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With a warmer climate in the highlands now, students of Lingzhi Lower Secondary School might have an extended academic year. Residents and local leaders proposed an early opening and a later closing of the school which the recent Thimphu Dzongkhag Tshogdu endorsed. With warmer temperatures and less severe winters, residents believe extending the academic year could improve the academic performance...

Over 550 landowners in Samtenling Gewog, Sarpang, are preparing to make way for the construction of the Gelephu International Airport. With around 1,400 acres falling under the project area, they have three choices: land replacement, tokenisation(similar to leasing) and monetary compensation. Meanwhile, government offices located in the area are also getting ready to vacate their premises. The construction of the...

Residents of Kipse, Bangtsho, and Samdrup Gatshel Demkhong in Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde look forward to a more reliable water supply. The thromde’s works to supply water from a new source is nearing completion. The construction scheduled for completion in October last year is now expected to complete by June this year. Although the new water supply project has been completed...

For over ten years, most parents and students at Kazhi Primary School in Wangdue Phodrang have been living in makeshift shelters to attend the school. Otherwise, the students have to walk for hours to get to class. Now, both parents and the school administration are calling for a boarding facility to ease the burden. As rain patters on the roofs...