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His Majesty grants audience to medical team who served during Royal Birth
His Majesty The King personally thanked the medical team who served during and subsequent to the Royal Birth. During an audience at the Lingkana Palace, His Majesty conveyed appreciation to the entire...
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Denchi gets a go ahead signal
Dzongkhag land allotment committee, shopkeepers, and land owners of Denchi, Pema Gatshel, decided 27 commercial and 78 residential plots will be allotted by next month. The decision comes after years...
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Phuentshogling court conduct hearings of about 30 fronting cases
Phuentshogling Dungkhag Court is conducting hearings of more than 30 fronting cases. The court conducted hearings of about seven cases, yesterday. However, in absence of litigants, some cases are...
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Government requests RMA to lower interest rates on loans
The government is requesting the central bank to review interest rates on loans and study the possibility of lowering it down to make it more affordable to the borrowers. After several proposals from...
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Rainbow flag flown for the first time in the country
A rainbow flag, an icon for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights was flown in the country for the first time, today. The flag, commonly known as LGBT pride, went up at the UN House in...
View ArticlePolice on the lookout for suspected burglars
Thimphu police is on the lookout for suspects of a burglary case that allegedly took place in Babesa, Thimphu on Monday. A private employee reported the case to the police saying he lost Nu 70,000,...
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Case involving alleged theft of elephant tusks in court
The case involving six men, who allegedly stole two elephant tusks, from a house in Lungtenphu, in March, is in Thimphu District Court. The Office of the Attorney General submitted their rebuttal to...
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Indian police help recover 50 percent of ransom
Sidli Police Station in Assam, India, was able to recover 50 percent of Nu 2 M, family members of two Bhutanese kidnapped had paid as ransom. The police had arrested the kidnappers shortly after the...
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Thimphu District Court to have specialised benches
Thimphu District Court will have specialised benches within the next three months. It will have a Family and Children Bench, two Criminal Benches, and two Commercial Benches. Family and Children Bench...
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Bhutan’s borrowings increase by Nu 15 B
Despite the government’s serious effort to reduce government debt, the economy’s total borrowings increased by over Nu 15 B between 2014 and 2015. The government’s debt increased from Nu 119 B to Nu...
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US working to improve visa application process for Bhutanese
The US Ambassador to India, Richard Rahul Verma, who was in Bhutan yesterday, said they are working to improve visa application process for the Bhutanese applying to visit the United States of America....
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Cabinet not informed of Ada Rachu circular
Home Minister, Dawa Gyaltshen said the ministry did not feel the need to inform the Cabinet, before sending out the circular on Ada Rachu, since it is not a new policy. The Cabinet said they were not...
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Ambassadors present credentials to His Majesty
(Left-Right: Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to Bhutan and Ambassador of the Commonwealth of Australia to Bhutan) The Ambassador of the Commonwealth of Australia to Bhutan, Harinder Kaur Sidhu,...
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Locals in Paro pick up mushroom farming
Mushrooms, to some extent, are a dangerous delicacy. People have died for a good mushroom meal; some after consuming poisonous wild mushrooms and some from wild animals attack while mushroom-hunting....
View ArticleMan arrested for duping
A 34-year-old man is in Gasa police custody for allegedly duping a person into buying a vehicle that did not belong to him. The victim, after purchasing the vehicle, found the suspect had hired the...
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Reservoir to the rescue
A reservoir, with a storage capacity of 2,50,000 litres of water, has raised hopes of farmers in Rubesa Gewog under Wangdue Phodrang to revive their mainstay; paddy cultivation. These farmers,...
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Road built using recycled plastic successful, declares DoR
After eight months of trial, the Department of Roads (DoR) is confident of using plastic waste to blacktop roads in the country. The pilot project, a 150-metre stretch in Olakha, blacktopped using...
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Shooting for Bhutan in Rio 2016 Olympics
The country’s best air rifle shooter, Lenchu Kuenzang, 24, will represent Bhutan in Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil. She was chosen through a wild card entry, an opportunity given to member countries of...
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Home ministry yet to respond on Paro Taktshang’s closure every Tuesday
Paro Dzongkhag Tshogdu is yet to hear from home ministry on the closure of Taktshang Monastery, every Tuesday. The issue was brought up once again during a meeting, yesterday. In March this year, Home...
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Man tries to break into BoB’s ATM
An unidentified man tried to break into Bank of Bhutan’s ATM, located behind MKTS building in Thimphu, late into the night, yesterday. A source told BBS that footage from surveillance camera show the...
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