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Bridge addresses traveling woes of villagers in Merdag Chiwog
Lives of farmers in Bedengphu-Merdag Chiwog in Kangpar Gewog, Trashigang have become much easier now. The reason- a motor-able bridge was built over the stream which connects Merdag with rest of the...
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Providing safe drinking water proves challenging in Lingzhi
The people of Lingzhi were provided with safe drinking water under the rural water supply scheme some 15 years ago. However, it wasn’t long before many reverted to the old ways of drinking from...
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DRUKtransport app launched to help commuters
Earlier this month, Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) pioneered a new way of transport with the launch of simple travel app designed to help commuters. The new mobile app will enable...
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BKP, DPT reveal more candidates
Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) and Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) have revealed more candidates in the past few weeks. Last week, BKP named Dr. Singyel Namgyel, a former civil servant in the education...
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Two pre-service selected candidates of RCSC tested positive for drugs
Two candidates selected through the civil service examination for recruitment into the civil service this year have been tested positive for drugs. The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) will now...
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Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck meets with Lungtenphu army personnel and...
Interacting with the wives of the Lungtenphu army personnel, Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck asked them if they had done Pap smear test. The answer to Her Majesty’s question was a...
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Ground breaking ceremony held for construction of examination facility
The ground breaking ceremony (Salang Tendrel) for the construction of the first-ever examination facility to test mock specimen of traditional building was held at Kawajangsa, Thimphu, today. Her...
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Corruption rife in road construction sector
A study by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has found that the country’s road construction sector is plagued with corruption. A huge amount of money is spent on building roads, but the ACC study...
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TCB to construct additional roadside restrooms for tourists
Apart from several other issues, lack of proper roadside toilet facilities in the country is one major issue that perturbs most of the tourists visiting Bhutan. Just recently, some of the tourists...
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Getting acquainted with art of weaving at RTA
An encouraging number of young girls is getting enrolled at the Royal Textile Academy (RTA) to learn the traditional art of weaving. Girls as young as 10 years come to the textile academy, every...
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Lhuentse’s biggest cultural festival kick-starts
The four-day annual Lhuentse Tshechu began today at the courtyard of Lhuentse Dzong. People from Lhuentse and other nearby places flocked at the courtyard to witness the dzongkhag’s biggest festival. A...
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Panbang residents’ wait for fuel depot continues
When a land in Tungkutenpa, on the Panbang-Gongphu highway, was identified for the construction of a fuel depot back in 2015, Panbang residents thought they were only months away from having a petrol...
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Lack of well-equipped toilets in Lingzhi Gewog puts people’s health at risk
Many villagers in Lingzhi Gewog under Thimphu Dzongkhag lack proper toilet facilities. Every house there owns a pit toilet which isn’t properly roofed or connected with water and sewers. In such a...
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Queen Mother advocates people of Thimphu on public health matters
Her Majesty the Queen Mother Sangay Choden Wangchuck met with over 2300 people from eight gewogs of Thimphu, today. Today was the third day of Her Majesty’s high-level advocacy tour- the initiative of...
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TCB works towards promoting domestic pilgrimages, tourism
The Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) will conduct a familiarization tour for the members of the Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO) to Lhuentse and Aja Ney in Monggar in January next year....
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eKaaSel, an online grievance redressal system, for G2C online services
From now on, when you avail online public services, if anything goes wrong or if the service isn’t satisfactory, you can let the G2C office know about it and get things working. This can be done...
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National Work Force labourers ask for retirement benefits
Gratuity and retirement benefits such as pension and provident fund have always been a life savior for veteran civil servants post superannuation. But this is not the case with the National Work Force...
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MoWHS to review ACC’s recommendations on corruption in road sector
Minister Dorji Choden said her ministry will review the recommendations made by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in its report on a study that found corruption to be rampant in road projects....
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Policeman held over alleged rape of a minor
The Office of the Attorney General has charged a 38-year-old man with rape of a child above 12 years of age. The accused is a police personnel working in Lhamoi Dzingkha. The man is accused of having...
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Jigten Wangchuk Dungdrup begins in Trashigang
The venerable Tshugla Lopen of Zhung Dratshang is presiding over the Jigten Wangchuk Dungdrup-a prayer ceremony in Trashigang. Over 400 monks from shedras, goendeys, lhakhangs and rabdey are...
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