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Sand extraction affected
The sudden rise in the water level of Punatshangchhu has adversely affected sand extraction works in Wangdue Phodrang. The sand supply has reduced by almost half. From almost 60 truckloads of sand in...
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Bhutan wins five medals
Bhutan won two gold, one silver and two bronze medals on the first day of the 50th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports championship underway in the capital. The mega international event began,...
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Netherlands Alumni Association donates 300 books
The Netherlands Alumni Association of Bhutan donated 300 books written by local authors to the National Public Library in Thimphu, today. They also donated teaching-learning materials to the special...
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The Ministry of Economic Affairs will be restructured as Ministry of Energy and Minerals, and labour ministry as Ministry of Trade, Industry and Employment in the 12th Five Year Plan. According to the...
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Trashigang renovates 827 Chorten
Trashigang renovated 827 Chorten this year, the highest in the country. The district is in the process of renovating 20 more. The renovation, being carried out across the country, is the government’s...
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Graduates planning to join police force will have to sit for BCSE
University graduates, who want to become police officers, will have to pass the Civil Service Examinations from this year onwards. Royal Bhutan Police say the requirement is to recruit physically and...
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Armed forces tattoo policy crushing some youth’s dream
Some youth, passionate about joining armed forces, are unhappy after being rejected because of their tattoos. Armed forces’ guidelines for recruitment say an individual is not allowed to join armed...
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Sangay Tsheltrim defends his title
Sangay Tsheltrim, 34, bagged gold medal for Bhutan in the second day of the 50th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship, yesterday. He won the gold in the athletic physique category. This...
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A Bhutanese ‘Hotspot Hero’
A senior Ecologist with the Royal Society for Protection of Nature, Rebecca Pradhan, has been recognised as one of the biodiversity ‘Hotspot Heroes’ by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. It was...
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Overall inflation decreases
The overall inflation rate in the country has decreased by 0.7 percent in the last one year. But the price of food items, both domestic and imported, has increased by around 4 percent, as per the...
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Bhutan football team back after playing Bangladesh
Bhutan National Football Team is back in the country after its away game with Bangladesh for Asian Cup Playoff Qualifiers, 2019. None of the teams could score and the game ended in a goalless draw. The...
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Artifacts of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel to be showcased
For the first time, the artifacts of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel will be showcased to the public for six months. Preparation works are almost complete for the exhibition. The exhibition will begin on...
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Sarpang court imprisons three for raping a minor
Sarpang District Court convicted three men to nine years imprisonment for the gang rape of a 15-year-old female student. The court has also ordered the accused to pay a compensation of Nu 25,000 each...
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Mr. Asia title goes to Iran’s Mahdi Sabzavari
The title, Mr. Asia of the 50th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships, 2016 went to Iran’s Mahdi Sabzavari, 34. He also took home a gold medal in the category of over 100 kilograms in...
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Bhutan takes fourth place in 50th Asian Bodybuilding Championship
With three gold, one silver, and seven bronze medals, Bhutan took the fourth place in the 50th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship. The three-day mega international event ended in the...
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Bhutan appreciated for elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus
Bhutan received a certificate of appreciation from the World Health Organization for successful elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus in the country. Bhutan eliminated the disease in 2000. All...
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Bhutanese films selected for Busan screening
A Bhutanese feature film, The Honey Giver Among the Dogs has been selected to be screened at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. Directed by female filmmaker, Dechen Roder, The Honey...
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Bhutan comes up with Public Debt Policy
Bhutan now has a Public Debt Policy. The finance ministry launched the new policy yesterday. It is to guide the country’s investment, ensure that financing decisions are prudent and public debt is...
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Two brothers under custody for alleged possession of drugs
Two brothers are under Thimphu police custody for allegedly possessing over 9,000 pieces of controlled substances. The substances were concealed in a rice bag at one of the suspect’s house in...
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Trashigang’s lone female candidate vie for gup’s post
Pema Choki, 37, from Khaling in Trashigang is the lone woman candidate vying for the post of gup. She was inspired to contest for the post of gup after attending various training on women empowerment....
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