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With the initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MoAF) to bring about food self sufficiency among the highlanders, the introduction of vegetable production through the green house method is benefiting the highlanders of Laya where they don’t have to depend on vegetables from Gasa and Punakha and at …

The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) party has opened its second regional office in the eastern district of Trashigang to create space for people in the east to visit and share their concerns. The party’s general secretary, Tenzin Lekphell, said the office would strengthen the party and Nyamrup’s ‘People’s manifesto’. He …

The Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party on 26th October announced three new candidates. Retd. Col. Dr. Leki Wangdi will contest from Chhoekhor Taang constituency which is also the constituency of the Opposition leader Pema Gyamtsho. Incidentally the candidate is a cousin of the Opposition leader. Leki was a doctor in the army …

The Ministry of Health is carrying out a nationwide Rubella and Measles vaccination program starting from the 27th of October till the 8th of November. Measles is a highly contagious virus, spread by contact.  Globally approximately 30 percent of reported measles cases have one or more complications. These debilitating effects …

Providing free sanitary pads has helped improve hygiene, boost confidence and improve attendance of girl students in Zhemgang Central School. Previously some students relied on absorbent cloth during their periods, which not only was uncomfortable but awkward to change and clean. The sanitary pads are made in the school itself …

Phuentsholing police apprehended 13 non-Bhutanese, age range between 19 to 25 years for involvement in prostitution from a hotel and beauty parlor in three separate instances. The first was on 21 September, the second was on 26 September and the third on 10 October. Police said that, they were arrested …

Phuentsholing police have apprehended a 16-year-old boy for having a sexual relationship with his 15-year-old girlfriend. The suspect is a class IX student while the girlfriend is class VII student and studying in the same school in Phuentsholing. The victim’s mother lodged a complaint with the police after she found …

The Royal Bhutan Police will establish four more gewog policing units in the remote locations of Lingshi, Laya, Jigmecholing and Kheng Buli by the end of October to deter crime deter crime, provide immediate police response and improve access to police service. As of now, they have established gewog policing …

The National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC), with the support from Save the Children, has developed a Central Management Information System (CMIS) to ensure a systematic and evidence based approach to providing effective and appropriate services to women and children. The system which was launched in Thimphu on 27 …

Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital conducted a Mass Simulation earthquake drill on 21 September, the first of its kind involving the whole hospital.  The main objective was to test its Contingency plan for Emergencies and Disasters and also to stimulate and create awareness amongst hospital staff. The other objectives …