One in three Bhutanese overweight, finds study
The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on health facilities demands greater multi-sectoral actions for the implementation of NCD prevention activities. NCDs are a major public
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Shingkhar-Gorgan highway given thumbs-up
New agriculture minister approves previous govt.’s plan despite environmental concerns Road: People of Lhuentse could see their long held dream, the 67km Shingkhar-Gorgan highway that runs through a core
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24 new HIV positive cases
Bhutan has diagnosed 24 new HIV positive cases between December 1, 2012 and June 30 this year, taking the country’s total number of detected cases to 321, almost two decades after it detected its first
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Mass cleaning campaign every month in Mongar
At the town square: More than 3,000 people residing in and around Mongar town collected more than five tonnes of garbage on August 4 Despite a monthly clean up campaign and a garbage collection system
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East and West united in energy
BPC: After being delayed by more than a year, the Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) yesterday finally put in place the final link connecting the western and eastern transmission grids and making it one for
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Tagkhambi chiwog will be lit up by August end
More than 56 households of Tagkhambi chiwog under Tsakaling gewog in Mongar will soon live “brighter” days. The village will soon be connected with electricity. According to rural electrification officials
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Drametse water dispute hearings underway
More than thirty people from Bikhar and Wungkhar villages in Drametse gewog, and those from Narang gewog, have started attending hearings on water disputes between the two gewogs in Mongar district court
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Japanese grant to rehabilitate Taklai irrigation canal
Two years after the government requested Japan for their assistance to carry out a detailed design and rehabilitation of about three kilometres of the Taklai irrigation system in Sarpang, a grant agreement
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Mang-dechhu diverted for dam construction
The river is channelled through the 682m long and 8.5m wide diversion tunnel yesterday This is the fifth such river diversions in the country As excavators began lifting massive boulders to the diversion
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Schools to serve as database for climate change study
Come July, students and teachers in 20 schools will get the opportunity to monitor climate change in the country using scientific instruments worth USD 150,000 donated by Karuna Foundation in the United
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Lajab CS ARI outbreak under control
An outbreak of acute respiratory infection (ARI) in Lajab gewog’s community school, Dagana that was reported in the first week of June has now been brought under control, district health officials said.