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Two teams from Bhutan, comprising a men's and women's team, are set to compete in the CAVA Beach Volleyball Championship in Sri Lanka next week. The three-day event will feature 44 players from Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Kazakhstan, and the Maldives. The Bhutanese team will depart for Sri Lanka on Monday. Four athletes from Bhutan have been practising...

A six-kilometre stretch of the road between Martang and Ashikhar village on the 48-kilometre Dewathang-Samdrupchhoeling Highway has been flagged as one of the worst sections of the route. The severely deteriorated road conditions have raised safety concerns among commuters and residents, prompting calls for urgent government action to address the issue. The residents of Martang and Ashikhar villages claim that...

The pass percentage for classes XII and VIII students dropped last year. The class XII pass rate has decreased by over 1.3 per cent, while the class VIII pass rate dropped by more than 4.5 per cent as compared to 2023. The Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment announced the results today. The class XII pass percentage stood at...

The country’s youth unemployment rate increased to nearly 18 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, an increase of 1.2 per cent from the previous quarter. However, this is a decrease from almost 23 per cent in the first quarter. The overall unemployment rate stood at more than three per cent in the fourth quarter of last year....