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By Tshering One of the biggest problems in Bhutan today is coping with rising rural-urban migration, also called Gungtong. The rising rural-urban migration has seen exodus of people from remote Dzongkhags in search of better jobs, wages, and higher standard of living and other facilities like scope for good education, health, transport and housing facilities. One of the reasons cited …

By Phurpa Wangmo Udzorong Central School (UCS) in Trashigang is serving ‘Kidney Bean’ porridge to students for the first time from the beginning of this month. This is in effort with ministry’s goal of diversifying school menu to provide nutrition rich foods in schools across the country. The Vice Principal (VP) of the school, Norbu said: “We started giving kidney …

By Tshering Rigzin Sonam Tenzin and Kinley Deki Yangzom will represent Bhutan in Gazprom’s Football for Friendship (F4F) in Moscow, Russia on June 12 this year. This will be Bhutan’s first ever participation in the event. Rigzin, an 11 year old student studying in class five in Loselling Middle Secondary School, Thimphu was chosen out of twenty under 15 national …

By Tshering The 39 year old vice principal of a private charity school in Jemina, Thimphu has been arrested for child molestation and sexual harassment. The suspect was detained for molesting nine girls aged between 11 to 15 years old. According to the police, a complaint was received on April 6 from one of the parents stating that the vice …

By Tshering Thimphu police detained a 30 year old anesthesia technician of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) who was accused of raping a patient attendant on the night of April 5. The suspect has confessed to having a sexual intercourse with the 28 year old patient attendant after injecting her with Fentanyl. The case was reported on April …

By Tshering Tenants are not happy with the notification issued on Wednesday by Department of Cottage and Small Industry to vacate 32 sheds they had been occupying for several years under Changzamtog Industrial area. The notification directed them to vacate the area by June 30 this year. “It came with a blow and we didn’t know how to react,” said …

By Tshering Hailstorm twinned with gusty wind hits Sarpang on Thursday at around 1pm damaging houses, crops, animals and thousands of fruit trees. While there were no human casualties reported, the storm killed 710 poultry birds, injured two jersey cows and several goats. The strong wind, hailstones and heavy shower affected three gewogs of Singye, Gakiling and Shompangkha in Sarpang. …

By Tshering Wizards wins their second Pepsi A-League Basketball Championship title by beating Thimphu Magics in the second leg played here on Friday. Wizards defeated Thimphu Magics by 79 to 68. However, Sonam Phuntsho from Thimphu Magics was the top scorer of the match scoring 22 points. The game saw both teams customizing their offensive strategies on their speed and …

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By Tshering Nu 3 million was used for security arrangements and not to develop the prime minister’s residence said Lyonchoen Dasho Tshering Tobgay after the Opposition Party (OP) accused the Prime Minister for misusing public resources to develop his private residence in Taba in its press release on February 7. “We welcome the OP’s charges as it is essential to …