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Remarkable improvement in Bhutan’s overall health care
Bhutan’s overall health system has seen phenomenal progress over the past five decades. Despite its difficult geographical terrain and dispersed settlements, access to health services has improved...
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Flood in Trashi Yangtse damages public infrastructure
Last night’s flash floods in Boomdeling Gewog in Trashi Yangtse have washed away bridges and destroyed irrigation canals and paddy fields. Heavy rainfall is said to have triggered floods at around 6 in...
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Naming & shaming of suspects is unconstitutional: Judges
Judicial officials said naming and showing pictures of crime suspects are against the Constitution. They shared this legal perspective at the ongoing workshop for Judiciary and Media in Thimphu. Her...
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More farmers in Samrang grow mangoes
The villagers of Samrang Gewog in Samdrup Jongkhar who started growing mangoes are hoping the fruit will earn them good income. The mango farming in the gewog first started in 2014 with about 10...
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Yoeseltse farmers worried over delay in summer paddy cultivation
Farmers of Yoeseltse in Samtse are worried that their summer paddy cultivation will be delayed. They say the spring paddy cultivated by the agriculture ministry in March this year will be ready for...
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Nunneries prepared for disasters
Private nunneries in the eastern Dzongkhags are now prepared in case of a natural disasters. A four-day workshop in Trashigang trained the nuns, 30 of them, on how to battle a fire, first aid and...
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Chamkhar’s vegetable vendors irked by lack of space, monthly rent
Vegetable vendors in Chamkhar town, Bumthang are not happy after the Thromde Representative Office started charging them monthly rent of Nu 900 for the vegetable shed in the market. The shed was...
View ArticleDuped Bhutanese students takes consultancy to court
Five Bhutanese students are taking legal action against an education consultancy firm who had promised them admission into a Malaysian college along with part time jobs. The 5 students had travelled...
View ArticleQ&A with PM on Fiscal Incentives Policy 2017
The recent parliament session passed the Fiscal Incentives Policy 2017. However, the Opposition, the National Council, and some observers, especially political parties were not happy with the way the...
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First stretch of Northern East-West Highway inaugurated
The first stretch of Northern East-West Highway from Simtokha to Wangdue was inaugurated Yesterday. The Foreign Minister, Damcho Dorji and the Works and Human Settlement Minister, Dorji Choden...
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His Majesty grants audience to FLP participants
His Majesty The King granted an audience to the participants of the inaugural Foundational Leadership Programme (FLP), at the Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies (RIGSS) in...
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Thimphu District Court will now have Family and Child Bench
Her Royal Highness Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck graced the inauguration of the Family and Child Bench at the Thimphu District Court, yesterday. The separate Family and Child Bench at the court is...
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Design Thinking Guidebook to facilitate public service delivery
Towards enhancing public service delivery in the country, the Royal Civil Service Commission in collaboration with Temasek Foundation International, Singapore launched the Design Thinking Guidebook, in...
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BIU to provide skills to the technical graduates
The graduates and trainees of Thimphu Institute for Zorig Chusum will now be able to gain work experience in handling real life projects within the institute’s campus. The newly opened Business...
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Typhoid outbreak in Changzamtok
The health ministry confirmed an outbreak of typhoid in Changzamtok area of Thimphu. As of yesterday, 23 individuals living in the locality were detected with the bacterial infection. The first case...
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Lingmithang hit by frequent power outages
Power supply in Lingmithang in Monggar has been anything but reliable of late. The erratic supply has left everyone- from residents to health centres, offices and businesses- upset. At the regional...
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Two companies get Food Safety License
Zimdra Food Private Limited and Namgay Artisanal Brewery received the “Food Safety License” from Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA). The two private companies are first recipients...
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Man pronounced dead following car accident
A 30-year-old man died on the impact when the truck he was driving went off the Thimphu-Phuentshogling highway on Tuesday. The spot where the accident happened was some 14 kilometres away from...
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Solar fencing often gets ineffective in Chhoekhor Gewog
Since 2015, farmers of Goling and Kharsa villages under Chhoekhor Gewog in Bumthang had their fields surrounded with solar fencing. However, they said though the technology has been immensely...
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OGOP initiative trains beekeeping cooperatives from southern districts
Bhutanese honey is among the most popular product sold by the One Gewog One Product (OGOP) Initiative which has helped farmers to generate income to a great extent through beekeeping. To further...
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