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Passenger dies mid-air on Drukair flight
Aviation: An Indian man, aged 80, died on-board a Drukair flight to Singapore, yesterday. According to a press release issued by the national airline, the incident occurred 35 minutes prior to decent...
View ArticleFive sectors to benefit from detailed hydro-met services
DHMS: The hydro-met services department will provide detailed and reliable monsoon forecast for specific sectors to prepare their plans and activities accordingly by the next monsoon. The five priority...
View ArticleAssistant principal charged for manslaughter
Update: The assistant principal of Yebilaptsa Middle Secondary School has confessed to the murder of a class VII student of the school. He admitted of having strangulated the girl with the help of a...
View ArticleSexual depiction of children a crime: RBP
Warns of stringent action if found distributing offensive videos and photographs Crime: Following the recent circulation of obscene videos and photographs of children on the popular mobile...
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Serving in the mountains
Civil service: Without electricity, road and literally cut off from the rest of the country, being a civil servant in Laya gewog, Gasa is not easy. If it is the cold for almost eight months in a year,...
View ArticleThe Tshogpa dilemma in northern gewogs
Taking the local govt. post means no income from cordyceps LG: If filling the Booso Zeri chiwog’s vacant tshogpa post was any indication, finding tshogpas for the next local government election will be...
View ArticleA souvenir shop for women to realise their potential
RENEW: Sonam, 33, lived a comfortable life until her husband’s tragic demise in 2013. Without any skills and income source, and two children to look after, she felt handicapped. Initially, she thought...
View Article195 community centres established
ICT: Two more community centres will be inaugurated in Samtse today, bringing the total number established nationwide to 195. The two centres will be inaugurated in the Sangnagchoeling and Tendu gewogs...
View ArticleEducating ourselves on child pornography
In a very worrying development, video clips that can be categorized as child pornography are being shared among Bhutanese on social media. While the footage may elicit a laugh or be deemed harmless by...
View ArticleHPV vaccination programme to be extended until 2020
The vaccination is a huge success in the country Health: A group of 13 individuals from the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation (ACCF) are in the country for a weeklong discussion on extending the...
View ArticleTourist dies in accident at Chelela
Two injured are admitted at the Paro hospital for minor injuries Accident: A 62 year-old Indian tourist from Kolkata, West Bengal died on impact when the vehicle she was traveling in veered off about...
View ArticleFour-year-old fire victim dies
Update: A four-year-old girl, one of the four children who were referred to Thimphu referral hospital on October 19 after they suffered more than 40 to 50 percent burn in a fire at the Chinese Lane in...
View ArticleHis Majesty celebrates Dashain in Lokchina gewog
Festival: Joining the people of remote Lokchina gewog in Chukha to celebrate Dashain, His Majesty The King reassured the people that their difficulties would continue to receive His Majesty’s personal...
View ArticleOpen trade, a prerequisite for GNH: ADB
Report points out lapses in the country’s trade polices Report: Active trade policies are not likely to be implemented in the country because of the difficulties to achieve a harmonious balance between...
View Article“Bhutan is an important country for Helvetas”
President of HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Elmar Ledergerber is in the country to celebrate 40 years of Bhutan – Helvetas cooperation. He shares with Kuensel’s Sonam Pelden, his views on development...
View ArticleTsendagang villagers stop animal sacrifice for Dassain
Festival: Diverting from an age-old tradition, some villagers in Tsendagang gewog in Dagana have stopped slaughtering chickens and goats during the Dassain festival. Hindus believe that goddess Durga,...
View ArticleNichula community centre under utilized
Its distance to the gewog office is to blame ICT: Located at Bichgaon, the community centre (CC) building of Nichula gewog in Lhamoizingkha, Dagana is a welcome sight for travellers. As it is located...
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