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3 more arrested in connection with recent gold smuggling case
(Update): Thimphu Police have detained three more men suspected to be the accomplices of the two others arrested last month from Paro airport for gold smuggling. The names of the suspected accomplices...
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Cervical cancer affects more than 50 women every year
Despite awareness programmes, health officials say getting women to undergo Pap smear or Pap test remains a daunting challenge. This perhaps explains the growing number of cervical cancer cases, the...
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7th trade fair attracts over 200 entrepreneurs
More than 200 entrepreneurs from Bhutan, India, Nepal and Thailand are taking part in the 7th Bhutan International Trade Fair. The fair opened yesterday afternoon at the Changlingmithang Stadium...
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JDWNRH scores highest for 5s-CQI implementation
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in Thimphu scored highest with 93 percent in terms of creating an efficient and conducive health care environment among all the hospitals in the...
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Bhutan prepares for SAFF Under-18 Championship
Bhutan will host the 2017 SAFF Under-18 Championship, which begins Monday. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, and Nepal are the participating nations. The young Bhutanese players are going the extra...
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24 fined for tobacco possession
Officials from the Bhutan Narcotics and Control Authority (BNCA) have fined 24 people for illegal possession of tobacco products in Samdrup Jongkhar. The authority collected a little over Nu 25,000 in...
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Missing mobile phone cases go off the charts
Compared to previous years, this year, police in Thimphu are receiving more number of cases pertinent to lost mobile phones. Police arrested and prosecuted 10 people involved in larceny of property...
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Fire leaves a house in ashes in Wangdue
A two-storied house was completely gutted by a fire in Wangdue Phodrang yesterday. The house erupted into flames due to an electric short circuit at around 5:30 pm. However, fire fighters managed to...
View ArticleAssam strike called off
(Update): The All Assam Koch Rajbonsi Student Union (AKRSU) has called off the 100-hour strike in the Indian State of Assam. However, the restriction on the movement of Bhutanese people and vehicles...
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Concerns over prescription of medicines for unapproved indications
The Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) has written to the health ministry, expressing concerns over an issuance of traditional medicines for unapproved indications by a physician with the National...
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Lack of awareness about postpartum depression
Peldon with her son Postpartum Depression (PPD) is one of the forms of depression. While there is no official statistics, health officials say about 10 to 15 per cent of the child bearing women in the...
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Power exports rise by over Nu 2bn
Bhutan’s electricity exports to India from January to July this year rose by a little over Nu 2bn. The power export recorded over a period of seven months is the highest so far, states the Royal...
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Alarms to prevent chorten vandalism
An alarm was installed near a chorten in Monggar town. Initiated by the police, this is the first such initiative in the country. It is aimed at preventing chorten vandalism. Police said it is a pilot...
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Man dies in accident in Monggar
A 52-year-old forest official has died on the spot in an accident in Monggar. The Maruti car he was driving fell about hundred metres below a road in Kengkhar. The accident happened yesterday...
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Daga town in need of fuel depot
With no fuel depot in Daga town, residents drive to Dagapela, 45 kilometres away, to refill their cars. The recent Dzongkhag Tshodgu has decided to put up a request for a fuel station to the economic...
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BoB introduces Scan to Pay facility
The Bank of Bhutan (BoB) clients using its mobile app, mBOB, can now make payments through Quick Response or QR code scanning. Called Scan to Pay, the facility is the first of its kind in the country....
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Hotel associations of Bhutan, India, Nepal sign MoU
The hospitality sector can now look forward to improving its human resource. Thanks to the MoU that the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Bhutan signed with the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant...
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Elephants damage crops and properties in Samtse
Rampaging elephants are continuing to wreak havoc in Samtse. Recently, wild elephants destroyed over a hundred areca palm trees. The areca palm trees belonged to 53-year-old Pema Lhamo, a farmer in...
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More than 80 lives lost in road accidents
The Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) recorded more than 700 vehicle accidents from 2015 to June last year. The accidents have claimed 86 precious lives. RSTA says most of the accidents were...
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Five charged in illegal transfer of Tsa-tong land
Five people, including former Chang Gup Naku and a former land record officer, have been charged for illegal transfer of a Tsa-tong land. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) forwarded the case to...
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