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SAFF U-20 Women's Champs: Sagorika guides holders Bangladesh to flying start crushing Sri Lanka 9-1
United News of Bangladesh
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A brilliant hattrick by striker Sagorika guided defending champions Bangladesh to make a flying start will start in the four-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-20 Women’s Championship’2025 crushing Sri Lanka by 9-1 goals in the...
Bhutan steps up fight against digital scams targeting vulnerable groups
The Bhutanese
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July 5, 2025
Amid a steady rise in scam calls and digital fraud across Bhutan, authorities are intensifying efforts to protect those most at risk, elderly citizens, rural residents, and young jobseekers who often have limited digital literacy. The Department...
Bitcoin Forces Global Policy Trilemma on Central Banks
CryptoPotato
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July 10, 2025
“Bitcoin has effectively cornered the world’s central banks, and there is no way out,” said author Adam Livingston on July 9. He added that the banks face an “unprecedented challenge,” in that they cannot print Bitcoin to defend their currency,...
Bank holiday today: Are banks open or closed on Saturday, July 5? Check here
Mint
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July 5, 2025
Bank Holiday Today: Banks across India will remain open on Saturday, June 5, except for Jammu and Kashmir, as per the RBI bank holiday calendar. Banks across Jammu and Kashmir will remain closed today due to Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday, the sixth...
New guideline underway to ensure safe and quality wellness services in Bhutan
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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July 11, 2025
As more people in the country turn to wellbeing and wellness services to take care of their body, mind and overall wellbeing, the need for clear guidelines and regulations has become crucial. To ensure safe and effective practices, the Department...
Bhutan’s fields of change: A push to transform agriculture for a new era
The Bhutanese
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July 5, 2025
As presented in the State of the Nation report delivered by Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay on 3rd July, the government has set out a detailed plan to raise the sector’s contribution from around 15 percent of GDP to Nu 50 billion (bn) by...
Bhutan’s internet struggles: Terrain, costs, and rising demand shape the digital landscape
The Bhutanese
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July 5, 2025
Internet fluctuations continue to affect daily life across Bhutan, driven by a combination of rugged geography, rising data consumption, and the financial realities of network expansion. The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE)...
NPCI Inks Pact With Namibian Central Bank For UPI Adoption
Inc42
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July 10, 2025
SUMMARY The NPCI has signed a licensing agreement with the Namibian central bank to develop a real-time payments system like UPI This comes after NPCI’s international arm signed an agreement with the Bank of Namibia to develop a digital payments...
Study trials four-day workweek in high-income countries, finds improved well-being among workers
The Hindu
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July 22, 2025
The team also said that however, most of the studies are observational and short-term, making it difficult to assess the link between working hours and well being |Image used for representational purpose only | Photo Credit: AP A four-day workweek...
TOWARDS ENERGY & ECONOMY: Driving Nepal’s Energy Aspirations
New Spotlight Nepal
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For the reasons big and small including a lack of adoption ofsound macroeconomic policies and institutional reforms, the national aspiration for turning Nepal into a green energy centre of South Asia hasfailed to attain success so far though...
SAFF U-20 Women’s Champs: Holders Bangladesh will start their campaign taking Sri Lanka on Friday
United News of Bangladesh
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Defending champions Bangladesh will start their campaign in the four-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-20 Women’s Championship’2025 taking on Sri Lanka in the opening match on Friday (July 11) on way to their mission of retaining the...
Bhutan’s public debt crosses Nu 298bn, nearly equal to entire economy
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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July 4, 2025
The country’s total public debt has crossed Nu 298bn as of March this year, almost the size of the entire economy. This means for every ngultrum Bhutan earns, it owes almost the same in debt. According to the latest Public Debt Situation Report...
Banks to remain closed on 7 days in July 2025: RBI holiday list
The Hindu Business Line
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July 2, 2025
Holidays include Kharchi Puja (July 3), Guru Hargobind Ji’s Birthday (July 5), Beh Deinkhlam (July 14), Harela (July 16), Death Anniversary of U Tirot Singh (July 17), Ker Puja (July 19), and Drukpa Tshe-zi (July 28). Banks across India will...
Bhutan hosts decentralized application hackathon with Ethereum Foundation
Biometric Update
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July 3, 2025
The Kingdom of Bhutan is a world leader in digital public infrastructure (DPI) and it’s looking to build out the potential benefits from its national digital identity system. The city of Paro is a good base for visitors to the Land of the Thunder...
Satellite Internet By Elon Musk Gets Final Approval In India: Plans Start Rs 3000/Month
Trak.in
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July 10, 2025
After a prolonged wait, Elon Musk’s satellite internet company Starlink has finally received the green light from IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre) to launch its services in India. This regulatory approval...
India walks tightrope over Dalai Lama succession, Hasina’s shadow politics
The Federal
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July 10, 2025
Maintaining a delicate balancing act between warring nations Iran and Israel in West Asia or between Russia and the West over Putin's war in Ukraine is a huge challenge for Indian diplomacy. But now, it is confronted with a more direct challenge...
MP raises alarm over Bhutan’s sharp decline in global press freedom ranking
Kuensel
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During the National Assembly’s Question Hour yesterday, Menbi-Tshenkhar Member of Parliament Tempa Dorji expressed grave concern over the state of press freedom in Bhutan, following the country’s dramatic fall in the 2025 World Press Freedom...
Bank holiday today: Are banks in Tripura closed for Kharchi Puja? Check here
Mint
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July 3, 2025
Bank holiday today, July 3: Across the north-eastern state of Tripura and its capital Agartala, banks will be closed today (July 3, Thursday), for Kharchi Puja. Kharchi Puja is a Hindu festival, celebrated in Tripura, that is dedicated to fourteen...
CA asks Bhutan to utilise Bangladesh's infrastructural facilities
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha
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CA asks Bhutan to utilise Bangladesh's infrastructural facilities Ambassador of Bhutan to Bangladesh, Dasho Karma Hamu Dorjee met with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka today. Photo: PID DHAKA, July 9,...
The Bhutanese way to enlightened leadership
The Hindu Business Line
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July 8, 2025
My first visit to Bhutan was sometime in the late 1990s when it was still a kingdom, didn’t have access to the Internet and people measured travelling time in days given many still walked long distances. It wasn’t until 1999 that television and...