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By Sangay Rabten, Thimphu With the objective of narrowing the gap, Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) promised several free services to the people if they come to the power. In campaign for the general round, DNT candidates are doing their best making pledges to woo voters giving prime focus in eastern region, from where DNT got fewer votes during the primary round. DPT candidate of Haa Sombeykha constituency, Rinzin Wangchuk sought clarifications …

By Phurpa Wangmo   Dorji Gyeltshen, a second year student from BSc.in Computer Science, Sherubt­se College stood third in the Regional ICDL Digital Challenge 2018 finals held in Bangkok. The top two students from 10 countries including Bhutan, China, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Viet­nam competed in the grand finale. Dorji represented Bhutan along with …

By Sangay Rabten As a young lady of 28 and surrendering apartment in Thimphu, currently staying in Gelephu helping her par­ents in doing manual work and working equally with laborers, Tshering Denkar chosed her own destiny even leaving behind the job offer. She has Masters in Tourism Management from Naresu­an University, Phitsanulok, Thailand. She realized her dream and passion of …

By Sangay Rabten Media is considered the fourth pillar of democracy. The fourth pillar ensures that all people even living in far off areas of the coun­try are informed what’s hap­pening in the country. Me­dia ensure transparency in the working of all the other systems. Over the years, Media in Bhutan have become more active. Beside Bhutan Broadcasting Service and …

By Tshering The fine pieces of art that one sees in handicraft shop displays or being adorned by people is still, in Bhutan at least, made by a process that actually resembles something out of medieval times. The tools, the technique, and the setting used to create these wares lie in a charming time warp. It has to be one …

By Tshering A Yangtse farmer, Tshering Denkar, was shocked when he watched a short video clip of a Bhutanese couple sharing information of plastic cabbage. In the video, the couple warns Bhutanese to be cautious when they go vegetable shopping. They burn the layers of the big bud (cabbage) and compare with a real cabbage. Amazed by the video, the …

By Phurpa Wangmo DrukSmart launched Oie, an online mobile taxi booking application on Friday. The app was launched both on IOS and android platforms. The app is on demand taxi service which facilitates commuters to request transport to or from their chosen destination points through the use of their mobile platform. For the initial phase of the operation, DrukSmart will …

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 …