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Bank advertisements announcing the auctioning of land, buildings and vehicles of lenders unable to pay back loans is an increasingly common occurrence. This is because the average Non Performing Loans or NPL touched a high of Nu 4.1 bn in 2015, which is the highest till date in terms of …
Read More »Upper Wangchu turning into a garbage dump
Tons of garbage, enough to fill a few football sized grounds are being dumped into the Wangchu river flowing below Dechencholing town. Also, the direct outflow of sewage into the river has exacerbated the problem. Garbage tied in plastic bags and sacks, polystyrene food containers, discarded mattresses, broken bottles, human …
Read More »Drying water sources causes much hardship in Dagana
The five gewogs of Goshi, Gesarling, Nichula, Tashiding and Tshendagang under Dagana are suffering from acute drinking water shortages. They also do not have enough water for their cardamom plants, a main source of income, which needs plenty of water supply and shade. It has been more than four months …
Read More »An auspicious Tendrel greets His Royal Highness Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck
The weather was on a lot of practical minds before the 16th April Zhabdrung Kuchoe and naming ceremony of His Royal Highness The Gyalsey. This was because rain was forecast for Punakha on 16th April 2016 with a real possibility of the gathering in the Punakha Dzong and the public …
Read More »His Majesty’s Address On The Naming Tendrel Of HRH The Gyalsey
It is most auspicious for all of us to have gathered here today to observe the sacred occasion of Zhabdrung Kuchoe at Pungtang Dewachenpoi Phodrang, the principal seat of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel. All the people of our country were joyously united in offering prayers when our son was born in …
Read More »Royal visit and meeting puts positive international spotlight on Bhutan
Bhutan is normally in the news with one or two articles in a few days to a week, but the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on 14th April and their meeting with His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen saw around 3,000 plus international news …
Read More »Sole helicopter saves 20 lives in 4 months
when Helicopter services were first launched in Bhutan on 5th November, 2015 it was immediately put into medical service 12 days later on 17th November when an overdue pregnant woman in Laya BHU, with her fetus in a transverse position, was airlifted. Both the mother and child survived due to …
Read More »Nation eagerly awaits naming ceremony of The Gyalsey today
Coinciding with the, Zhabdrung Kuchoe, on the 400th year of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel’s arrival to Bhutan His Royal Highness The Gyalsey will receive a name in a Naming ceremony today. Yesterday, His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen offered prayers at the Thimphu Changangkha Lhakhang along with His …
Read More »MoF working on maternity leave for SOEs
The Finance Minister Lyonpo Namgay Dorji said that the Ministry of Finance is currently studying the issue of maternity leave for State Owned Enterprises (SOE). “The SOE’s are independent with their own service rules and we cannot directly order them but we can indirectly influence them.” Lyonpo said that once …
Read More »Zhabdrung Tsechu to Celebrate 400th Anniversary of Zhabdrung’s Arrival to Bhutan
The Naming Ceremony for Gyalsey to be held on Zhabdrung Kuchoe This year, Zhabdrung Kuchoe will be celebrated in a special manner to mark the 400th year of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel’s arrival to Bhutan. Prayer ceremonies will be conducted from 14th April onwards, and continue till the 19th. On the …
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