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Kanjur oral transmission to begin from next month at Kuensel Phodrang
Preparations are in full swing for the Kanjur oral transmission at Kuensel Phodrang in Thimphu. As part of the ceremony, the Central Monastic Body and Khentruls from Ngingma Choedey Lhentshog...
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Tsirang’s annual marathon sees less participants
Over 60 runners took part in annual dzongkhag marathon in Tsirang, yesterday. While the event, into its 3rd edition, has remained as one of the annual activities in the calendar, the organisers say,...
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Reading retreat to improve reading culture among youth
To instill the habit of reading in students from an early age, a summer reading retreat was organised at Lobesa Lower Secondary School in Punakha. The programme which wrapped up yesterday, focused on...
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Rearing sheep declines in Merag Gewog
Rearing sheep is declining in Merag Gewog of Trashigang and farmers there cited the reasons being laborious and lack of abundant pasture for the animal to graze. Each household in Merag owns only a...
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A group of youth proposes to teach English to nuns
The nuns of Thangthong Dewachen Nunnery in Zilukha in Thimphu will soon be able to learn the basics of English. A group of youth proposed a project – English for Nuns – during the Youth summit...
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97 fined for smoking in public over the past 18 days
The inspection team for non-compliance of the smoking rules collected over Nu 160,000 as fines so far. The team, comprising of officials from the Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority(BNCA), Police,...
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ECB rejects registration application of Druk Kuenphen Tshogpa
The Election Commission of Bhutan(ECB) rejected Druk Kuenphen Tshogpa(DKT)’s application to be registered as a political party. In a letter issued to the party on Friday, the ECB said the party could...
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Students in Samtse take part in Nazhoen Camp
A five day Nazhoen Camp underway in Samtse is being attended by over 200 students, aged 13 to 19, from 13 different schools in the dzongkhag. The camp, organised by the Dzongkhag Scouts Association,...
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Phuentshogling vegetable vendors segregate wastes
With the help of Phuentshogling Thromde, the vegetable vendors of the border town are taking the lead when it comes to waste management by segregating at source. “Earlier, we dumped all kinds of...
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Free coaching for BCSE preliminary examinations
A trainee at the RIM, Ngawang Tobgay, and Tandin Dorji, who works with NPPF, conducted free coaching for university graduates preparing for the 2017 BCSE Preliminary Examination. This is the second...
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Teaching women how to turn trash into cash
Close to 40 women, most of them from less affluent families in Thimphu, are learning how to turn wastes into works of art at a training conducted by the Tarayana Foundation. This is the second such...
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Swimming pool underpass receives facelift
The pedestrian underpass near swimming pool complex on the Doebum Lam in Thimphu is now illuminated with lights and has CCTV cameras installed. Thimphu Thromde hopes the people will now use the...
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Birders in Bhutan use Facebook to document birds’ information
What started as a public group for bird enthusiasts in a popular social networking site Facebook, the ‘Birds of Bhutan’ group recorded five new species in the country this year alone. The forum aims at...
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Jomotshangkha Dungkhag grapples with drinking water scarcity
Residents of Jomotshangkha town in Samdrup Jongkhar are crippling under acute shortage of drinking water. The town has two-water sources, one from Gyelongkhar and another from Chukarpo. However both...
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Filled up Memelakha still used for garbage disposal
Despite exceeding its capacity 15 years ago, the Memelakha landfill site in Thimphu is still being used as a dumping yard. The landfill was constructed in 1994 to dump wastes for eight years. Every...
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Classes 11 & 12 to have Environmental Science curriculum
There will be an introduction of Environmental Science curriculum for classes 11 and 12. To this effect, The Royal Education Council signed a grant agreement of Nu 5.26m with Bhutan Trust Fund on July...
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2 killed in two separate car accidents
The Gewog Agriculture Extension Officer of Tsirang Toe succumbed to injuries after he was referred to the National Referral Hospital in Thimphu. He was travelling, along with another man, from Tsirang...
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Tshechen-Ling Lhakhang’s sertog consecrated
His Eminence Namkhai Nyingpo Rimpoche consecrated the newly installed sertog or the golden pinnacle for the Tshechen-Ling Lhakhang in Changzamtok, Thimphu yesterday. The lhakhang was built in 1986 by...
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Weaving culture diminishes in Thrimshing Gewog
Weaving, as a means of sustenance, is rewarding. But as a culture, it is almost on the verge of disappearance in Lam Pangthang of Thrimshing Gewog in Trashigang. Today, there are only a handful of...
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Boost for health services in Dorokha Drungkhag
With the strategy to improve health services, the government has upgraded Grade 2 BHU in Dophuchen Gewog under Dorokha Drungkhag in Samtse to grade 1 recently. Villagers of Dophuchen and two other...
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