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Twenty best footballers of U-16 selected
The 20 best footballers under 16 boy’s category were selected from the finals of the U-16 and U-13 Boys National football festival and Championship, held at Gelegphu Girl’s Football Academy, today. The...
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Farmer in Dagana takes integrated farming to a new level
Sangay Sherpa, 40, has taken farming to a whole new level. Under integrated farming in Dagana, he grows crops, keeps bees and has poultry, among others. Sangay’s farm sprawls over four acres of land...
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Ninety Black Necked Cranes spotted in Trashi Yangtse
Ninety Black Necked Cranes, including six juvenile cranes, have arrived at Boomdeling in Trashi Yangtse since November 7, 2016 until today. Wildlife Officials are expecting more cranes to arrive in...
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Camp Raven in Dewathang ends
The Camp Raven, a winter youth camp in Dewathang in Samdrup Jongkhar, which began on January 4, ended today. Some 227 children of armed force personnel took part in the camp which was a platform for...
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HAB trains women and youth in handicraft tailoring and weaving
Over 100 women and youth are undergoing five month long training in handloom weaving, carpentry of indoor furniture, and handicrafts tailoring in Thimphu. The training has been underway since yesterday...
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BCMD trains youth to solve problems in the community
Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy (BCMD) is providing a weeklong training to some 35 youth in the capital, beginning today. It is primarily to enable youth to solve problems in the communities....
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Gelegphu police finds a body in a toilet
Gelegphu police found a body of a 46-year-old man, of Indian origin, in a toilet of an automobile workshop, last evening. The deceased’s friends told police they became suspicious after he took longer...
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JDWNRH proposes for HR autonomy
The Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu has proposed the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) to grant them autonomy in human resource management. The rationale behind...
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NLCS advocates villagers on Mobile Land Services
Officials from the National Land Commission Secretariat (NLCS) are in Lhuentse Dzongkhag, advocating people about the Mobile Land Services. It is a new initiative of the Commission to provide land...
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Two centres open in Thimphu for CID renewal
To ease overcrowding at the head office in Tashichhodzong, two centers have opened for renewal of Citizenship Identity Card (CID) in Thimphu. Civil Registration and Census Department under home...
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Bangchang consumption declines in Zhemgang
Since 2013, consumption of the locally brewed alcohol known as bangchang has been decreasing in Phangkhar Gewog in Zhemgang. The gewog’s community leaders credited the Dzongkhag Health Sector’s...
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Farm shops open in Samtse
The agriculture and forests ministry has opened three farm shops in three gewogs of Samtse, recently. The gewogs are: Tashichhoeling, Pemaling, and Yoeseltse. The farm shops were established for the...
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Construction of Sangay Minjurling Lhakhang in Ramitey nears completion
Construction of the 10-storey Sangay Minjurling Lhakhang at Ramitey in Phuentshogling is nearing completion as almost 85 percent of works is complete. Currently, the construction of ninth floor of the...
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Ground breaking ceremony for the construction of Sarpang Court held
The ground breaking ceremony for the construction of Sarpang District Court was held at a place called Sarpang Tar, today. The Chief Justice of Bhutan, Lyonpo Tshering Wangchuk attended the ceremony....
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Culture department forbids painting religious figures on rocks
The Department of Culture has recently issued a circular stating that they will not allow carving or painting religious figures and mantras on rocks along the road and cliffs. The department has come...
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Bangkok drug smuggling case in high court
The Bangkok drug smuggling case is now being dealt by the high court in Thimphu. The Office of the Attorney General charged four Bhutanese including two women for alleged involvement in drug smuggling...
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His Majesty grants Dhar and Kabney to four Thrompon
His Majesty the King granted Dhar- a congratulatory scarf and new Thrompon’s Kabney to the four Thrompon at Tashichhodzong in Thimphu, today. The four Thrompon are Thimphu Thrompon Kinlay Dorjee,...
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Farm road inaugurated in Phuentshogpelri Gewog
A 10.05 Km long farm road in Phuentshogpelri Gewog in Samtse opened to traffic, today. The information and communications minister, D.N. Dhungyel inaugurated the farm road. Constructed at a cost of Nu...
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Fire destroys a house in Trashi Yangtse
A fire razed a double-storey house in Shalli village under Khamdang Gewog, Trashi Yangtse, at around 3:30 AM, yesterday. No casualties were reported. The Dzongkhag Kidu Office has handed over semso and...
View ArticleGelegphu Police arrest 60-year-old man for alleged possession of tobacco...
Gelegphu Police arrested a 60 year old man for alleged possession of over 600 sticks and about 300 packets of tobacco products, on Tuesday. The products were concealed in a sack and hidden in suspect’s...
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