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Election body upholds Kipse Constituency’s Zomdu result
Sangay Tenzin failed to get nominated to contest for the post of Thrompon Samdrup Jongkhar’s Election Dispute Settlement Body said the nomination result for Thrompon candidate of Kipse Constituency...
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Trashigang harvests first batch of Hazelnuts
Hazelnuts were harvested for the first time in Trashigang. The recent harvest, initiated by Mountain Hazelnuts, is to test the quality and conduct research as venturing into overseas market is inching...
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Pledge to donate eyes yet to pick up
Not a single Bhutanese has received eye donation even though the hospital has recorded over 300 people in need of cornea transplantation. In the last two years, the National Referral Hospital in...
View ArticleFour sentenced for burglary
Thimphu District Court sentenced four men to non-compoundable imprisonment ranging from two and a half to eight years for a burglary case. A prime suspect in the case, Cigay Dorji, is still at large....
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FC Tertons through to the next stage of AFC 2017 qualifiers
FC Tertons is through to the next stage of qualifying for the 2017 Asian Football Confederation Cup. In their last match of the play-off qualifiers yesterday, they defeated Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra...
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Thimphu Thromde receives 11 garbage trucks
Thimphu Thormde received 11 garbage trucks. today. The Government of India funded the trucks costing Nu 2 M each. Four trucks will remain with Thimphu Thromde and the rest will be sent to other...
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Deadline for postal ballot application approaching
ECB’s Spokesperson, Ugyen The deadline for postal ballot application for the local government elections is September 3. Election Commission of Bhutan said of the 85,000 voters registered, only 21,000...
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One Ngultrum Initiative gathers steam
The One Ngultrum Initiative, kick started a month ago, by a Royal Thimphu College graduate, is picking up with many joining the mission. The twin mission, according to the founder, Jigme Namgay, 23, is...
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MoWHS launches road safety app
The works and human settlement ministry launched a mobile application- Bhutan Road Safety App- that provides real-time information on road blocks across the country. The information can also be...
View ArticleTwo stabbed in two separate incidences
A 42-year-old man has been detained for allegedly stabbing his wife multiple times at Taba in Thimphu, last morning. The wife is in a critical condition and undergoing surgery at the National Referral...
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Lugar Theatre restored to its former grandeur
The oldest cinema hall of Thimphu, Lugar Theatre has been restored to its former grandeur. It now has all the features of a professional new-age cinema and entertainment centre- from foldable seats,...
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Gelegphu Thromde wants NRDCL to move extraction site
Gelegphu Thromde wants the Natural Resources Development Corporation Limited (NRDCL) to move its sand and boulders extraction site away from the water treatment plant located near Mao River. The issue...
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PHPA-I races against time
After Punatshangchhu Hydroelectric Project Authority (PHPA) lost three years to geological problems, the authority is racing to meet its extended deadline of November 2019. Landslide at the...
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OAG reviewing allegedly misappropriation of Nu 20 M
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is reviewing the embezzlement case of Nu 20 M by seven employees of Dungsam Cement Corporation Limited and four private individuals. An official from the OAG...
View ArticleMan airlifted after he was mauled by a bear
A 39-year-old man had to be airlifted from Haa this morning, after a bear mauled him. The bear is said to have attacked him at 6 this morning when the man was working in his field in Bebji under...
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Kanglung BHU without a doctor
The grade I Kanglung Basic Health Unit (BHU) in Trashigang hasn’t had a doctor for the last two months. The previous doctor left for studies. On an average, about 100 people visit the hospital, every...
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Major setbacks push commissioning date of PHPA-II
Punatshangchhu Hydroelectric Project Authority (PHPA)-II witnessed two major setbacks, this year, pushing the completion deadline by six months. PHPA-II, which is to generate 1,020 Megawatt of...
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Man electrocuted
A man, 30, was electrocuted on the spot while he was laying cable for Television with two others. The incident took place at Thongjabi Village in Chhuzanggang Gewog in Sarpang, yesterday afternoon....
View ArticleEight women vie for LG posts in Paro
Eight women will be contesting from Paro in the upcoming local government elections. Of the eight, three will compete for the posts of gup. All three have had experience of working as local leaders....
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Niece defeats uncle to secure nomination
Karma Dema’s uncle shakes hand after the result was declared. For 26-year-old Karma Dema, the battle was within the family. She had to beat a man of experience, her own 58-year-old uncle to secure the...
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