April of 2014

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FCB and RAMCO to help farmer market vegetables

Agriculture

Apr 25, 2014 2 mins read 489 views
What it takes to achieve universal health coverage

Conference

Apr 25, 2014 2 mins read 472 views
Investigation quashes Khariphu complaints

Mining

Apr 25, 2014 2 mins read 411 views
NHDCL to hike rents by 10 percent from July

Housing

Apr 25, 2014 1 mins read 431 views
Whipping banks into shape

Banking

Apr 25, 2014 2 mins read 467 views
Temporary driving license

Letter to the editor

Apr 25, 2014 1 mins read 478 views
It's but one government

Editorial

Apr 25, 2014 2 mins read 420 views
Overall unemployment rises to 2.9 percent

Labour

Apr 25, 2014 2 mins read 402 views
Govt. plans reinstating Bhutan lottery

Revenue

Apr 25, 2014 1 mins read 445 views
PM, OL each say they were misinformed

Politics

Apr 25, 2014 2 mins read 412 views
Airport expansion work grinds to a halt

Aviation

Apr 25, 2014 3 mins read 484 views
Himalaya International seminar

Seminar

Apr 25, 2014 0 mins read 416 views
City extends lead by three points

Football

Apr 24, 2014 1 mins read 427 views
`Hitch' slows progress of wind power project

Energy

Apr 24, 2014 1 mins read 416 views
Two huts built on govt. land dismantled

Housing

Apr 24, 2014 2 mins read 460 views
User-friendlier Dzongkha typing tutor

Dzongkha

Apr 24, 2014 2 mins read 460 views
Off target

Letter to the editor

Apr 24, 2014 1 mins read 465 views
The high cost of free healthcare

Editorial

Apr 24, 2014 2 mins read 423 views
Tashi Air acquires Airbus

Tashi Air

Apr 24, 2014 2 mins read 505 views
Bhutan might have to reform healthcare in 5-10 years

Health

Apr 24, 2014 2 mins read 435 views
Villagers return abandoned baby to its mother

Poverty

Apr 24, 2014 1 mins read 448 views
Forest fire guts 18 houses, partially damages eight

Forest fire

Apr 24, 2014 2 mins read 422 views
Moenlam Chenmo

Moenlam Chenmo

Apr 24, 2014 0 mins read 504 views
Academic dreams through sports

Sports

Apr 23, 2014 1 mins read 448 views
Druk United wins against struggling Yeedzin

Football

Apr 23, 2014 1 mins read 411 views
Tackling old problem new way?

Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA)

Apr 23, 2014 2 mins read 395 views
Indian buyers pay in Ngultrums at auction yard

Currency

Apr 23, 2014 2 mins read 441 views
Proposed Orong-Dewathang farmroad displeases the latter

Farm road

Apr 23, 2014 3 mins read 404 views
Bothersome messages

Letter to the editor

Apr 23, 2014 1 mins read 410 views
Inch by inch, until we're on our own

Editorial

Apr 23, 2014 2 mins read 419 views
Bringing accounting standards across the board

Bhutan accounting standards (BAS)

Apr 23, 2014 2 mins read 411 views
Litmus test of health system

Health

Apr 23, 2014 2 mins read 424 views
MoU expedites Kholongchhu project

Hydropower projects

Apr 23, 2014 2 mins read 375 views
Trashigang Forest Fire

Forest fire

Apr 23, 2014 0 mins read 409 views
Late Drukpol goal keeps pressure on City

Football

Apr 22, 2014 1 mins read 367 views
Fire leaves four families homeless

Fire

Apr 22, 2014 0 mins read 557 views
Traditional trade endures

Commerce

Apr 22, 2014 1 mins read 449 views
Voluntary surgery benefits rural poor

Health

Apr 22, 2014 1 mins read 404 views
Occupancy certificates may not have to be renewed annually

Housing

Apr 22, 2014 2 mins read 434 views
What about elements of social, emotional education?

Letter to the editor

Apr 22, 2014 2 mins read 393 views
The KRII grant irony

Editorial

Apr 22, 2014 2 mins read 486 views
Dzongkhag takes 12 house owners to court

Law

Apr 22, 2014 2 mins read 413 views
Contention over substitute land

Land

Apr 22, 2014 3 mins read 429 views
GoI agrees to develop four JV projects

Hydropower projects

Apr 22, 2014 2 mins read 376 views
Borders sealed

Election

Apr 22, 2014 0 mins read 468 views
Car vandalism rampant in Kabisa and Kuzuchen

Crime

Apr 21, 2014 1 mins read 455 views
Halfway to the highlands

Farm road

Apr 21, 2014 2 mins read 422 views
A good season for potato farmers

Agriculture

Apr 21, 2014 1 mins read 460 views
Almost 3,000 youth to join the job market

Employment

Apr 21, 2014 2 mins read 422 views
An emerging public health concern

Health

Apr 21, 2014 2 mins read 465 views
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