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Blacktopped Goshing GC road inaugurated
Economic Affairs Minister Lekey Dorji inaugurated the 8-kilometre blacktopped Gewog Centre road of Goshing in Zhemgang today. The blacktopping works, which began last year, completed in April this...
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Norboogang Gewog now has banana chips processing unit
People of Norboogang in Pema Gatshel will no longer have to worry over their banana fruits going to waste. A banana chips processing unit was opened in the gewog recently. A group of four, all school...
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Anti-doping training for SA regional anti-doping organization
Representatives from the five member countries of the South Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (SA-RADO) -Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka- attended a training on anti-doping. The...
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A bridge to connect Samtse’s Phuentshogpelri Gewog with other areas
Phuentshogpelri Gewog, commonly known as Gomtu in Samtse, will soon be connected to the rest of the Dzongkhag through an internal Gewog centre road. The construction of the missing link along the...
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Govt. not in position to help SMU graduates: Education Minister
(Update): Education minister Norbu Wangchuk during meet the press session on August 4, confirmed that the government is not in a position to support graduates from colleges affiliated to Sikkim Manipal...
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MoWHS, Thimphu Thromde signs APA with PM
Completion of the east-west highway is one of the many targets, the works and human settlement ministry has set as part of its Annual Performance Agreement (APA) with the government. The ministry...
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Agriculture ministry receives machinery worth Nu 445m from Japan
A fleet of farm road construction machinery worth about Nu 445 million was handed over to the Agriculture and Forests Ministry by the Japanese government at the Central Machinery Unit in Bumthang...
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Record price for cordyceps in Bumthang this year
The cordycep auction this year at Bumthang saw an improved price for the top quality cordyceps. A kilogram of the best quality cordycep fetched over Nu 2.7 million. This is the highest price the...
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Chhukha-Damchu bypass to open from June 2018
The Chhukha-Damchu bypass will be opened to traffic only in June next year. The Works and Human Settlement Minister Dorji Choden said this during meet the press session on Friday in Thimphu. This is...
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Getting approval to restore temples takes time: Monggar DT
Local leaders in Monggar say seeking approval for minor renovation of temples and stupas from the Home Ministry is time consuming. The issue was tabled during the recent Dzongkhag Tshogdu(DT). They...
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DCCL to open sales outlet to meet growing demand of cement
The Dungsum Cement Corporation Limited (DCCL) in Nganglam, Pema Gatshel is planning to establish a sale outlet to meet the cement demand of its neighbouring communities. Locals complain that despite...
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Road condition between Trongsa and Bumthang improves
Both motorists and travelers are heaving a sigh of relief as the road between Chuserbu in Trongsa and Bumthang is now in a much better shape than it was last time. The Department of Roads in Trongsa...
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Chithuen Phendey collaborates with cabbies for anti-drugs campaign
The Chithuen Phendey Association has taken on board the Bhutan Taxi Association in their effort towards creating a drug and alcohol free society. Cabbies across the country will now take the lead role...
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JDWNRH to be corporatised
The Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu will be corporatised to help the hospital retain its specialists. Once corporatised, the hospital can raise its allowances to...
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Samtse town gets faecal sludge treatment plant
Samtse town now has a faecal sludge treatment plant. The plant, constructed at a cost of Nu 1.8m, is the first of its kind in the country. The faecal sludge collected in septic tanks and pit latrines...
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Female health assistant in all Grade II BHUs
The health ministry aims to provide all Grade II Basic Health Units (BHU) across the country with a female assistant each to improve maternal and child health. This is one of the targets set as part of...
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Samdrup Jongkhar FCB godown on fire
The godown of the Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB) in Samdrup Jongkhar is on fire. Police, army personnel, Desuups and the Fire Emergency Service from Assam, India are trying to contain the fire,...
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KYD radio in Khothakpa, Pema Gatshel, was launched in March 2016. It caters to over nine villages, with over 3,000 listeners. The radio studio is housed in the community READ Centre. The centre...
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Repeated block along Gelegphu-Zhemgang highway frustrate travellers
The frequency of road block at Aieslip and Box cutting along Gelegphu-Zhemgang highway has increased this month due to incessant rainfall over the past few days. This has made the motorists and...
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Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party opens its office in Thimphu
Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) opened its dzongkhag party office at Taba in Thimphu today. The party office will act as an information centre for the electorates to know about party’s manifesto and...
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