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It’s that time of the year again for Citrus growing areas across the country, and not really a great time at that. And the reasons are apparent in the fact that most of their citrus trees around this time are drying-up and dying. Farmers called it a strange disease when …

Tshewang Tashi, 46, from Langjophakha in Thimphu, is the first civil servant to join Bhutan Kuengyam Party (BKP). She served in the civil service for the last 23 years. Earlier she was head of the Central Coordinating Division and the Internal Audit Division.  She started her career with Department of …

A total of around 140,000 jobs will be required in the 11th Five year Plan according to the Annual Report (Fiscal Year 2011-12) of the labor ministry (MoLHR). Although the MoLHR achieved 2.1% unemployment rate, much lower than the target set, yet the ministry should gear up to resolve the …

A total of 1043 graduates attended a three day convocation for Technical Training Institute (TTI) and Institute of Zorig chhusum (IZC) graduates in the capital which ended yesterday. This is the first ever convocation for Technical Vocation and Education Graduates (TVET). It was organized mainly to give them prior recognition …

National certificate Level 2 (NC-2) vocational qualification was awarded to 22 Out of 25 Transmission and distribution Lineman in the capital. The recipients are now certified competent and it is also the seamless track for their higher education and upgradation of their skills and knowledge. The National assessment and certification …

Fans screaming and mooning at the sight of actor Tandin Bidha or Chencho Dorji, singers Namgay Jigs or Ugyen Panday forced to take on a disguise to avoid passionately charged mobs of female or male fans hungry after a close-up shot with them. That, is currently, not the scene in …

IDA international and Temasek Foundation roll out first leadership training programme for senior Bhutanese ICT officers For the first time, Singapore and Bhutan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Infocomm technology (ICT) on October, here in the capital. The collaboration of the two countries in ICT has just been …

After a visit to Soe, Naro and Lingshi, Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley met with the Ambassador of USA to India Ms. Nancy Powell at the Gyalyong Tshokhang yesterday. The US Ambassador arrived in the Country on 21 October on a six day official visit. Ms. Nancy Powell was accompanied …

Amidst reports of dying bamboos in other parts of the country, those in Goshing gewog in lower Kheng of Zhemgang thrive prosperously. This comes as a stroke of respite for poverty stricken communities in Zhemgang. The communities remain ever expectant of the steady flow of cash income from sale of …

Women in the Greater Himalayan regions are more involved in conservation, preservation and use of landraces of cereals, legumes, vegetables, forest plants, and herbs to meet their livelihood and cultural needs. This is stated in a study, published by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). The publication, titled …