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Education ministry’s decision makes teachers unhappy
Education ministry’s decision to allow some of the B.Ed graduates, trained to teach secondary schools, teach in primary schools has made many unhappy. Many graduates from the teacher training colleges...
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More tourists visited Bhutan in 2016
A little more than 209,000 tourists visited Bhutan in 2016, an increase of 55,000 more as compared to 2015. More than 50 percent of the tourists were from within the region, according to the Tourism...
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RMA expected to release exchange of deposited demonetised INR
Royal Monetary Authority’s Governor, Dasho Penjore said Bhutanese companies and individuals are expected to get the exchange for their deposited demonetised INR notes by January end. After India...
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Lyonpo Dorji Choden inaugurates Khar gewog road
The Works and Human Settlement Minister, Dorji Choden inaugurated the recently blacktopped Khar gewog connectivity road in Pema Gatshel. It was blacktopped at a cost of Nu 24 M. The blacktopping of...
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300 kilograms of banned vegetables seized
BAFRA and Regional Revenue and Customs Officials in Gelegphu seized over 300 kilograms of green chilli, cauliflower and beans. The banned vegetables were seized during a joint inspection from...
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Teachers take part in scout program
Thirty teachers from six eastern districts are participating in a regional level wood badge course for Nachung Scout Leader at Rangjun in Trashigang. The weeklong course is underway at Rangjung...
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Three-day Tshechu ends in Wangdue Phodrang
The three-day Busa Wangdi Goenpa Tshechu at Saephu in Wangdue Phodrang concluded, yesterday. Bardo and Guru Tsengay Chams were performed for the first time, this year, to mark the auspicious events in...
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BAFRA office inaugurated in Dagana
The agriculture and forests minister, Yeshey Dorji inaugurated a new BAFRA Office for Dagana, today. The office was built in line with the authority’s plan to establish independent Dzongkhag offices...
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Women athletes get inspired from the Japanese Olympian
Some young female athletes were inspired and decided to take up athletics as their profession after meeting an Olympian Gold medalist, Naoko Takahashi in the capital, today. The gold medalist, who...
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Pantang’s residents fear of speeding trucks
Residents of Pantang in Zhemgang are living in constant fear that any time, a fatal accident might occur, due to speeding trucks and reckless driving along the Gongphu-Panbang highway. They said most...
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Moa River bank gets cleaned
The bank of Moa River in Gelegphug, Sarpang has become a preferred picnic spot for the people of Assam, India. Every year, some 1,000 Indians frequent the place for merry-making and picnicking. But...
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Getana Gewog wants better feeder road
People of Getana Gewog under Chhukha District proposed for a well-paved feeder road in their gewog. The proposal was made during the Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay’s visit to the gewog, yesterday....
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Denchhi to have only double storied structures: MoWHS
Commercial structures in Pema Gatshel Dzongkhag Thromde in Denchhi, should strictly be of two storied with traditional designs only. The works and human settlement minister, Dorji Choden, shared this...
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PM hands over utility vehicles to 205 gewogs
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay handed over the 205 gewog utility vehicles to the local government chairpersons in Phuentshogling, today. The handing-taking ceremony was held coinciding with the 9th...
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Je Khenpo presides over the Moelam Chenmo in Trashi Yangtse
His Holiness the Jekhenpo presided over the annual Moelam Chenmo or the Great Prayer ceremony in Chorten Kora, Trashi Yangtse, today. Over a thousand of devotees from Trashi Yangtse and other...
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S.D wins the winter open archery tournament in SJ
Team S.D won the winter open archery tournament in Samdrup Jongkhar, yesterday. They bagged the winner’s title after scoring 60 arrow shots and walked away with the cash prize of Nu 300,000. With 56...
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Power tillers remain idle in Dagana
Most of the power tillers in the gewogs of Dagana District have not been utilised. Farmer cited unfavourable landscape and lack of full time operators as the reason. The agriculture ministry...
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Dzongkha important to becoming reputed personality: PM
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay encouraged the people of Phuentshogling Gewog in Chhukha to nurture their children’s language development in Dzongkha. Prime Minister was in the gewog, yesterday. He told...
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Despite odds, restoration of Yongla Goenpa on track
Shortage of skilled labourers and geographical condition had been impeding the restoration works of Yongla Goenpa in Pema Gatshel. Due to these reasons, the completion works were delayed by a year. In...
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CNN picks Bhutan as one of the 17 best places to visit in 2017
The popular international news channel called Cable News Network of the United States (CNN) has identified 17 best places in the world, which are must visits in 2017. Of these 17 places, Bhutan is...
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