Meat demand surges as holy month approaches

Sikkam costs Nu 1,800 per kilogram at the Sunday Market (CFM) in Thimphu. There is no room for price negotiation; it’s a take-it-or-leave-it scenario. With no opportunity to wait for prices to decrease, customers make their purchases.

Arts students in dire strait

As class 10 graduate students across the country prepare to enrol...

Private sector proposes Better Business Council

Private sector representatives have proposed to initiate a Better Business Council...

Combating HIV stigma remains a challenge

People living with HIV (PLHIV) in Bhutan still face stigmatisation and...

Waiting for a smooth ride to Sakteng

Trashigang—The residents of Sakteng are disappointed that the blacktopping work on...

Senior citizens financially excluded 

Financial institutions, or banks, have been around for the past 55...

Farmers wait crop compensation

Trashigang—Farmers in Domkhar and Yenangbrangsa chiwogs of Samkhar gewog, Trashigang wait...

Remote gewogs in need of more current budget

The remote gewogs in the country had already exhausted their current...

Bhutan begins third mega plantation programme

With the planting of eight almond seedlings at Chang Mindi, Wangchang...

Maiden Anti-Corruption Day calls for collective effort

On the occasion of His Royal Highness Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck’s...

Maths wizards rewarded at annual competition

Coinciding the 8th birth anniversary of His Royal Highness the Gyalsey,...

His Majesty The King grants Dhar

His Majesty The King granted Dhar to appoint four government secretaries...

Addressing attrition is a priority: Health Minister

Human Resource attrition in the health sector has become a major...

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