones are in Serbithang, Thimphu, which can take in …

The Pasakha-Manitar highway, used as an alternative route connecting Phuentsholing to Thimphu, is being improved and repaired under an ADB funded project. This includes black topping the 41.50 km road and rebuilding the Bhalujhora bridge, which was badly damaged in last year’s monsoon. Chief Engineer of DoR, Lungten Jamtsho, said …

Thimphu police have detained a 29-year-old non-Bhutanese suspected to have committed a number of burglaries in several locations in the city. Police apprehended the man on the night of March 25 from the Centenary Farmers Market area after receiving a complaint from a resident about a suspicious looking character. Police …

The Gasa Dzongkhag Tshogdu intends to propose to the home ministry that civil servants posted in Gasa’s Khatoe gewog also be paid high altituted allowance. According to existing civil service rules, civil servants working in places above 3000 metres are admissible to a high altitude allowance of Nu 3,000 a …

Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay completed the gewog tour for Trongsa Dzongkhag today after visiting Korphu gewog today afternoon. Talking to the people of Korphu gewog, Lyonchhen highlighted about the importance of health and education . Lyonchhen explained that the free health services provided should be efficiently used and urged the people to complete …

A few local leaders have suggested changing the legal age for consensual sexual relations and marriage from 18 years to 15 or 16 years. Local leaders say that in the villages it’s common for consensual relationships to occur much before the legal age and when legal provisions of statutory rape …