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Thimphu The Department of Curriculum and Research Development (DCRD) under the Education Ministry is confident that the new Economics curriculum for classes IX and X proposed from this year will sail through smoothly without any pilot tests required. According to the curriculum officer for Economics at the DCRD, Omnath Baraily, …
Read More »MPUs need more milk to sell and convert into dairy products
The two milk processing units (MPU) in Sarpang Dzongkhag are running in losses as the high demand for milk is not met by the supply. To make the matter worse, the milk has to be converted into dairy products the sale of which is not profitable at all. According to …
Read More »From rhino horns to elephant tusks, wildlife smuggling thrives
Tashi Wangmo/ Thimphu A spate of wildlife smuggling and poaching incidents in Bhutan show that Bhutan needs to be on the guard against wildlife smugglers and poachers. Recently, a man from Nanglam, Pemagatshel, was caught selling a rhino horn weighting 850 grams to a Jaigoan businessman for Nu 3mn. In …
Read More »Govt. to spend Nu 1mn each for every household in remote gewogs of Soe and Lingzhi
The micro hydropower projects at 4000m above sea level will electrify 112 households With an Austrian financial aid of 1.8mn euro, the government is moving ahead with plans construct two micro hydro -power projects at the remote gewogs of Soe and Lingzhi under Thimphu dzongkhag. The construction of the 100kw …
Read More »Local sign language taught in Deaf Education Unit
Unlike the Braille education for visually impaired children in Khaling, Trashigang, the form of teaching meted out to the 73 students of Deaf Education Unit in Drugyal Lower Secondary School, Paro, does not meet international standards. The students are taught local sign language. According to the officiating Vice Principal of …
Read More »The debate on quota for Bhutanese women continues
Should there be a quota system for women in governance and politics? This is an issue on which the debate continues in Bhutan. The Bhutanese talked to a number of people from different walks of life – both male and female. And got an interesting array of answers but the …
Read More »Bhutan almost achieves its tourists arrival target in 2011
Sonam Choden / Thimphu Bhutan reportedly received 64,028 high-end visitors in 2011 – the highest arrivals in so far. The figure shows the country almost achieved its target to bring 65,000 tourists in the year, with a growth of 56.65% over 2010. Of the 64,028 visitors, 47,610 were the …
Read More »One of the oldest towns in ruins, govt. still conservative about action
One of the oldest towns in the country, Golabaazar in Samtse, is slowly degrading while the fate of its survival is being decided. The residents say the town which was booming in the early 40s started to degrade when the government stopped collecting taxes in 1992. Since then, numerous …
Read More »Layaps want road from Gasa Tsachhu, authorities against it reportedly due to environment reasons
layaps will be connected by a road till Trongshu drak, a three-hour walk from Laya by next year, but the nomad community is not exactly jubilant. “We would be happy, if the road to connect Laya community would start from Gasa Hot spring (Tsachhu),” said Laya Gup Kinley Dorji …
Read More »Matrimonial cases figure second highest in last year’s list
As per the annual judiciary report of 2011, there are 225 cases filed with Bench 1 of the district court alone from which 73 were related to money, 53 matrimony and the rest were crimes and land disputes. Of the total of 45 cases registered in the last two …
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