Nutrition, not hunger, is the issue
September 30th, 2021
Hunger is not public health issue in the country. For more than a decade, no one in the country is known to have died of hunger. But Bhutan is at a crossroads of what the experts are now calling “a triple burden of malnutrition, with the co-existence of undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overnutrition,” brought upon by changes to lifestyle and food consumption trends.
Police investigating sexual harassment case at the Royal Tutorial Project
September 29th, 2021
Thimphu police are investigating a case in which a 22-year-old woman...
No local Covid-19 cases for 45 straight days
September 28th, 2021
Bhutan has not reported any positive Covid-19 cases from the community...
12th Five-Year Plan reprioritised to stimulate growth
September 27th, 2021
Construction of dry ports at Pasakha, Gelephu, and Nganglam are some...
Are we normalising sexual harassment?
September 25th, 2021
Long ago, even today in some rural villages, men and women...
BPC management yet to investigate sexual harassment case
September 23rd, 2021
A week after a case of alleged sexual harassment occurred at...
Hydropower generation decreases by over 12 percent
September 22nd, 2021
Hydropower, which has remained the bedrock of the economy during the...
Bhutan celebrates 50 years of UN membership
September 21st, 2021
More than 50 years after His late Majesty Jigme Dorji Wangchuck...
MoE seeks urgent strategised interventions to improve students’ performance
September 20th, 2021
Around 46 percent of Class IV-XII students scored lower than 40...
Sexual harassment rampant in offices?
September 18th, 2021
Even as Thimphu police are investigating an alleged sexual harassment case...
Parties renewing membership without consent?
September 16th, 2021
Despite being the ruling party, the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) has...
Autonomous REC merged with MoE again
September 15th, 2021
As recommended in the Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) organisational development...
No pool at the Swimming Pool Complex
September 14th, 2021
The swimming pool that catered to many Bhutanese interested in swimming...