BhutanCouncil awarded
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Just a day after the BhutanCouncil awarded its A+ grade to the Royal Thimphu College, the college celebrated its 5th graduation on June 30 with 265 students receiving their...
View ArticleNu 54M lost to fraud, corruption and embezzlement: RAA
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Absence of proper mechanism to ensure integrity of the officials identified as a contributing factor Audit: The Royal Audit Authority has reflected unresolved irregularities...
View ArticleRatification of EIB deferred
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : To enable the Govt. and the committee to review the agreement further Assembly: The joint sitting of Parliament yesterday deferred the deliberations on the framework agreement...
View ArticleBangladesh President to address Parliament on Monday
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : State visit: Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay received the President of Bangladesh, Abdul Hamid, who is on a four-day state visit to Bhutan, at Paro airport yesterday afternoon.
View ArticleMedical collaboration between Bhutan and Thailand to expand
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Relation: Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay met with Thailand's health minister, Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang yesterday.
View ArticleTarry awhile. Let the dust settle
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : It was central schools first. Now it is allowing boarding facilities in all schools, public and private. It has been a crazy run for the education ministry, all in the name of...
View ArticleFinding a permanent solution to Punakha's irrigation woes
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Irrigation: To resolve the recurring irrigation water shortage problems in the two gewogs of Teowang and Guma in Punakha, the agriculture ministry is looking at the feasibility...
View ArticleRandom toll fees on Indian highway irk Bhutanese commuters
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Road: Rampant collection of road taxes on the Assam highway continue to frustrate Bhutanese commuters who travel between the border towns of Phuentsholing, Samdrupjongkhar and...
View ArticleBrexit, and its likely outcomes
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : June 23, 2016 will be marked as a historical event that would have a far reaching global impact. Almost 110 years ago in 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte banned the entry of British...
View ArticleIndia, Bhutan discuss possibility of road linking Tawang and Assam
Firstpost : IN : India and Bhutan have discussed ways to improve security along the international border and the possibility of opening a road, linking Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang with Assam via the...
View ArticleBangladesh committed to fight terrorism, President Hamid tells Bhutan parliament
BDNews24 : BD : President Md Abdul Hamid has said that Bangladesh is committed to crush all kinds of terrorism and violent extremism.
View ArticleHis Majesty granted an Audience to the President
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen with the President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid and his wife Rashida Hamid. His Majesty granted an Audience to the President at...
View ArticleHydropower under RAA scanner
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Nu 577M in unresolved irregularities from three projects Audit: The Royal Audit Authority found irregularities worth Nu 577 million while auditing the three hydropower projects...
View ArticlePrime Minister condemns Dhaka terror attack
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Relations: Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay condemned the July 1 terror attacks in Dhaka, Bangladesh when he called on the President of Bangladesh Abdul Rahim at the Taj Tashi...
View ArticleKhothakpa gypsum mine lease to expire in 2018
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Mining: The 15-year lease for the Khothakpa gypsum mine in Pemagatshel will expire on December 31 2018.
View ArticlePasakha's dairy business growing
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Cooperative: About 53 farmers from different villages in Sampheling , Chukha got paid for supplying milk for the month of June. Although not really profitable at the moment,...
View ArticlePreventing youth crime
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Two stabbings in less than a week. One fatal. Should we be alarmed? We should. We're a small society and two is too many.
View ArticleThe last maker of looms
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Craft: Yarns for weaving Yathra can be imported if villagers are not able to produce enough, but not the looms. They must be made locally.
View ArticleTendu gets its first Hindu temple
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Religion: Tendu will soon be getting its first Hindu temple, the Bishnu Mandir.
View ArticleA seminar to address HIV/AIDS
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : The level of comprehensive knowledge on HIV/AIDS among the younger population group is only 26.3 percent Awareness: In an effort to prevent and control transmission of HIV/AIDS...
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