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Rain-fed rivers flood road to Lauri and Serthig
Luari and Serthig Gewogs in Samdrup Jongkhar were connected with road in 2014. But travel to and from the gewogs remains a challenge during monsoon due to swollen rivers. There are several rivers on...
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OAG reviewing BDBL embezzlement case
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is currently reviewing an embezzlement and fraud case involving a project officer with the Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDB). The project officer is...
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Druk PNB ATM Teller accused of siphoning Nu 10m
The Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating an embezzlement case involving an ATM Teller of the Druk Punjab National Bank Limited. The ATM Teller is alleged of having siphoned off Nu 10m from the...
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Other fruit crops replace orange farming in Samdrup Jongkhar
With orange trees dying every year, farmers in Samdrup Jongkhar have now resorted to growing other fruit crops such as Mango, Avocado and Litchi among others. At one point of time, orange dominated the...
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South Koreans too fascinated by GNH philosophy
Bhutan’s philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH) is gaining international recognition. Recently, the members of Wonkwang University and Won-Buddhism in South Korea arrived in the country and...
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Pests affect shiitake mushrooms in Gidawom
Shiitake mushroom has over the years become an important source of income for the people of Gidawom in Thimphu. The demand for the mushroom is growing but so is the challenge of cultivating it. Of...
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Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA) fined 19 people in Thimphu for smoking in public areas over the past three days. According to Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan, 2014, if one lights up in public...
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2 more cases involving former Chang Gup forwarded to court
The Office of Attorney General (OAG) forwarded another two government land encroachment cases involving former Chang Gup Naku to the Thimphu District Court yesterday. With this, the OAG has now...
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Sheep rearing on the brink of disappearance
Sheep rearing has been the main source of livelihood for the people of Bumthang in the past. But over the years, as the country became increasingly developed, the sheepherders have seen their way of...
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Damphu hospital facing acute shortage of doctors
Damphu hospital in Tsirang currently has only one medical doctor who attends to an average of over 150 ODP patients daily. Apart from that, the lone doctor has to cater to emergency patients. Due to...
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His Holiness presides over Jambay lhakhang Moenlam Chenmo
For the first time ever, His Holiness the Je Khenpo is presiding over the annual Moenlam Chenmo at Jambay lhakhang in Bumthang. The week long prayer ceremony began today. Thousands of devotees are...
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Zhemgang town’s only tailoring business thrives
Thirty three-year-old Pema Lhamo is causing quite a stir as the only tailor in the whole of Zhemgang town. The mother of five from Goshing Gewog learned tailoring as a student at the Zorig Chhusum...
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Samtencholing lhakhang in Monggar in dire need of renovation
Samtencholing lhakhang in Tsakaling Gewog in Monggar is in dire need of renovation. The temple, located a few kilometres north of the Gewog Centre, is believed to be four centuries old. The temple roof...
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Norgaygang vegetable market shed lying idle
The only vegetable market shed in Norgaygang Gewog in Samtse has been lying unused since it’s opening last year. The shed was constructed at a cost of about Nu 600,000 to provide the farmers a space...
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1st Women’s T20 Cricket Club Championship underway
The first-ever Women’s T20 Club Championship started in the capital, today. Six teams are participating in the inaugural edition of the cricket championship. It was a fine day to play a game of...
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11 GC roads in Sarpang to be blacktopped by year end
Works are underway to blacktop the Gewog Centre (GC) road of Umling Gewog. It is the first Gewog Centre road to be blacktopped in Sarpang. Umling Gup said works are in full swing to blacktop the first...
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Taklai embankment wall rebuilt
A part of the river embankment wall along Taklai River near Gaden village of Umling Gewog in Sarpang, which was damaged by flood last summer, has been reconstructed. Farmers hope the 200-metre long...
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Towards gender sensitive local government
The local leaders of Lhuentse, Monggar, Samdrup Jongkhar and Trashigang are now expected to be more gender aware and gender sensitive. It is also hoped that they would be able to come up with...
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Recent rain enables Tsirang farmers to transplant paddy
The recent wet weather caused traffic chaos across the country as landslides and massive falling boulders blocked major highways. But for the farmers in Tsirang, the heavy downpour, which lasted more...
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Low prices disappoint potato farmers in east
Farmers in the east are not happy with the prices they are getting for their potatoes at the Samdrup Jongkhar auction yard. A kilogram of bigger sized potatoes are fetching Nu 17, while the smaller...
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