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- Woman dies after domestic assault 3 Sep 2010
Assault suspected cause of death Authorities are investigating the death of a 29-year-old...
- Gangs pledge to disband 27 Aug 2010
55 gang members pledged to dissociate themselves from gangs and gang violence The...
- Drukair plans to attract more Indian tourists 27 Aug 2010
Drukair says India could be the single biggest tourist market for Bhutan With the...
- Contractual grey area 27 Aug 2010
Officials call for stronger clauses on termination of contracts The revised standard...
- Tourism sector addresses its odds 20 Aug 2010
Handicrafts shops are complaining that tour guides are charging them hefty commissions A...
- Bhutan to adopt more inclusive poverty index 20 Aug 2010
By next year, Bhutan will adopt Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a new method...
- Education city taking shape 20 Aug 2010
Bhutan’s dream of an education city is taking a concrete shape. A five-member...
- Long procedure cut short 15 Aug 2010
The cabinet, this week, approved the high level committee’s proposal to shorten...
- Farmers receive help for windstorm damages 15 Aug 2010
Trashigang Dzongkhag distributed vegetable seeds worth Nu 20,000 to 198 households...
- Encouraging women to join politics 14 Aug 2010
Almost 50 percent of the country’s population is women, but their representation...
- Cabinet approves proposals 13 Aug 2010
The cabinet, this week, approved the proposals for culture track to accelerate...
- Govt. declares subsidy on electricity tariffs 13 Aug 2010
The cabinet has decided to give 81 percent subsidy to lower voltage (LV) consumers...
- 7 women at the first women rehab 13 Aug 2010
Five days after Bhutan Youth Development Fund (YDF) started the first rehabilitation...
- Teachers unhappy with NOC 6 Aug 2010
Teachers who wish to apply for vacancies announced by other ministries and agencies...
- Typhoid fever outbreak in Bjemina 6 Aug 2010
In less than two months, 217 cases of typhoid fever have been reported in Gidakom...
- Health ministry rejects medical journal claim 6 Aug 2010
The health ministry, during a meeting with the press this week, said that an article...
- ADB President Reaffirms Support for Bhutan 31 Jul 2010
His Majesty the King with the President of the ADB MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The...
Loading ...Zakar for Wednesday September 08 2010
30th Day of the 07th Month - Iron Male Tiger Year
Auspicious for: Construction of new ten-sum, conducting consecration and blessing ceremonies, arranging marriage, propitiating gods and deities, conducting jin-seg, shifting house, starting construction of new house, sowing seed, planting flowers, starting business, making and taking medicine, calling upon superiors, and joining monastery. But it is she-za(unfavourable day) for people who are born in the year of Ox, Dog, Sheep and Dragon.
Inauspicious for: Conducting tor-zor, holding discussion and paying grain debts.
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