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The Basic Health Unit (BHU) in Jurmey gewog in Mongar was alerted of an Acute Respiratory Illness (ARI) outbreak after a number of people contracted the disease in Sangkama chiwog in Mongar under Jurmey gewog last week. The count is more than 25 cases of ARI. Located around twelve kilometers …

A weak monsoon this year means little water for crops that are dependent on the abundant rainfall. The increased occurrence of temperature extremes and altered rainfall pattern has resulted in a drinking water shortage and has affected crops mainly in the western and central parts of the country. According to …

Not everyone is  happy with the Damchu-Chukha bypass opening. Villagers who have business establishments in Tshimasham and Tshimalakha are now worried. The Chukha Dzongda, Minjur Dorji, said that the bypass road will have a few negative impacts on the people in the two gewogs. He said, “The hoteliers in Tshimasham …

The Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) announced that it now has 47 candidates to compete for the 2018 polls. The last two candidates were Dorji Tshering from Nubi-Tangsbi constituency and Karma Wangzom Dorji from Bartsam-Shongphu constituency. Dorji Tshering has a Masters Degree in Educational Management and Planning from the University of …

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) re-arrested a 28-year-old detainee who escaped from Thimphu District Court on 19 June at around 10:30 AM. RBP arrested the man in Samtse on 10 July, after which the suspect was located back in Thimphu for a court hearing on 12 July. The suspect was initially …

Identifying the strong need for better management, the three days workshop on ‘Emergency Preparedness Simulation’ was held with the United Nations and the Royal Government of Bhutan. A scenario of an earthquake of magnitude 8 was taken up in the simulation exercise to test the existing emergency response system. The …

The literacy rate has increased to 71.4 percent currently which among the youth stands at 93 percent. “This is a major achievement as unlike other nations we did not have centuries of mass modern education other than the monastic order” Lyonchhen said in his state of the nation report. “For …

The Government of Japan handed over seven medical equipments for the national and regional referral hospitals to the Ministry of Health on friday. The total cost incurred for the equipment is around 4.5 million USD (Nu 306 million) inclusive of insurance, installation, operational training and maintenance service for four years. …

Service Legal Agreements (SLA) were signed between the Department of Intellectual Property (DoIP) under Ministry of Economic Affairs and the three host institutions, which are College of Science and Technology, Jigme Namgyel Engineering College and Bhutan Innovation and Technology Center to establish a Technology Innovation and Support Center (TISC) in …

The mismatch between teachers’ subject qualification and subject teacher requirement in the schools continues to remain as a challenge, as per the education ministry. A related major challenge also remains in deploying the teachers as per the level of training they received. The national average student teacher ratio as of …