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The annual Dorji Drolo Drupchen, which started a week ago at the Ugyen Dongag Chokhorling monastery in Yonphula, Trashingang ends today with Ngedrup Lawong or blessing to the public. The Drupchen,...
View ArticleChukha-Damchu bypass to open by June 2018
Works and Human Settlement Minister Dorji Choden said that the Chukha-Damchu bypass would open to traffic by June 2018. Dorji Choden said the latest report from the chief engineer of Project Dantak and...
View ArticleVocational centre to empower women opens in Selekha
The president and founder of Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women (RENEW), Her Majesty the Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck and ambassador of Japan to Bhutan, Kenji Hiramatsu inaugurated a...
View ArticleCPA launches person-to-person awareness approach
Bhutan Taxi Association (BTA) joined the ‘national drug awareness campaign’ organised by Chithuen Phendhey Association (CPA) in Thimphu yesterday. Some 40 members of BTA will provide free ride once...
View ArticleTransport Utd still in title contest
Transport United defeated Paro United 4:3 at Changlimithang Stadium on August 6. Ngawang Dendup made six changes to its starting eleven as the team was resting its key players for the match against...
View ArticleAggression in sports
Sports may be gaining popularity in the country but not sportsmanship. Recent reports of abuse and aggression towards the basketball and football referees are worrying developments for an industry that...
View ArticleEducation ministry short of about 400 teachers
Dzongkha subject teachers top the list of shortage With the country short of about 400 teachers, education minister, Norbu Wangchuk, said the ministry is trying to address the shortage with various...
View ArticleNo urban tax refund for extended thromde area
The urban tax paid by residents in extended areas of Rinchending and Pekharzhing under Phuentsholing Thromde from 2011 to 2015 would not be refunded, the works and human settlement minister Dorji...
View ArticleBondeyma industrial estate to be developed by 2019
The Bongdeyma industrial estate in Mongar is expected to be developed by 2019, economic affairs minister Lekey Dorji said. The minister, who was in the locality last week, said that currently they are...
View ArticlePheasant-tailed jacana sighted in Bhutan
With the discovery of pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) on June 26, Bhutan’s avian biodiversity count has reached 723. Senior forester with Jigme Dorji National park (JDNP) Pema...
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Japan gifts machinery worth USD 6.948M
Japan gifted Bhutanese farmers with the largest consignment of road construction machinery so far to forge their way into future yesterday. Japan’s Ambassador to Bhutan Kenji Hiramatsu handed over 30...
View ArticleThromde targets 24 hrs drinking water supply
Thimphu thromde will try to reduce disposal of solid waste at the landfill by 30 percent annually and have at least two waste recovery projects initiated or supported by March next year. These targets...
View ArticleGJM protest rumours worry Bhutanese in Jaigaon
With rumours rife for a possible Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) protest across the border today and tomorrow, Bhutanese living in Jaigaon returned to Phuentsholing yesterday evening for safety. Some...
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BoB Connect agents offer dependable service
Since the launch of Bank of Bhutan’s (BoB) agency banking service in Kanglung three weeks ago, the authorised agent, Sonam Tenzin, has made about 817 transitions. Because the two automatic teller...
View ArticleTeacher shortage must be addressed
We have always had shortage of teachers. The situation may be improving going by the numbers but the improvement is nowhere near satisfactory. Shortage of 400 teachers is a lot still. We need to do...
View ArticleCrypto currency, the financial world’s future
With evolution in technology and things getting digitised, its relevance to paper currencies is increasingly being applied around the globe. The Crypto Currency world is getting bigger. Bringing...
View ArticleVillages grapple with water disputes and shortages
Last year, a group of villagers from Toeb Renakha in Punakha destroyed newly built water tanks and pipes for three chiwogs of Talo gewog, disrupting water to about 80 households. Talo gewog...
View ArticlePCAL procures second-hand gearbox
More than a month after the Penden Cement Authority Limited (PCAL) plant’s gearbox of one of the clinkers producing mills broke down, a second-hand gearbox was procured on August 3. The second-hand...
View ArticleTaxi association provides free ride to Kuenselphodrang
The Bhutan Taxi Association (BTA), in collaboration with traffic police, is providing free rides to and from Kuenselphodrang for devotees attending the Kanjur oral transmission. The initiative, which...
View ArticleOne female health worker in all BHU II by Jan 2018
Highlighting the major achievements made by the health sector in the current Plan, health minister Tandin Wangchuk said that about 207 critically ill patients have been airlifted to Thimphu as of this...
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