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Sambar deer rescued by forest officials of Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve
Forestry officials and locals of Haa District pulled a pregnant Sambar deer to safety from Haa River yesterday. Locals said the deer was found stuck in the river after being chased by a pack of stray...
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Laya LSS to be upgraded to Central School
Laya Lower Secondary School in Gasa has been declared as an autonomous school from this year. The school will now be renamed as Laya Central School. However, at this moment, the school’s...
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School enrollment improves in remote Merag
Merag Primary School in Trashigang has been seeing a rise in the number of students over the years. From 157 students last year, the school today has nearly 180 students. The school’s Principal, Zung...
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Trashigang DTC rescinds contractor’s Merag BHU construction contract
The Dzongkhag Tender Committee (DTC) in Trashigang terminated Zhangchong Construction Company’s contract: construction of new Basic Health Unit (BHU) grade II in Merag Gewog. The tender committee...
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Woman gets 5 years in prison for attempted voluntary manslaughter
The Monggar District Court sentenced a 34-year-old woman from Trashi Yangtse to five-year imprisonment. The verdict, pronounced on April 16, stated that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) charged...
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Rinchen HSS sets up cradle room for female teachers to breastfeed babies
Female teachers at Rinchen Higher Secondary School (RHSS) in Thimphu will no longer have to rush home to breastfeed their babies during one-hour flexi time. The school has recently opened a cradle or...
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Damchu-Chhukha bypass to open to traffic this summer
After missing several deadlines, Damchu-Chhukha bypass will finally open to traffic this summer. Only 30 per cent of the works- that is construction of Tanalungchhu Bridge is left. Workers are working...
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After facelift, Dungchen Menchu hot spring sees more visitors
Of late, locals of Dagana District have started to have hot stone bath in Dungchen Menchu. They believe that the hot stone bath will cure ailments such as back pain, knee and join pain, and stomach...
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Thimphu fuel depots to be relocated to ease traffic congestion
Thimphu Thromde is working towards executing their plan to relocate the fuel depots in Lungtenzampa and Chubachu. The Chubachu depot will likely be moved to Samtenling or Dechencholing in North...
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People of Tashichhoeling Dungkhag vaccinated following rabies outbreak
People of Tashichholing Dungkhag are being given anti-rabies vaccination following outbreak of rabies on Sunday. The rabid dog, which died two days ago, had bitten five people, nine dogs, and a goat...
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Lack of experts, sound knowledge challenge providing therapy services to...
Lack of experts and profound knowledge to provide therapy and early intervention services to children with Down syndrome are some of the key challenges faced by the Ability Bhutan Society (ABS). ABS...
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ECB rebuts Druk Gaki Tshogpa’s charges
The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) presented its rebuttal against an aspiring political party, Druk Gaki Tshogpa (DCT) to the High Court yesterday. In its rebuttal, the ECB said: “They rejected...
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His Majesty The King appoints Dzongdas, Secretary and Commissioner
(L-R): Ngawang Pem, Chencho Norbu, Pasang Dorji and Dorji Tshering His Majesty The King granted Dhar to newly appointed Dzongdas of Thimphu and Bumthang, and the Secretary of works and human settlement...
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His Holiness performs thruesel at Dramar where Yum Jumma Lhazey statue is...
His Holiness the Je Khenpo presided over a thruesel ceremony at Dramar Lhakhang in Autsho yesterday where the construction of a statue of Lord Buddha’s mother Jumma Lhazey is going on. Dramar Lam Ugyen...
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Their Majesties grace opening of 4th Royal Bhutan Flower Exhibition
His Majesty The King, His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen and members of the Royal Family graced the opening of the 4th Royal Bhutan Flower Exhibition at Thangzona in Punakha...
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Market at doorstep for a farmer in Trashigang
Easy access to market is a farfetched dream for farmers in some remote pockets of the country. But for 46-year-old Botpa, a farmer in Buna in Trashigang, finding market is least of her concerns. This...
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Women’s group hopes selling pulses to be profitable affair
Drukjeygang Gewog in Dagana is famous for growing pulses. So taking advantage of this, four women in the gewog formed a group to eke out their living by selling pulses. They started marketing pulses...
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Bhutanese girl allegedly raped in Jaigoan
A 22-year-old girl from Samtse was allegedly raped in Jaigoan Wednesday morning.The victim has lodged a complaint with Jaigoan Police. The suspect from across the border reportedly fled the scene after...
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Four die in accident at Ganglakha
Four men have died after two Toyota Prados veered off the road in Ganglakha, some 12 kilometers away from Gaeddu. The tragic accidents happened Wednesday afternoon. Foggy weather is believed to have...
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1 killed by lightning strike in Lhuentse
The lightning strike killed a 43-year-old lay monk in Lhuentse yesterday evening. The deceased along with his friends went to collect Sang- cypress leaves when it began to rain. So he decided to take...
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