Yearly Archives: 2013

2nd National Entrepreneurship meeting concludes

The national level entrepreneurship stakeholders meeting with special focus on collaboration and integration took place in the capital on Monday, December 16. The Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) has always laid the utmost emphasis on entrepreneurship development in the country. This comes in recognition of the fact that …

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The State of the Nation and the National Day Address.

If one reads the State of the Nation Reports in the last couple of years then one would get a feeling that everything was going on very well and the ‘untrustworthy media’ except for a ‘credible few’ was blowing everything out of proportion. Even when the rupee and credit crisis …

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World Cup Trophy in Bhutan for the first time

In what could be a historic moment for the country, the official FIFA World Cup Trophy was brought to Bhutan for the first time yesterday. This gave hundreds of football enthusiasts in Thimphu a life time opportunity to get an upclose look at the most coveted prize in football. The …

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His Majesty highlights national challenges

The King urged citizens to work in unity and to confront the challenges, and also acknowledged civil servants across the country for their service to the nation While the limelight of the National Day this year was on civil servants, His Majesty the King, in his address to the nation …

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Anti-Corruption Day celebrated

The International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) was celebrated in Thimphu on December 9 with the launch of a report titled “Integrity and Value Education in Schools” and a debate competition on “The Present Generation Upholds Better Values than the Earlier Generation” within four higher secondary schools in the capital. This year, …

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Four poachers nabbed

The apprehended miscreants who were poaching inside protected park areas in the high altitude zones of JSWNP were caught after officials recovered one of the culprit’s CID from the vicinity of the crime scene Poaching in the country, like in many other nations, is fast becoming rampant with reports of …

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GoI releases Nu 1.5bn for ESP

This is the second release of funds by GoI for the ESP The Ambassador of India to Bhutan, V.P. Haran handed over a cheque amounting to Indian Rupee (INR) 1.5bn to Finance Minister Namgay Dorji yesterday for the government’s Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP), in the presence of Prime Minister Tshering …

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