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Over 300 chickens die due to heat in Sarpang
More than 300 chickens have died due to hot weather condition in Sarpang. The deaths were reported in Dargyethang village of Shompangkha Gewog. Sarpang has been reeling under sweltering heat with...
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Flood causes damage in Lhuentse’s Maedtsho Gewog
A flash flood last night has washed away a labour camp in Meadtsho Gewog, Lhuentse. The camp belongs to the Diamond Construction Company, a company involved in Gewog Centre (GC) road blacktopping works...
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Online integrated library system launched
An online Integrated Library system, KOHA, was launched to mark the 3rd International Archives day today. With the system, people can now access the National Library’s collections online by logging on...
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Paro conducts earthquake simulation drill
An earthquake simulation drill was conducted in Paro to refine and test the Gewog and Dzongkhag’s disaster management plan and contingency procedures yesterday. The first siren was played at 9:30am and...
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SJ vegetable market to receive water supply
With no water supply at the vegetable market in Samdrup Jongkhar town, vendors struggle to keep their vegetables clean and fresh. Maintaining cleanliness in the market shed is also a struggle in the...
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G2C Initiative launches six more online services
The Government to Citizen (G2C) Initiative launched six more eServices today. The services are in addition to more than one hundred existing online services provided through the Citizen Portal. The six...
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Health ministry launches blood donation app
The health ministry launched an app for blood donation as it marked the World Blood Donor Day in Thimphu today. Called Bhutan Blood4life, the app can be used by the donors as well as the recipients....
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Bhutan’s GDP strong but not leading to job creation, says ADB
Despite sustained economic progress in the country over the past years, youth unemployment has been worsening, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Outlook 2018. The report projects Bhutan’s...
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No buyers of non-subsidised LPG in Tsirang
Almost five months after the launch of the non-subsidised LPG cylinders, the fuel depot in Tsirang has been able to sell only eight. The non-subsidised LPG cylinder comes in green colour and the depot...
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Good yield but no market for Zhemgang chillies
The farmers of Trong Gewog in Zhemgang reaped a bountiful chilli harvest this time, but they are struggling to sell them. Chilli is one of the main sources of income for the farmers there. Farmers...
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Poor prices leave onion growers in Nanong disappointed
The Nanong Vegetable Group in Pema Gatshel ventured into onion cultivation in 2015. Today, almost three years later, the group remains challenged with lack of market and poor prices among others....
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Bumthang farmers worried over hazelnut plants not bearing fruits
Patience is running thin as farmers in Bumthang wait for their hazelnut plants to bear fruits. It’s been four to five years since the farmers planted hazelnut saplings, but there are no signs of the...
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Major road block in Narphung
Hundreds of vehicles are stranded at in Narphung, which is about 63 kilometres away from Samdrup Jongkhar towards Trashigang. Landslide triggered by heavy rainfall last night has caused a major road...
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Millipedes invade homes in Tendruk
Swarms of millipedes invading homes in Kuchenpakha of Tendruk Gewog, Samtse has left the people in the village worried. The villagers have been collecting and dumping the creatures on a daily basis...
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Floods leave a trail of destruction in Lhuentse
Flash floods have wreaked havoc in Jarey and Maedtsho in Lhuentse. The floods struck the two gewogs on Wednesday. In Jarey, four farm roads were washed away because of which some students of...
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His Majesty The King graces parliament opening
His Majesty The King graced the opening ceremony of the 11th Session of the Second Parliament earlier today. In his address, the Speaker, on behalf of the members of the parliament, thanked His Majesty...
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Update: There’s a road block again in Narphung on the Trashigang-Samdrup Jongkhar highway. The block occurred around 5 this evening, barely three hours after the earlier block was cleared. Dantak...
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Fire guts house in Pema Gatshel
A fire this morning razed to the ground a two-storey traditional house in Shingchongri Chiwog of Dechhenling Gewog, Pema Gatshel. The incident has left a family of six homeless. The fire is believed to...
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One dead, eight injured in Namling accident
A 31-year-old man has died and eight others were injured in a vehicle accident in Namling between Sengor and Lingmethang in Monggar. The bolero they were traveling fell about 300 metres below the road....
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Thimphu police arrest 40 people in drug related case
Police in Thimphu have arrested 40 people, including a woman, in drug related cases over a period of one-and-a-half month. Some were detained for substance abuse and others for illicit trafficking of...
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