Sarpang town evacuated
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Around 300 people moved to higher ground following swelling of Sarpang river Rain: Sarpang town was evacuated yesterday afternoon after the Sarpang river threatened to break it...
View ArticleNew policy replaces base rate system
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : The RMA, in an effort to review interest rates, has come up with the minimum lending rate policy Banking: After the government asked the Royal Monetary Authority to review...
View ArticleHH the Je Khenpo ordains more than 500 monks
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Ordination: His Holiness the Je Khenpo over the last 10 days gave nyendzog ordination to more than 500 monks from Ladakh, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Himachal Pradesh in India and the...
View ArticleImproving civil servant attitudes and efficiency
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Civil service: A need-driven idea, inspired by empathy from understanding the problems and requirements of the customer could produce ideal civil servants in the country.
View ArticleFocus on demand not supply
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : By 2018, if all goes according to plan, Bhutan will produce a thousand metric tonnes of pork annually. But this will still be short of demand by around a thousand tonnes going...
View ArticleNational Council in BBIN agreement consultations
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Agreement: The National Council is in consultation with various stakeholders about the controversial Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal motor vehicle agreement.
View ArticleBlacktopping of gewog centre roads underway in Trashigang
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Connectivity: Blacktopping of nine gewog centre roads in Trashigang are underway and on track. Blacktopping of two roads: the 8.5km Radhi and 6.52km Phongmey roads were...
View ArticleThree in hospital after consuming poisonous mushrooms
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Food poisoning: Three people are undergoing treatment at the national referral hospital in Thimphu after consuming poisonous mushroom.
View ArticleEarly Bimstec pact will spur regional trade: Study
Yahoo! News : US : New Delhi, July 22 An early Free Trade Agreement among the seven Bimstec nations around the Bay of Bengal would spur trade and enhance connectivity in the region, a study by an...
View ArticleFlood destroys Sarpang town
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Parts of the Thimphu-Sarpang highway also washed away Disaster: Nothing remains of Sarpang town, except for a watch tower, after a swollen Sarpang river washed it away early...
View ArticleEfforts to popularise boxing
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Boxing: The Royal Bhutan Army has dominated boxing in Bhutan. Since the establishment of the Bhutan Boxing Federation in 1983, soldiers of RBA represented the country in...
View ArticleChandan Boro: Son of a sweeper from Assam selected for Football training in...
TwoCircles.net : IN : By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net Udalguri, Assam: Harisinga is a sleepy town in Assam's Udalguri district along the India-Bhutan international border. Handicapped by insurgency till...
View ArticleOpposition says the rich must pay more tax
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Politics: The opposition party has demanded that the government revise the upper tax slab for those earning more than Nu 1 million a year, in the next Parliament session.
View ArticleWork on Wangdue-Thimphu highway suspended
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : … until after the monsoon Road: Work on the Wangdue-Thimphu highway will be suspended until the end of the monsoon season.
View ArticleEU programme will train 1,000 agriculture officials in two years
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Cooperation: The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests and the European Union yesterday launched the Operational Programme Estimate for technical cooperation project to support...
View ArticleOpposition warns of an impending economic crisis
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Asks the Govt. to address issues with urgency Economy: The country could be headed for an economic crisis if the government doesn't address the issue of falling reserves, the...
View ArticleAusterity measures mere rhetoric: Opposition
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Politics: The government should take responsibility for misinforming and misleading' the nation, opposition members said, at the Meet-the-Press yesterday.
View ArticleHow many times?
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : A trail of disaster that yesterday's flood left in Sarpang reminds us of our mind-numbing inability to even decide when and how to relocate the town to a safer place.
View ArticleRecord price for cordyceps in Bumthang
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Business: A kilogramme of cordyceps fetched Nu 1.55 million at the Chokhor gewog centre in Bumthang on July 20, the highest amount ever recorded so far in a cordyceps auction...
View ArticleBody of woman found in Toorsa river identified
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Accident: Phuentsholing police are investigating the cause of the death of a woman, whose body was found in the Toorsa river on July 19.
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