The Head of Bhutan Cancer Society, Karma Tobgay, was delighted to receive a brand-new Toyota Hilux as a grant from Japan. He planned to use the vehicle for official work, including extensively travelling around the country for advocacy and awareness work on cancer. However, barely a year after using the …
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After years of negotiations the Technical Coordination Committee (TCC) are agreed on building the dam for the 1,200 MW Punatsangchu I project. Both sides have also agreed that along with the dam, protection measures for the troubled right bank will also be constructed at the same time as the dam. …
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The Ministry of Home Affairs recently issued a notification on the use of the popular social media platform TikTok by users in Bhutan. While the ministry welcomed and appreciated the talent, creativity and entertainment aspects of the content, it said it is concerned with the physical, emotional and social damages …
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71 are resigned civil servants The recent announcement by Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay in April 2024 underscored the government’s commitment to bringing back Bhutanese overseas workers. The program is to facilitate and reintegrate Bhutanese coming back from abroad. As of now, 177 individuals have registered for National Reintegration Program …
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The Punatsangchu II project is aiming to start commissioning its first unit of 170 MW on 15 August 2024 and the second unit of 170 MW by the end of August. Then the other units will be commissioned subsequently until all 6 units of 1020 MW capacity are commissioned by …
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His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel and Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck, attended the Naadam celebrations at the National Stadium in Ulaanbaatar as the Guests of Honour on 11 July 2024. Naadam is Mongolia’s biggest and most important festival, held in …
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Photo published by paper helped identify this missing link Some of the things that did not make sense in the murder of 13-year-old Sumitra Chhetri was on why did she talk to her accused killer Cheten (pronounced Choiten) Tshering, an apparent stranger, why did she ask him a loan for …
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How BDBL went from 192 mn loss in 2022 to 378 mn profit in 2023 If there is a bank that serves farmers and rural folk in Bhutan, then it is the Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL), and so it was a matter of major concern when the bank went …
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Friday morning, Gyem Gyeltshen’s legal representative, Karma Tshering, filed a legal suit in the Thimphu District court against Druk Air for the deaths of Gyem’s 38-year-old wife Dresang Dema, and his four-year-old daughter Nima Peday, in a helicopter crash on 3rd March 2023 that happened due to pilot error. The …
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In yet another sign of the state of the economy, Financial Institutions are unable to auction properties and even vehicles with most going unsold. This is a problem affecting all FIs who have tried auctions in the past few months like T-Bank, NPPF, BoB, BNB, RICBL and BDBL. Druk-PNB and …
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