The Bhutan Red Cross Society’s coordinators in the districts will be equipped for all kinds of disasters and emergencies. The Bhutan Red Cross Society will be conducting a two-day Coordinators Capacity Building training in the capital beginning tomorrow. It will include hands-on training for disaster response preparedness at the community or grassroots level.

The office of the Prime Minister says discussions are underway with the Government Technology Agency, GovTech to reduce data charges by 50 per cent. The government pledged to reduce the data charges to enable citizens to harness the full potential of ICT.

Lives of the residents of Orong Gewog in Samdrup Jongkhar have become more comfortable with better road connectivity. After completing two culvert bridges, their roads can now be used throughout the year. Until now, they remained cut off from the rest of the places for months, especially during the monsoon. Although they were connected with a farm road about a decade ago, they couldn’t use it completely without a motorable bridge. It is the onset of monsoon which means it is usually time for the residents of Thungshing and Mandar villages in Orong Gewog to construct temporary bridges over the...

Esports, the world of computer, console, and mobile gaming, is increasingly gaining popularity in the country. With Esports players making a career out of gaming, the Bhutan Mobile Gaming Association is stepping up its game to organise national competitions to prepare Esports players for the international arena. The first-ever Bhutan Esports Championship, an offline event, is on the horizon.

The number of people availing Immigration Medical Examination or IME service for Australian visas has drastically dropped at the Gelephu Central Regional Referral Hospital. The hospital started providing the service to people applying for Australian visas in February, last year, to help reduce the pressure on the national referral hospital. The hospital says the decline could be because of the decreasing trend of people leaving for Australia.

A livelihood programme for communities living within the white-bellied heron landscape in the country has trained more than 50 individuals so far. The programme began this year. It raises awareness among the communities on the significance of the white-bellied heron. Moreover, people are trained in marketing and packaging local produce to acknowledge and compensate them for their efforts to conserve the critically endangered bird. The training for the second batch of representatives will end tomorrow at Paro.