DPT nominates party candidate from Taba
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : By-election: Druk Phuensum Tshogpa has nominated thirthy-year-old Chencho Nidup from Taba, Kawang gewog in Thimphu as its North Thimphu candidate for by-election after the...
View ArticleTough choices for Bji gewog in Haa
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : LG: A 60-year-old gup aspirant from Bji gewog in Haa, Kaka Tshering has dedicated 39 years of his life serving the government and he still feels he can do a lot more to make a...
View ArticleThree women gup candidates in Dagana
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : LG: Her father served as a gup, mangmi and geydrung in the past. Her husband contested in the parliamentary election but lost and now she is contesting for the post of a gup.
View ArticleChukha's lone woman gup contestant
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : LG: Leela Thapa, 27, is Chukha's only woman gup candidate. She will contest against the former gup in Sampheling gewog in the upcoming Local Government election on September 27.
View ArticleThe long wait for space
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Cooperative: Despite the dzongkhag's assurance to allot it with a space to construct a sales counter a year ago, a dairy cooperative in Punakha is still using a rented place to...
View ArticleClear Dzongkhalum block by September 22: PM
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Connectivity: Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay instructed the Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project Authority the dzongkhag, the Department of Roads and the contractor, Bhutan...
View ArticleHaa to be connected to border via Samtse
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Connectivity: Should everything go as planned, people will soon be able to travel directly from Haa to Siliguri in India in about seven hours by the end of next year.
View ArticleWomen candidates stress importance of participation
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : LG: Two out of three mangmi contestants in Phuentsholing gewog are women and both are focusing on the importance of women participation at the common forums.
View ArticleMaking a nation with the best health
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : The World Health Organisation recently recognised the efforts of our health system to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. We have been hugely successful in these areas of...
View ArticleMedia must give space to those demanding child rights: Nobel laureate
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Children: Of more than 168 million child labourers across the world, half of them are in the Asia Pacific region where informal economies, high poverty, and lack of strong...
View ArticleReotala bailey bridge still closed to traffic
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : May have to be de-launched Connectivity: The Department of Roads in Trongsa is still exploring options regarding the damaged Reolata bailey suspension bridge. Falling boulders...
View ArticleMore choices for Phuentsholing gewog
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : LG: Candidates contesting in the upcoming local government elections in Phuentsholing gewog, Chukha are keeping it simple during the common forums.
View ArticleDate for Goling chiwog's common forum not yet decided
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : … following a complaint of a crime record against one of the candidates LG: The Zhemgang dzongkhag election department has not yet decided on when to conduct the common forum...
View ArticleWorld Suicide Prevention Day observed
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Event: Suicide death in the country ranks among the top six leading causes of death after alcoholic liver diseases, health minister Tandin Wangchuk said during an event to...
View ArticleSeptember 13-2016
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Nothing is safe nowadays: Still it's hard to figure out what exactly is under lock and key here Photo by Tshering Doma, ICS, MoAF
View ArticleGovt. refunds Weeling village
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Residents of the village were made to pay urban taxes as their land fell under the extended town boundary Tax: Works and human settlement secretary, Phuntsho Wangdi, returned...
View ArticlePHPA-II to be delayed by six more months
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : The dam is now expected to be completed only by the end of 2018 Hydropower: Completion of Punatsangchhu Hydropower Project Authority II will be further delayed by six months.
View ArticleSarpang town: Govt. to assist in rebuilding homes
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Township: Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, meeting the landowners of Sarpang's new town area at Shechamthang on September 11, discussed their plans to rebuild their homes.
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