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2 dead, 1 injured in accident
Two men, both aged 28, have died on the spot and another was injured in a car accident in Phuentshogling. The accident took place in Pasakha around 1 am today. Police suspect drunk driving and speeding...
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Electrical short circuits blamed for many house fires
Most of the house fires in the country are caused by electrical short circuit, according to police records. Last year, Thimphu alone reported 18 house fire incidents. Almost half of the fires were due...
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EU to provide financial assistance to CSOs
A European Union (EU) programme to support Civil Society Organisations or CSOs was launched in Thimphu yesterday. The programme has funds of Nu 175 M which will be given directly to the CSOs in the...
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Austria grants over €1m to royal government
The government of Austria granted over €1m to the royal government. To this effect, the grant agreement was signed between the two governments in Thimphu yesterday. The government will use the grant to...
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Most MPs in favour of establishing Stabilisation Fund
Most National Assembly members supported the establishment of Stabilisation Fund. The government, in its budget report of 2017-18 pointed out that the fund will serve as monetary as well as fiscal...
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DHI’s income increases by 11 percent
Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) recorded an increase of Nu 4bn in its total income for the year 2016. This is an increase of 11 percent from 2015, according to its annual report released today....
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Purjang of Khenpo Karpo’s Kudung held at Takila
The purjang ceremony of Khenpo Karpo’s Kudung was held at Takila in Lhuentse yesterday. Khenpo passed away on January 19 at Bumrungrad hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Khenpo was 82. Dzongsar Jamyang...
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Former ACC Chairperson joins Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party
The Former Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Dasho Neten Zangmo joined Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) to contest for the 2018 parliamentary election. She has become officially...
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Their Majesties receive His Holiness
His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen received His Holiness the Je Khenpo and the central monastic body at the Lingkana palace yesterday. Their Majesties offered suja and desi to His...
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Thimphu has highest number of students with substance abuse problems:...
Schools in Thimphu recorded the highest number of students abusing substance, compared to schools in other dzongkhags last year. Of the nearly 47 hundred cases reported more than 4000 students in...
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Being the populated city, Thimphu will have over 1,000 enumerators for PHC
Thimphu Thromde will have some 1,140 enumerators for the second Population and Housing Census (PHC) which begins on Tuesday (May 30). The enumerators, specifically for capital city, are currently...
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Govt specifies thromdes will be established after electing Thromde...
The Works and Human Settlement Minister Dorji Choden said the setting up of Dzongkhag and Yenlag Thromdes in the country will be possible once the Thromde Representatives are elected. Minister...
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The 3rd Bhutan-India Friendship Tennis Championship underway
The 3rd Bhutan-India Friendship Tennis Championship began in Thimphu today. Seventy five men and women, including 23 players from India are participating in the tournament. The opening ceremony was...
View ArticleEuropean Commission & Save the Children Norway gives € 575,000 for disaster...
The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department and Save the Children Norway provided 575 thousand Euros for the Comprehensive Disaster Management Project for Bhutan. It was...
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NA to endorse Fiscal Incentives 2016 as Money Bill
The motion to endorse the Fiscal Incentives 2016 as Money Bill in the National Assembly was withheld yesterday. This was because members suggested that prior to endorsement, they must be thorough on...
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First of its kind bridge under construction in Trongsa
Bhutan will soon have its first Post-Tension Box Girder Bridge built over Zalamchu in Tangsibji Gewog in Trongsa. The bridge which has special features such as slopes and curves for traffic safety...
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B-League Basketball Championship ends
The 2017 B-League Basketball Championship ended in Thimphu yesterday. In the women’s category, team Hotshots defeated team Dragon Flies by 59 baskets to 46 baskets. For men’s category, team Takins...
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3 soldiers emerge triumphant in Marathon
Three soldiers from the Royal Bhutan Army won the 42-km Thunder Dragon Marathon held in Paro, this afternoon. A 32-year-old Sangay Wangchuk finished the race in three hours and 18 minutes, securing the...
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ECCD opens in Dokar Gewog
As the Early Child Care and Development Centre (ECCD) opened in Khamdraag-gang Chiwog in Dokar Gewog, Paro yesterday, some 40 parents took their children for registration at the centre. The children...
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Bhutan will experience normal to slightly below normal monsoon
This year’s monsoon in Bhutan will be normal to slightly below the normal. The report was released on Friday by the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) in its third National Climate...
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