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Condom vending machines in Phuentshogling fully utilised
People in Phuentshogling are making good use of the recently installed condom vending machines. Over the past two months, more than 8,000 condoms were taken out from the five machines which were set...
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Elephant menace grips Samdrupling of Gelegphu Thromde
Residents of Samdrupling Constituency (Demkhong) under Gelegphu Thromde in Sarpang are concerned about elephants frequently entering their settlements and damaging properties. Last month, a herd of...
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Fire guts 8 huts in Trongsa
Eight temporary huts were razed to the ground in Kuenga Rabten in Trongsa yesterday afternoon. Although no casualties were reported, about 70 non-national workers lost everything they had. The workers...
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New Gelegphu referral hospital misses September deadline
The deadline for the completion of the new Gelegphu Central Regional Hospital has now been extended to November. The works started in 2013 and was due for completion last month. The project manager...
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Bumthang to upscale rice cultivation despite challenges
Bumthang’s agriculture sector plans to upscale rice cultivation in the district in the next five year plan. Paddy cultivation, a relatively new farming practice in Bumthang, was pioneered in 2002. At...
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Bhutan marks World Statistics Day, highlighting better stats for better...
Every year, October 20 is observed as the World Statistics Day. Reliable and up-to-date statistics are vital for planning socio-economic development of a country. Here in Bhutan, the theme for the day...
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Road block at Ossey cleared, opens to traffic for light vehicles
After remaining closed since yesterday evening, the road block at Ossey along the Gelegphu-Zhemgang highway opened to traffic today. However, only light vehicles were allowed for passage. More than 100...
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Thailand gears up for late King’s funeral ceremony
Thailand is all set for the funeral ceremony to bid final goodbye to its late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on October 26. His Majesty passed away on October 13, last year at the age of 88. Artisans have...
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A group from Ladakh offers Ku-Sung-Thug-Ghi-Mendrel to His Holiness
A group led by the administrator of the two largest monasteries in Ladakh, India, offered their Ku-Sung-Thug-Ghi-Mendrel to His Holiness the Je Khenpo at the Kuensel Phodrang in Thimphu today. With...
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Phuentshogling Police comes up with measures to prevent carjacking
Phuentshogling Police recovered a stolen Bolero that went missing in April this year. Similarly, the town saw many cases of carjacking, especially the bolero pick-up trucks. To avoid car thefts, the...
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Lyonchhen visits gewogs in Lhuentse
While meeting with the villagers of Gangzur, Kurtoed, and Khoma gewogs in Lhuentse yesterday, Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay comforted the villagers not to worry about human-wildlife conflicts...
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ACC forwards Goshing Gup’s alleged embezzlement case to OAG
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has forwarded an embezzlement case to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) in which the incumbent Goshing Gup Sangay Letho is alleged of misusing public funds...
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Archery tournament kick-starts in Samtse
Three Men Yangphel Style Compound Bow open archery tournament is taking place in Samtse and fourteen teams are participating. The annual event started yesterday and till date, two teams have been...
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Royal Bhutan Army win Departmental Basketball Championship
The team Royal Bhutan Army won this year’s Departmental Basketball Championship. They defeated team from Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) in the finals played yesterday. Twenty six teams, including...
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‘Rap’ becoming popular among youngsters in Bhutan
Often times when people hear about Rap, they paint a picture of something negative. But today, the popularity has picked up quite well and rap is now well accepted by the Bhutanese audience. Rap is an...
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BAF International Style Compound Archery Competition ends
Tandin Dorji is now crowned as the best archer in the two-day BAF International Style Compound Archery Competition held in the capital. Yangphel organised the competition for the very first time with...
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Dagana BHU faces space crunch
Lack of spacious space in the community health care unit of Dagana BHU Grade 1 has affected providing quality health care to the people. However, this will not be the case by the end of this...
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Man gets 6 years imprisonment for illicit trafficking of drugs
Chhukha District Court sentenced a 23-year-old man from Trashigang to six years imprisonment for illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The judgment was out on Thursday....
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Minjey Gewog requests PM to upgrade their school to central school
Villagers of Minjey Gewog in Lhuentse requested the Prime Minister to upgrade the Minjey Middle Secondary School to a central school. The proposal was put up during the meeting with the Prime Minister...
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60 students from Dagana to play for National football tournament
Sixty students from six schools in Dagana were selected to represent the dzongkhag at the National football tournament which will be held during the winter vacation. They will contest in four...
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