By the end of summer, late August side, Bhutan’s first satellite, a CubeSat called Bhutan-1 weighing less than 2 kilograms shall be released into low earth orbit with the other CubeSats. Once released, BHUTAN-1 will become operational and can be tracked from the ground station in Ministry of Information and …
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The National HIV, AIDS and STIs Control Program, Ministry of Health has detected 27 new HIV cases (15 males and 12 females) between November, 2017 to June 2018 according to a release. Among the new cases, 78% are between the ages of 20-49 and 22% above 50 years. Thirty percent …
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Thimphu last saw land rates reaching a record high in late 2011 and early 2012, before an economic crisis hit in the form of the rupee crisis and the resultant curtailment of credit. Economic growth also reached a historic low of 2.1 percent in 2013. The result was a crash …
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With the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) accepting the resignation of the incumbent Cabinet Secretary, Kinzang Wangdi in early May 2018, the post of the senior-most civil servant is vacant. Kinzang Wangdi joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as it Bartsham-Shongphu candidate in mid-May. Normally, in the case of the …
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The recent case of an alleged trafficking of three Bhutanese women by a Sri Lankan agent after colluding with a Bhutanese woman raises a lot of questions on the gradual, and yet emerging issue of human trafficking in Bhutan. The National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC), with the procedural …
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11 June 2018: The onset of monsoon, when paddy seedlings must be transplanted, is the most important time of the year for Bhutanese farmers. The work is strenuous in the mountainous terrain, but it is reflective of the strong culture of interdependence in the rural community. Every helping hand is …
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The Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) first year of its performance assessment system results, that track the individual performance of all civil servants, confirmed some long standing conventional wisdom on the civil service. The wisdom being that roughly around 20 percent of the civil servants are very hardworking and take …
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None other than the Opposition Leader, Dr Pema Gyamtsho took to his own Facebook account on 9th June to clarify that Samrang is not a slaughterhouse, based on a recent visit there. The OL said, “Yesterday, I visited Samrang Farm and was pleasantly surprised to see that all the hype …
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The Bhutanese Embassy in Delhi confirmed that three Bhutanese women have been rescued by the Mumbai police from a Sri Lankan travel agent for allegedly trying to fly to Sri Lanka. She told The Bhutanese that a cop in Mumbai confirmed that the three Bhutanese girls, in a statement, said …
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In keeping with the wishes of Their Majesties, people from all walks of life have been welcomed at the Lingkana Palace over the years, for an opportunity to offer their wishes to Their Majesties on important occasions. As Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen turned 28, representatives from the Taxi Tshogpa, Centenary …
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