The 2nd edition of the Women’s Open Volleyball Championship organized by the Bhutan Volleyball Federation (BVF) kicked off at the Changlingmethang National Volleyball Arena starting yesterday. A total of 18 teams from different Dzongkhags are taking part in the championship. The ongoing championship is currently being played in continuous rain as the lack of an […]
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Trashigang’s lone waste entrepreneur Inspired by his father, twenty-six year old Sangay Gempo from Silambi Gewog in Mongar is an entrepreneur who collects waste with an aim to keep the community clean and to make Trashigang one of the cleanest dzongkhags in the country. “I was inspired by my father Samphel, who worked as an […]
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The six-day 5th India-Bhutan Friendship Tennis Tournament (IBFTT) began on July 2 and finals would be played tomorrow at the National Tennis Centre, Changlimethang, Thimphu. Tennis lovers can watch the finals that would be broadcasted live on Bhutan Broadcasting Service channel 2 from 9:30 am onwards. Gracing the launch of the event, Ambassador of India […]
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Though the government proposed 6% salary raise to the Prime Minister, cabinet ministers and other equivalent positions and 35% to the lower rung of the positions in the civil servants, there is a huge income gap. This accounts from the highest raise in absolute terms to the Prime Minister at Nu 10,800 to the lowest […]
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The Gross Domestic Product is projected to grow by 6% during the 12th Five Year Plan period. Presenting the State of the Nation report to the joint sitting of the Parliament on Wednesday, Lyonchhen Dr. Lotay Tshering said that our economy achieved a growth of 7.4% over the past two decades, labeling Bhutan as one […]
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The government initiated plans and programs on mananging waste and on climate change and carbon neutrality during the fiscal year 2018-19, states the State of the Nation report. Presenting the report, Lyonchhen Dr. Lotay Tshering said the profound policies articulatedby our Monarchs and conscious efforts over the years to realizing them have ensured that our […]
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It has been reported that the moraine dam is stable as of now and a breach into Rapstreng Tsho is unlikely The people living along the Pho Chhu and downstream in Punakha are requested to be vigilant by the National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) after it detected a sudden rise and drop in […]
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A motor bike tries to escape from the long queue of traffic above Doksum along the Doksum-Trashiyangste highway. Road widening works along the Doksum-Trashiyangste has closed the traffic and driver Sonam Tobgay manages to get through the narrow parallel lane with much difficulty. “There is no use staying for another more in the heat,” he […]
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Levying Sustainable Development Fee, either Nu 3,000 for each tourist or Nu 300 per day per tourist, is one of the possible solutions suggested Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Tandi Dorji was questioned on the government’s policies and plans to regulate mass regional tourists by Deputy Chairperson of National Council (NC) Jigme Wangchuk during the NC […]
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Central Boulevard Road which was planned by Gelephu Thromde has not been approved in the first phase which means that it will be delayed for the time being. The four lane road will start from border till Sethikhari stream, few kilometers towards Gelephu-Zhemgang National Highway. Gelephu Thromde had proposed the budget for the road to […]
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