Buckling under the burden of NCDs
December 13th, 2018
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are estimated to account for 69 percent of all deaths in Bhutan making it the leading cause of all preventable deaths, according to WHO NCD country profile, 2018. This was shared at a high-level advocacy for parliamentarians and key stakeholders for accelerating prevention and control of NCDs in Bhutan in Thimphu yesterday. The event, […]
Rotary Club donates health equipment worth over Nu 10M
December 13th, 2018
The Rotary Club (RC) of Thimphu in collaboration with the RC...
Up-scaling disaster preparedness in the country
December 13th, 2018
There has recently been a lot of reports about impending earthquake...
Samkhar gewog has the highest number of biogas plants in Trashigang
December 13th, 2018
For the last three years, Ugyen Wangdi a farmer from Bikhar-Domkhar...
Seminar held on health and rural development
December 13th, 2018
Kyoto University and Sherubtse College jointly organised the 42nd Southeast Asia...
MoE studying cut off options for class X
December 13th, 2018
The education ministry is studying how best to remove the cut-off...
The govt’s stand on BBIN is neutral: PM
December 12th, 2018
The government’s plan to reconsider the controversial motor vehicle agreement involving...
Food, fun, and fair festival in Samtse concludes today
December 12th, 2018
The otherwise quiet and serene Dhamdum Industrial Park (DIP) in Samtse...
Prevalence of blindness decreases by 33 percent since 2009
December 12th, 2018
Untreated cataract and uncorrected refractive error are major causes of visual...
BCCI signs MoU with sector associations to develop private sector
December 12th, 2018
To support private sector development, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was...
Royal Tutorial Project receives video equipment from SCF, Bhutan
December 12th, 2018
The Save the Children Fund (SCF) in Bhutan donated equipment worth...
Search on for burglar in Trashigang
December 12th, 2018
Search is still on for the suspect involved in a burglary...