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RMA’s PSL scheme receives close to 100 applications
The Royal Monetary Authority’s (RMA) Priority Sector Lending (PSL) scheme has received 92 applications following its launch in December last year. Sixty seven projects have been approved by seven...
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Political parties come together to share thoughts on state of democracy
As Bhutan completes 10 years of democratic constitutional monarchy, political parties came together to share their thoughts on the state of Bhutanese democracy. Organised by the Bhutan Centre for Media...
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Involving young people important for ending child marriage
South Asia has the highest rates of child marriage in the world with almost 45 per cent of women aged 20 to 24 marrying before turning 18. Involving young people is seen as a crucial step towards...
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Blacktopped GC road brings smiles to road users’ faces
After remaining in bad state for about five decades, the Sangngachholing Gewog Centre road was recently blacktopped. The 4.2km road connects to all the five chiwogs to the main road leading to the...
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Chilli gives tears to farmers in Tsakaling Gewog
With Chilli plants drying out, farmers of Horong Village under Tsakaling Gewog in Monggar are worried they might not be able to have bumper harvest. Chilli is the third major cash crop in the village...
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How tissue culture is trying to revolutionise agriculture in Bhutan
In a bid to draw farmers in Bhutan towards involving in Agriculture, the National Seed Centre in Paro with its tissue culture laboratory focuses on producing tissue culture banana and Potatoes. The...
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With opening of new hospital, heath care in Haa to improve
The new district hospital in Haa was inaugurated on Sunday, which has put many healthcare related issues to rest. Prior to the existence of the hospital, Bali Basic Health Unit (BHU) grade 1 catered as...
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Central Monastic Body returns to their summer residence
Led by Dorji Lopen, monks of the Central Monastic Body returned to their summer residence in Thimphu today. The monk body spends their winter in Punakha for six months. They then return to their...
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Man sentenced to five and half years prison term for attempted statutory rape
Samtse District Court sentenced a 43-year-old man from Sangngachholing Gewog in Samtse to five years six months imprisonment for attempted rape of a 10-year-old girl. The judgement that was out last...
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Khuruthang town takes on a major makeover
Khuruthang town in Punakha is getting a major facelift in recent years. The town has witnessed mushrooming of many commercial buildings since 2014. Already 10 buildings have been completed and...
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Poor dietary habit leading cause of Anemia, says nutritional survey
Poor dietary habit is the leading cause of Anemia in the country, outlines the secondary analysis of the National Nutritional Survey 2015. It says, if one eats a diet of highly processed food and lacks...
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Block near Bjeezam in Trongsa cleared for traffic
(Update): Massive rockslide that blocked the road near Bjeezam in Trongsa since Sunday has now been cleared for traffic. However, the Department of Roads officials in Trongsa advise commuters to...
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The American family was here in the country for the second time. Bill Byer volunteered and work with Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Wangchuck National Referral Hospital as an Anesthetists. Jen Byer, his wife...
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PDP opens its office in Monggar
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) opened its Dzongkhag Office in Monggar town today amid a ceremony attended by over a hundred people. The political parties must have an office in every dzongkhag...
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Thimphu Police arrest 5 men for alleged stabbing case
Thimphu Police on Sunday arrested five men for allegedly stabbing a 24-year-old man at Olakha. Police said the suspects were arrested after they received information from a doctor at Thimphu National...
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18-year-old girl held for alleged illegal abortion
Police in Thimphu have also arrested an 18-year-old girl for allegedly performing illegal abortion on May 7. Police in their statement said, “Forensic Unit of Thimphu National Referral Hospital...
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Toedsang farmers in Tsirang venture into hardwood plantation
It was a nice sunny day as the villagers of Toedsang Chiwog of Barshong Gewog in Tsirang, equipped with knifes and sickles, set out to clear the Norbucholing Community Forest of shrubs and other...
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DPT confirms candidates from 43 constituencies
The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) declared two candidates today for the upcoming parliamentary election. With this, DPT now has only four candidates to confirm. A Computer Science graduate, Deo Kumar...
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Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen receives Zhung Dratshang to their summer residence
Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen received the Zhung Drastshang at the Lingkana palace as the monk body arrived in Thimphu, their summer residence, yesterday. Upon arrival at the Tashichhodzong, the monk body...
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Out-of-school youth develop ideas to enhance food & nutrition security
Nineteen out-of-school youth from four gewogs of Chhukha District are bringing up various ideas to strengthen food and nutrition security in the country at the first-ever youth innovation competition....
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