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Singapore’s High Commissioner to India with concurrent accreditation as Singapore’s Ambassador to the Bhutan, Ms Karen Tan called on Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang yesterday. Ms. Tan who took over office two years ago as Singapore’s Ambassador to Bhutan arrived in the capital on Wednesday to bid …
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Annual marathon brings excitement to the students
Unlike other days, when they are dressed in school uniforms, the students of Tshangkha Lower Secondary School (LSS) in Dagana dzongkhag wearing shorts and pants, gathered at the school ground to take part in the annual marathon race organized every year by the school. Excited about the race, the students …
Read More »Game of stones in-play at Changlimithang
The first national Doegor (stone throw) tournament started at the Changlimithang on 10th of April. Doegor is a traditional Bhutanese game played with a pair of spherical flag stones that are hurled at two targets (pegs) fixed in the ground at a distance of 27m apart. The size and weight …
Read More »Government sits for a year on reform measures to deal with the Rupee crisis
The Bhutanese has found that the cabinet has not implemented most reform measures that were proposed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) to the cabinet about a year ago on May 4th 2012, to deal with the rupee crisis. The report was titled ‘Report on Enhancing Productive Capacity to …
Read More »From Gewogs and Dzongkhags
Annual Sports Day at Tshangkha LSS Tshangkha Lower Secondary School will observe its Sports day today where students from classes PP till VIII will participate in various events on the day. The day will start with a Marchang ceremony and later the students will take part in a march past. …
Read More »BCCI says rupee crisis to get worse in coming years
Hydropower construction will be a major factor Though the government has said that the rupee situation would improve in the near future especially with the commissioning of the mega hydro projects in 2017-2018, the Bhutan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) does not agree. In fact the BCCI has said …
Read More »PM meets De-suung volunteers
Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley as the chief guest met the 119 volunteers of the seventh batch of De-suung training program at the military training centre in Tencholing, Wangduephodrang last Thursday on 11 April, 2013. Lyonchhen at the opening ceremony of the five-week training program, thanked His Majesty for …
Read More »Tsirang NC nominees see the need for a recap of their speeches with gewog voters
The commonly agreed reason among the nominees is that the people showed blank faces at the forum Since the opening of Common forum for Tsirang Dzongkhag National Council (NC) nominees on 5 April, only a handful of people have understood what the six candidates spoke during the forum. The forum …
Read More »Government inaction and lethargy and the rupee crisis
Soon after the Rupee Crisis started, the cabinet in 2012 directed the Ministry of Economic Affairs to come up with a report to increase exports and decrease imports. The Ministry in early May 2012 came up with a comprehensive 27 page report that suggested several measures and changes like …
Read More »30 civil servants resign to contest the 2013 elections
Twenty-five civil servants from eight ministries, National Assembly and His Majesty’s Secretariat till date have been officially separated by the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) from their respective agencies to contest the upcoming elections. Five resignations have been rejected by the commission. There hasn’t been anyone resigning as yet from …
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