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Novel construction of new schools
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| SKELETON FRAMED – LGSF buildings are quick to erect, safe and require less maintenance |
20 November, 2008 - To ease the classroom crunch in urban schools, the education ministry has started constructing school buildings, using the light gauge steel frames (LGSF) to speed up construction work, ensure safety and minimise maintenance.
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Cloud over CEOs yet to be dispelled
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20 November, 2008 - The cabinet is yet to pass its final decision on the appointment of Bhutan Post’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), while the management of the Woodcraft Centre has still to inform the cabinet on the newly appointed CEO to join office.
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State lifeline to steel industries
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Ban to be lifted, for a start, on purchase of industrial items from third countries
20 November, 2008 - The department of industry will lift the ban imposed on industries against purchasing any industrial items from third countries to ease the impact of a global crisis on the steel industry.
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Signature campaign against drug abuse
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23,330 sign the “We, the children” pledge in a 1,140-paged book
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| TIPPER TIPPED O’ER - Past the weighing bridge but over the tipping threshold |
20 November, 2008 - A 1,140-paged book, containing signatures of 23,330 people pledging to live a drug-free life, was submitted to the prime minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley on Monday.
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Good news for T/gang town
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The country’s first eco-friendly sewerage treatment plant is commissioned
20 November, 2008 - With the country’s first eco-friendly sewerage treatment plant commissioned on Monday, 17 November, residents of Trashigang town finally got a solution to an ever-mounting problem.
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| LIMITED LIFELINE – A public service that has come to be seen as a necessary evil |
20 November, 2008 - With constant breakdowns and poor service, the Dungkhar Transport passenger bus, plying between Gelephu and Zhemgang, has become more of a risk than convenience, according to passengers.
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Vintage cars, a grand piano and many musicians
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20 November, 2008 - Bhutan is in for a grand treat with two groups of special guests arriving in the country to be a part of the coronation and centenary celebrations.
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Highest honour for Je Thrizur
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| The fourth Druk Gyalpo congratulates the Je Thrizur |
19 November, 2008 - His Holiness Je Thrizur Tenzin Dendup, one of the most learned Drukpa Kagyud Buddhist masters alive, received the Order of the Druk Gyalpo from His Majesty the King on November 15.
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Murder under extenuating circumstances?
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Muku’s mistake might have been more the concealment of a crime than the crime itself
19 November, 2008 - It was an August night, just like any other night and, just like any other night, Muku’s husband came home drunk. And, just like always, ended with her husband picking a fight and beating her: first with his bare hands and then a piece of hardwood.
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Tsirang dzong consecration today
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| ALL UNDER ONE ROOF - People are hopeful of speedy sectoral service from a single administrative centre |
19 November, 2008 - His Holiness the Je Khenpo will consecrate the newly constructed Tsirang dzong today.
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19 November, 2008 - A 49-year old woman attempted to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze in Shamdolay village in Dagana yesterday.
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Minor accidents in Mongar and Thimphu
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19 November, 2008 - One man was injured and three escaped when the maruti van they were travelling in went off the road down 105 ft at Kholomshingwang, Mongar.
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19 November, 2008 - Custom officials at the Phuentsholing gate caught two men on November 16 trying to smuggle in tobacco products.
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Friendly U17 football match
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India 5 – Bhutan 1 was the frosty final score line
19 November, 2008 - The mood was friendly, but the results were not.
Bhutan’s U17 team was thrashed 5-1 by their friends from India in a friendly football match played at the Changlimithang stadium on Sunday.
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Nim Gyeb from Tshanglaykha muscles past 11 other strongmen to the title of strongest man
in Bhutan
18 November, 2008 - When he was a child, his friends ganged up in threes and fours to wrestle him to the ground. At the age of 15, he was already ploughing fields and, by his late teens, a quintal (100 kg) of potato felt light as a feather on his back.
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US $ | 48.25 |
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British £ | 71.40 |
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Sing $ | 31.65 |
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Euro € | 61.00 |
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Swiss Franc | 40.35 |
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Hongkong $ | 6.20 |
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Canadian $ | 39.20 |
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Australian $ | 31.50 |
| Jap. Yen(100) | 49.65 | |
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Source: BNB, Thimphu
Updated for November 18 2008
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