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Less teams at Women Volley Tournament in Samdrup Jongkhar
Samdrup Jongkhar Sports Association said unlike expected, only few teams participated in a day long open women’s volleyball tournament, held in Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde yesterday. The volley tournament...
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YCC & youth mark International Youth Day
As the International Youth Day was observed in the country yesterday, Youth Caring Community (YCC) in Thimphu organised a session where youth from various educational backgrounds shared about their...
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Fish farming for solid returns in Langchenphu Gewog
Some farmers of Langchenphu Gewog in Samdrup Jongkhar have successfully taken up fish farming. Fishes are sold like hot cakes at Jomotshangkha market and has now become the main source of income for...
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Graduates volunteer for social works in Thimphu
Graduates have formed a group to carry our various social service activities, as they wait for their civil service examination. The group has been volunteering to do carry out activities like weeding...
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Trashigang-Trashi Yangtse highway opens to traffic
The Trashigang-Trashi Yangtse highway opened to traffic after remaining closed for almost two days. The block between Chazam in Trashigang and Dhosoom in Trashi Yangtse was cleared this afternoon. The...
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Three new species of snails found
Three more new species of snails have been discovered by a group of researchers from Bhutan and the Netherlands. The three new species are named Rahula kleini, Rahula trongsaensis, and Erhaia...
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Lyonchhen addresses National Graduates Orientation programme
Addressing to over 2200 university graduates, Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay said there are opportunities aplenty if graduates have to look for jobs. Lyonchhen told the graduates that they...
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His Majesty grants Dhar to nine officials
His Majesty The King granted Dhar to nine officials at the Tashichhodzong today. They are drangpons, ambassador, dzongdag and armed force personnel. Sonam Jamtsho, Wangdue Phodrang Dzongdag Ambassador...
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Festival to promote, preserve mushrooms in the country
Bhutan earned over Nu 20m from the export of Matsutaki mushroom last year. Records maintained by the Agriculture and Forests Ministry show that over 4,900 kilograms of Matsutaki mushroom were...
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Poor chilli yield disappoints Thrimshing farmers
The farmers of Phungyung and Lam Pangthang villages of Thrimshing Gewog in Trashigang are not happy with the poor chilli harvest this season. Forty eight-year-old Dupthob Zangmo from Phungyung village...
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Autsho town to get fuel depot
Refilling car tanks and LPG cylinders is an expensive and time consuming affair for the residents of Autsho town in Lhuentse. In the absence of a fuel depot in the town, the motorists drive all the way...
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From housewives to fashion designers
Fashion designing is slowly gaining ground as a career field in Bhutan. It’s not just caught the attention of the young, aspiring designers but also that of others including housewives in Thimphu....
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Windstorm affected Nanong farmers receive semso soelra
Ninety-two households of Tshatshi and Tokarey Chiwogs in Pema Gatshel received a cash semso soelra from His Majesty The King. A sum of Nu 325,000 was handed over to the affected households by Pema...
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Indian community celebrates their Independence Day
Indian Ambassador reads out the Indian President’s address to the Nation The Indian community in Bhutan observed India’s 71st Independence Day at the Indian Embassy in Thimphu today. The celebration...
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Sengdhen ARI outbreak under control
An Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) outbreak reported in Sengdhen Lower Secondary School (SLSS) is under control, Samtse health officials say. So far, more than hundred students have been infected...
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Man receives life sentence for rape & murder
Samtse District Court The 23-year-old man who raped and murdered a 19-year-old girl in Gomtu in March this year has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Samtse District Court. The court passed...
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Calls for an increase in load ceiling for trucks working with Druk Satair
The local leaders in Pema Gatshel say the current load ceiling of 10 metric tons is hampering the business of truckers working for the Druk Satair Corporation Limited in Pema Gatshel. Raising the...
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No swine flu outbreak risk, say health officials
Amid swine flu scare in neighbouring Nepal and India, the health ministry says travel to and from these two countries is not restricted as of now. The ministry also assured that adequate surveillance...
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Damchu-Chhukha bypass road achieves major breakthrough
Formation cutting along the nearly 3 kilometre rocky stretch on the Damchu-Chhukha bypass road is now complete. With this, the entire length of the bypass road is now connected. However, it will...
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His Majesty The King launches Bhutan Foreign Service Programme at RIGSS
His Majesty The King graced the launch of the Bhutan Foreign Service Programme at the Royal Institute of Governance and Strategic Studies in Phuentsholing yesterday. The Bhutan Foreign Service...
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