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Once considered a taboo, discussions on sexual health, sexual harassment, teenage pregnancy, and personal hygiene will now be taught in monastic institutions. Starting this year, young monks and nuns in primary classes will be taught life skills to navigate these issues alongside traditional scriptures. Through the initiative, the United Nations Population Fund and the Central Monastic Body will integrate Life...

As a strategy to tackle the huge number of students seeking enrollment at schools in urban areas, the education and skills development ministry is strengthening feeder schools. Education and Skills Development Minister Yeezang De Thapa, during the Meet The Press session yesterday, said that it is also investing nearly Nu 20bn in improving schools in rural areas in the 13th...

A place of worship or a site of neglect? The newly built Hindu temple in Tsirang’s Tsirang Toed Gewog remains locked in the absence of relics and statues for worship. However, repeated break-ins have left the temple littered, with some even destroying electric bulbs and wiring, before it could serve its purpose. The main temple was constructed under the previous...

To mark International Women’s Day today, Bhutan Cricket Council organised a special Women’s T20 Celebration Match across six districts on Saturday. Themed "Accelerate Action", 132 women, participated in the event. In a move to empower women in sports, participants from Thimphu, Paro, Punakha, Wangdue Phodrang, Samtse, and Sarpang took part in the T20 matches. The initiative aims to challenge gender...