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Punakha Police fished out body from Punatshangchhu River
Punakha Police and the locals fished out the body of a 25-year-old man from Punatshangchhu River, below Lekithang school in the afternoon yesterday. Police officials said along with the medical team,...
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Barshong Gewog office has gone nearly 90 days without GAO
Barshong Gewog in Tsirang has remained without Gewog Administrative Officer (GAO) for almost three months now. This has impeded implementation of developmental plans in the gewog, say the villagers....
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Barshong Gewog sees highest number of gungtongs in Tsirang
Like in many districts, Tsirang is also grappling with the social issue- Gungtong or absentee household. With 127 households, Barshong Gewog accounts for highest number of gungtongs in the district....
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As Merag GC road gets a facelift, locals look forward to travel with ease
People of Merag Gewog in Trashigang are beaming with joy that their Gewog Centre (GC) road is being rehabilitated and improved. Soling and granular sub base works along the 34km GC road is in full...
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People of Lingzhi Gewog get expose to virtual world
People of Lingzhi Gewog under Thimphu Dzongkhag now have internet connectivity. The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) through South Asia Satellite connected the gewog to internet. Now,...
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Men from east build homes of Layaps
The highland community of Laya is abuzz with house constructions. An interesting thing about it is that people building the houses are men from the east of the country. Many of them hail from Monggar...
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Visitor Centre to boost Haa farmstay businesses
The number of farmhouses in Haa has mushroomed over the years. At a glance, this may give an impression of a thriving homestay business, but a closer look reveals there is more than meets the eye. Not...
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Jarey forest fire burns 200-acre of forest
The four-day forest fire in Jarey Gewog under Lhuentse District has burnt through 200-acre of chir pine forest, which is managed by the community. The forest officials said the fire broke out on...
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Pigeon deaths spark bird flu fear in Samtse
The mysterious deaths of more than a dozen pigeons have sparked fear of bird flu outbreak in Samtse. The dead pigeons were first spotted on Saturday in the core town area and Phuentshopelri Gewog....
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Car parks along Norzim Lam likely to be removed by year end
Thimphu Thromde will remove parking spaces along Norzin Lam by the end of this year but only if the two mega car parks that are under construction meets its September deadline. “We have talked to...
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Three arrested for throwing baby out of 3-storey window
Three people-two men and a woman-are in Phuentshogling police custody after they were arrested on suspicion of having thrown a newborn baby to its death out of a third-floor hotel window. The incident...
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Bhutanese electorates to go to polls for NC election tomorrow
Bhutan is all set to go to polls for the third National Council (NC) election tomorrow. Some 5,600 officials are deployed at 866 polling stations across the country. The Election Commission said of the...
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Sangbeykha court sentences former land record assistant for embezzlement
Sangbeykha Dungkhag Court has sentenced a former land record assistant to three-and-a-half-month imprisonment for embezzlement. The judgment was passed on Thursday. The 60-year-old man was convicted...
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SJ’s Jigme Wangchuk wins for third time by big margin
The people of Samdrup Jongkhar have yet again chosen incumbent Jigme Wangchuk to represent them in the National Council. This is his third consecutive win, which makes him the longest serving member in...
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Monggar’s Sonam Pelzom beats 12 male contenders
The lone woman candidate of Monggar, Sonam Pelzom, has done the impossible, or this is what it seemed like with 12 male contenders in the race with her. But the people of Monggar have chosen her over...
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5 of 12 NC incumbent members reelected
(Left-Right: Nima, Tempa Dorji, Jigme Wangchuk, Tashi Dorji and Pema Dakpa) As Bhutan held its Third National Council election yesterday, only five of the 12 incumbent members who re-contested managed...
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Punakha goes for Lhaki Dolma
With a total vote of 2,333, Lhaki Dolma, one of Bhutan’s leading female actors, has been elected as the new National Council member of Punakha. She defeated seven other candidates, including a fellow...
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ECB to buy 1,000 new electronic voting machines
The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) will purchase 1,000 new electronic voting machines this year, said the Chief Election Commissioner Chogyal Dago Rinzin at the official declaration of the...
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NC election sees record voter turnout of 54.3 %
A total of 234,535 voters have voted in Bhutan’s third National Council election yesterday. That’s 54.3 per cent of the 432,030 total registered voters. This means the voter turnout rose by nine per...
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Forest blaze in Jarey Gewog contained
Foresters, dzongkhag officials, DeSuups, and local volunteers contained the forest fire in Jarey Gewog, Lhuentse on April 21. The blaze, which raged on for almost a week, burnt through 200-acre of Chir...
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