Fire destroys more than 100 acres of forest
Forest fire: Thimphu city was briefly under a thick blanket of smoke yesterday when a forest fire that started opposite Bap lhakhang raged on for hours destroying more than 100 acres of blue pine forest.
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Forest fire contained in Thimphu, one in Wangdue
The fire that started at 5:15pm between Lungtenphu and Samazingkha area destroyed about 15 acres of forest by the time foresters, police, army and desuups contained it by 6:30pm. Thimphu territorial forest
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The ‘Clean Bhutan’ and ‘Green Thimphu’ projects
The government unveils an ambitious two-pronged waste management plan Waste: Lyonchhoen Tshering Tobgay yesterday, at the district education officers’ conference, announced the government’s waste management
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Bhutan’s taxis, govt cars set to make way for electric vehicles
Thimphu: Bhutan has drawn up ambitious plans to replace its taxis and government vehicles with electric cars in a bid to make the national capital Thimpu an electric vehicles hotspot and emerge as a global
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India, neighbours ink climate change deal
Realising that consequences of climate change in Himalayas can no longer be ignored, India along with Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh has signed a declaration for wide-ranging collaboration on energy, water,
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India inks climate change adaptation deal
Realising that consequences of climate change in Himalayas can no longer be overlooked, India has signed a declaration with Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh for wide-ranging collaboration on energy, water,
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Leaders step up resilient cities campaign
Mayors and local government leaders from more than 100 cities of India and seven countries of South Asia gathered in the Capital on Tuesday to attend the launch of a global campaign of
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Saarc vows climate unity
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday presented two innovative proposals to help the climate-victim countries in South Asia as the eight-nation Saarc Summit began in Thimpu with the theme
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Ten test positive for swine flu in October
Nine Bhutanese and a foreigner working in Thimphu tested positive for influenza A H1N1, also known as swine flu, last month, taking the number of confirmed cases in the country to 16. All 16, who were tested positive, have recovered, said health officials.
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Plastic ban ineffective
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