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Subject based classrooms help improve students’ learning ability
The introduction of subject based classrooms in Jigme Losel Primary School in Thimphu has significantly improved students’ learning. This is as per the finding of six months of action research that the...
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Personal protective equipment for firefighting agencies
The Department of Disaster Management has handed over Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to different agencies involved in firefighting. The Department of Forests and Park Services organises...
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UN reaffirms support to Bhutan as UN Day was marked
The UN Resident Coordinator, Gerald Daly reaffirmed the unwavering support of the United Nations to Bhutan in achieving its development goals and objectives in the years ahead as the UN day was...
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PM asks project officials to speed up construction of Pema Gatshel Dzong
Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay visited the construction site of Pema Gatshel Dzong while en route to gewogs in Monggar today. Lyonchhen examined the work and expressed his concerns over the...
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Their Majesties in Bangkok for royal funeral of late Thai King
His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen are in the Thai capital Bangkok to pay their last respects to His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej as the royal cremation ceremony gets...
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RMA to submit priority sector lending policy to cabinet
The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) will submit the Priority Sector Lending policy to the cabinet next Tuesday. This was revealed during the opening ceremony of the nine-day Training on Priority Sector...
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Traditional archery players in Bumthang plead for support
Some traditional archery players in Bumthang plead for more support from the Bumthang Sports Association for the sport. This is following a recent move by compound archery players roofing the...
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PM says works to light up two chiwogs in Gongdue underway
Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay told people of Pikari-Yangbari and Daagsa-Kumadzong chiwogs under Gongdue Gewog in Monggar that works to electrify their villages are in process. Lyonchhen...
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Thimphu sees highest number of vehicle accidents
Thimphu recorded the highest number of motor vehicle accidents in the country in between January 2016 and June this year. Figures with the Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) show, of about...
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Country’s six important cultural sites identified
1. Buli, 2. Ramtoe, 3. Ura, 4. Nabji, 5. Gangtey & 6. Rinchengang Towards managing cultural sites for sustenance of cultural landscape, the Culture Department has chosen six important cultural...
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OAG seeks dismissal of DNT’s case against government
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has requested the High Court to immediately dismiss Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa’s petition of mandamus writ. The OAG, representing the government, submitted its...
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Their Majesties attend Royal Cremation Ceremony of revered late King Bhumibol
His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen offered last respects to His late Majesty King Bhumibol of Thailand, during the royal cremation at Sanam Luang in Bangkok today. His Majesty...
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Damphu town to have better road facilities
Damphu town in Tsirang is going to have improved road facilities by next year. Currently, the town is abuzz with ongoing construction of pedestrian footpaths along the thromde’s roadsides. So far, 70...
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Construction of Jomotshangkha-Samrang highway in progress
Road construction works from Jomotshangkha Drungkhag till Samdrupchhoeling Drungkhag in Samdrup Jongkhar is underway. Clearing of 48-kilometre road starts from Rongchhuthang in Jomotshangkha until...
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DNT dismisses OAG’s defense
The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) has described the defense submitted by the Office of Attorney (OAG) as weak and a feeble attempt to justify the wrong. On behalf of the government, the OAG on Monday...
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HRH Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck graces Bhutan-Kyoto University 60th...
Her Royal Highness Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck graced the Bhutan-Kyoto University 60th Anniversary Memorial Symposium on October 25 at Kyoto University, Japan. “The relationship between Bhutan and...
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Drukair to resume flights to Yonphula & Gelegphu next month
The national airline, Drukair will resume its domestic flight operations to Gelegphu and Yonphula, Trashigang from next month. According to a news release from Drukair, the first scheduled flight will...
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Antibiotics aren’t always the answer
Antibiotics are not necessary for every illness. Instead, a good rest can work wonders for infections that our body can handle. So, sometimes what the patients need is plenty of rest and not...
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Thai Minister-Counsellor thanks Bhutan for holding prayers for late King
Minister-Counsellor of the Royal Thai Embassy in Dakha, Bangladesh, Kraichok Arunpairojkul The Minister-Counsellor of the Royal Thai Embassy in Dakha, Bangladesh, Kraichok Arunpairojkul, says he is...
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Thailand expresses gratitude, appreciation to Their Majesties
Thailand expressed gratitude and appreciation to Their Majesties for attending the cremation ceremony of His late Majesty King Bhumibol. Earlier, His Majesty conveyed messages of condolence to His...
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