April of 2017

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Norzin Lam community opposes 15-minute parking rule

Parking space

Apr 25, 2017 2 mins read 408 views
BBIN agreement is back

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN)

Apr 25, 2017 3 mins read 421 views
Eutok monastic school upgraded to a college

Monastic school

Apr 25, 2017 1 mins read 409 views
Tashi Tagye

k2

Apr 21, 2017 4 mins read 469 views
Achieving well-developed legs

k2

Apr 21, 2017 1 mins read 336 views
Inspiring change through public engagement

k2

Apr 21, 2017 4 mins read 397 views
Three-day kurim for Chamkhar town's wellbeing

Religion

Apr 24, 2017 1 mins read 437 views
Fire victims begin reconstruction

Fire accident

Apr 24, 2017 1 mins read 448 views
Local area plan for Haa town in final stage

Haa

Apr 24, 2017 1 mins read 469 views
Council to introduce audit bill

National Council (NC)

Apr 24, 2017 2 mins read 394 views
Youth not leaving Bunakha

Letter to the editor

Apr 24, 2017 1 mins read 372 views
Agriculture must receive priority

Editorial

Apr 24, 2017 2 mins read 365 views
Mongar court dismisses election dispute case

Election

Apr 24, 2017 1 mins read 424 views
Bunakha in need of electric fencing

Electric fencing

Apr 24, 2017 1 mins read 340 views
BNCA to verify SP+ drug content

Drug

Apr 24, 2017 2 mins read 390 views
Use of biogas in Trashigang growing, albeit slowly

Biogas

Apr 24, 2017 3 mins read 395 views
Kuenga Norbu, Anne Philips win 7th DANTAK Open Mountain Bike Race

Bike Race

Apr 23, 2017 1 mins read 336 views
Yoga master awarded gold

Award

Apr 23, 2017 2 mins read 392 views
Man dies in car accident

Accident

Apr 23, 2017 0 mins read 418 views
JICA provides technical assistance to maintain bridges

Bridge

Apr 23, 2017 2 mins read 353 views
We can work fast when we want to

Letter to the editor

Apr 23, 2017 0 mins read 395 views
BBIN binned

Editorial

Apr 23, 2017 2 mins read 340 views
Bhutan, Bangladesh to deepen cooperation in all sectors

Q&A

Apr 23, 2017 4 mins read 364 views
Employing the differently-abled, a challenge

Employment

Apr 23, 2017 2 mins read 390 views
A village abandoned by its young

Tshechu

Apr 23, 2017 2 mins read 361 views
World Intellectual Property Day

World Intellectual Property Day

Apr 23, 2017 0 mins read 371 views
Bhutan participates in Sanitation and Water for All meet

Ministers' Meeting

Apr 21, 2017 2 mins read 377 views
Japanese company to build mini-dry port in P/ling

Mini-dry port

Apr 21, 2017 1 mins read 372 views
If I can, anyone can quit drugs

Profile

Apr 21, 2017 3 mins read 373 views
Sikkim and Bhutan: A report

Perspective

Apr 21, 2017 4 mins read 387 views
1.8MT of chillies seized in Gelephu

Chillies

Apr 21, 2017 1 mins read 331 views
Dispute stalls cement supply to hydropower projects

Cement

Apr 21, 2017 3 mins read 424 views
RUB's double promotion system is flawed

Letter to the editor

Apr 21, 2017 1 mins read 523 views
Special attention for special children

Editorial

Apr 21, 2017 1 mins read 380 views
Yonphula domestic airport to reopen next month

Aviation

Apr 21, 2017 1 mins read 337 views
Thimphu Declaration calls for mindset change

International autism conference

Apr 21, 2017 3 mins read 390 views
Judgements on SP+ drug cases in abeyance

Drug

Apr 21, 2017 2 mins read 444 views
Govt. drops BBIN agreement

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN)

Apr 21, 2017 3 mins read 355 views
Driver rescued from burning truck

Accident

Apr 20, 2017 1 mins read 344 views
YiAP going strong

Agriculture

Apr 20, 2017 1 mins read 334 views
Vehicle accident kills one and injures another in Trongsa

Accident

Apr 20, 2017 1 mins read 424 views
Trashigang to have its first recreational park

Trashigang

Apr 20, 2017 2 mins read 344 views
Addressing the perception of widespread pre-selection

Letter to the editor

Apr 20, 2017 1 mins read 403 views
A special connection

Editorial

Apr 20, 2017 2 mins read 0 views
Punakha dzongkhag court inaugurated

Judiciary

Apr 20, 2017 1 mins read 419 views
Experts point out gaps in addressing neurodevelopmental disorders

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Apr 20, 2017 2 mins read 389 views
Bhutan-Bangladesh relations strengthened

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Apr 20, 2017 4 mins read 423 views
ACC makes 30 charges against 10 defendants in Trongsa land case

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Apr 20, 2017 2 mins read 441 views
New department

New department

Apr 20, 2017 0 mins read 384 views
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Recents

Hailstorm damages crops and property in Sarpang

In what residents are describing as the worst hailstorm of their lifetimes, a violent downpour of hailstones swept across Sarpang dzongkhag on April 7, leaving a trail of destruction that damaged homes, poultry farms, vehicles, and standing crops.

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