Tashi Deki

Sarpang elects second timer

Sarpang dzongkhag in the National Council (NC) elections went for 33 year-old Dhan Bahadur Mongar from Dekidling gewog and voted him as their representative for the upper house. Dhan Bahadur Mongar secured total votes of 4,131. His EVM votes count is 3, 695 and Postal Ballots amounted to 436 votes. …

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Singaporean Ambassador bids farewell

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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Dysentery outbreak in Chungkha Community in Chukha

A Shigella-like dysentery outbreak has affected some 25 people in Chungkha community under Chhukha Dzongkhag. Shigella is a class or category of bacteria closely related to Salmonella. It causes disease in primates, but not in other mammals and is only naturally found in humans and apes. During infection, it typically causes dysentery. In Chungkha, people started to …

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