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Radiation therapy as an essential form of cancer treatment can now be done in the country with the first radiation therapy machine arriving in Thimphu last month. The equipment was procured as a package deal from CARE Australia and includes oncology education for Bhutanese doctors and staff on operating the …

After missing numerous deadlines for completion the Minister for Works and Human Settlement Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi said she had been assured by project DANTAK that the bypass would be completed by June 2018. She said currently the formation cutting was done but the ‘full formation cutting’ had to be done …

To accelerate the production of agriculture and livestock, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) launched the Bhutan Livestock Development Corporation Limited (BLDCL) on the 3rd of August 2, 2017 as the first State Owned livestock corporation of Bhutan under the initiative of the Ministry. The Agriculture Minister said that …

Commercial sex is illegal in Bhutan. But there are many who do the business undercover. The executive director of Lhaksam, Wangda Dorji, said that the definition of sex worker in the country is all mixed and so it does not have a proper definition. He said, as per a presentation …

A 33-year-old man from Mongar was arrested by Thimphu police on 22 July following a complaint by 16 year old school girl a day earlier. The man owns a private business while the girl is a class X student who was temporarily working in a hotel during her summer vacation. …

Road safety and transport authority (RSTA) officials say it is the responsibility of the Thimphu Thromde to provide safe roads within an urban area. Therefore, if any motor crashes were to occur because of poorly maintained roads the Thromde would be held accountable. “While we acknowledge the contribution and achievements …

With more than three months gone since the government agreed to intervene on their behalf, Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) graduates are worried they may not be able to sit for the civil service common examination this year. For the past year or more SMU graduates have been running from pillar …

The Thimphu Thromde has appointed eight waste inspectors who will patrol the city on their mountain bikes and penalize defaulters breaking city rules. The uniformed inspectors will waste patrol South, North and Central Thimphu on a shift system and keep a close eye on illegal hawkers and dumping of garbage. …

The Nature Conservation Division (NCD) in collaboration with the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research (UWICER) has initiated a count of the house crow population in Thimphu city area, whose population has visibly declined in recent years say bird specialists. “Even without any formal study we have noticed …

While there is more awareness and acceptance about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community with supportive public voices and a sympathetic press, members say they still face prejudice and discrimination. Pema, a gay, who works with Health Information Service Center, said the issue of acceptance and fear of …