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Bhutan bags silver and bronze at Nihonkhan Karate championship
The Bhutanese karate team has bagged one silver and four bronze medals at the Nihonkhan karate Federation Championship. The championship was held at Bokajan in Assam on Saturday. It was part of a...
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Gasa Soechu counts losses as it struggles to capture market
Gasa Soechu, bottled spring water from Gasa, has not been able to capture the local market yet. Gasa Soechu came into being in August last year as part of the Driving Dzongkhag Development Centre...
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Bridge over Mangdichhu in Bardo Gewog set to complete soon
After missing three deadlines, the motorable bridge over Mangdichhu at Rindigang of Bardo Gewog in Zhemgang is finally set to complete by the end of June this year. The Department of Road officials in...
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Opening of handicraft shops banned in Haa District
The local authorities in Haa Dzongkhag will not grant permission to any individuals to set up handicraft and souvenir shops. This is mainly to discourage import of handicraft items from foreign...
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Paro Police probing WhatsApp scam case
Police in Paro are investigating the WhatsApp scam case which has tricked several Bhutanese to send money to scammers in Jaigoan, West Bengal. A man in Paro using WhatsApp received a message saying he...
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Rural-urban migration becomes a threat to Ura Yakchoe
The crowd witnessing Ura Yakchoe, an age old festival of Ura in Bumthang, is visibly smaller this time. Rural-urban migration is being blamed for it. Ura is home to over a thousand people, but there...
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New Wangdue hospital nearing completion
With almost 70 per cent of the works over already, the construction of the 40-bedded new district hospital of Wangdue Phodrang is expected to be ready by the year end. The hospital was actually due...
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Not many schools adopted measures to unburden school-going children
A year has passed since the Royal Education Council (REC) officially notified the schools across the country to reduce the weight of school bags. However, only a handful of institutions have heeded...
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HH the Je Khenpo marked Teachers Day with teachers in Lhuentse
His Holiness the Je Khenpo observed Teachers’ Day at Namdroeling Goenzin Dratshang in Autsho yesterday. Teachers, non-teaching staff of schools and ECCD facilitators in Lhuentse were in attendance at...
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Wangdue’s NC candidate files petition in High Court against NC elect
Passang Thrinlee, one of the National Council (NC) candidates of Wangdue Phodrang has submitted a petition to the High Court against the district’s NC elect Tashi Dorji. The petition filed in the court...
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Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen graces Foundation Day of JDWNRH
Coinciding with the birth anniversary of the His Majesty the Third Druk Gyalpo, the National Referral Hospital in Thimphu observed its first-ever Foundation Day yesterday. Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen...
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HH the Je Khenpo consecrates Chenraezig Ringa Thongdroel
His Holiness the Je Khenpo consecrated a 35 feet tall Chenraezig Ringa Thongdroel at Namdroeling Goenzin Dratshang in Autsho under Lhuentse today. The thongdroel is first of its kind in the country. A...
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Less participating teams at this year’s Coronation Cup Basketball Championship
This year’s Coronation Cup Basketball Championship saw only 22 teams including five women teams. Last year, 46 teams including seven women teams participated in the tournament. Bhutan Basketball...
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Sustainable and portable toilet design wins smart toilet innovation contest
Sustainable and portable toilet design won the first-ever smart toilet innovation challenge held at College of Science and Technology (CST) in Phuentshogling. The design was invented by a group of...
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Capital city gets multi-sports complex
The multi-sports complex, located at Babena in South Thimphu was inaugurated yesterday. The Nu 38m complex was constructed by Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) with financial assistance from the Korea...
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Third online taxi booking app hits Thimphu
After the launch of online taxi booking app- Oie and Drukride, the Bhutan Taxi Association (BTA) launched yet another online app called Yana on May 2. BTA claims the new app has features which will not...
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RWB shelves report on ‘Some Bhutanese journalists exiled’ after media outcry
Amid outcry by Bhutanese journalists over the country’s ranking in the latest world press freedom index, the Reporters Without Borders (RWB) retracted its report, outlining that several Bhutanese...
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20 journalists recognised for their excellence in journalism
The Journalists’ Association of Bhutan (JAB) conducted its fourth Annual Journalism award, coinciding with the World Press Freedom Day in the capital yesterday. Journalists in different media houses...
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Incumbent NC members offer Ku-Sung-Thug Mendrel to His Majesty
The incumbent National Council members offered Ku-Sung-Thug Mendrel to His Majesty The King at the Throne Room in Tashichhodzong yesterday. The present members will officially complete their five-year...
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A Woman of Pure Heart bags best short film award
A woman of Pure Heart bagged the best film award 2018 at the fifth documentary and short film awards held on 2nd May in the capital. The 32-minute film is about rural-urban migration, unemployment,...
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