April of 2022

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Anju Gurung leaves for UAE

Sports

Apr 19, 2022 1 mins read 254 views
Bhutanese Artist making good in Hong Kong

Feature Story

Apr 19, 2022 2 mins read 301 views
On exam results

Letter to the Editor

Apr 19, 2022 1 mins read 308 views
Archery ranges must go

Editorial

Apr 19, 2022 2 mins read 257 views
JDWNRH introduces bone densitometry services

Health

Apr 19, 2022 1 mins read 352 views
SC sentences ex-RICB worker to 20 years for embezzlement

Judiciary

Apr 19, 2022 2 mins read 331 views
Man sentenced to 9-years in prison for the rape of minor

Crime

Apr 19, 2022 1 mins read 334 views
African swine fever kills 44 pigs in a farm in Chukha

Health

Apr 19, 2022 2 mins read 308 views
Dolomite and gypsum mines leased to SMCL for Nu 4.125B

Mining

Apr 19, 2022 3 mins read 400 views
BIGSA explores ways to relocate Changlimithang archery ranges

Sports

Apr 18, 2022 1 mins read 291 views
Lake disappears, worries locals

Disaster

Apr 18, 2022 1 mins read 299 views
We need more recreational facilities

Letter to the Editor

Apr 18, 2022 1 mins read 336 views
Protecting children

Editorial

Apr 18, 2022 2 mins read 322 views
Government following up export issues

Trade

Apr 18, 2022 2 mins read 311 views
Lunaps return via air as snow blocks trails

Transport

Apr 18, 2022 2 mins read 330 views
Farmers lose over 150 acres of maize to windstorm

Disaster

Apr 18, 2022 1 mins read 297 views
Class XII pass percentage drops by 8.63 percent

Education

Apr 18, 2022 3 mins read 345 views
Only 7 percent young civil servants highly motivated

RCSC

Apr 17, 2022 2 mins read 361 views
Support for young taking up agriculture

Letter to the Editor

Apr 17, 2022 1 mins read 270 views
Responsibility

Editorial

Apr 17, 2022 1 mins read 329 views
Fiscal deficit to reach Nu 17.15B or 8.6 percent of GDP

Economy

Apr 17, 2022 2 mins read 278 views
Exporters face INR shortage after repeated fuel price hike

Fuel

Apr 17, 2022 3 mins read 335 views
Bhutan at medium risk of debt distress

Economy

Apr 17, 2022 3 mins read 332 views
Second boosters begin today

Health

Apr 17, 2022 2 mins read 295 views
Transporters face INR challenges on Indian highway

Transport

Apr 15, 2022 1 mins read 319 views
Poor pay and management issues discourage civil servants

RCSC

Apr 15, 2022 3 mins read 313 views
Pongchula ridge in Mongar is not feasible for airport

Transport

Apr 15, 2022 2 mins read 360 views
Penjor, the face of Bhutanese peoples' love for meat

Feature Story

Apr 15, 2022 2 mins read 426 views
Digitalisation and future of work

Perspective

Apr 15, 2022 3 mins read 370 views
Breaking through business as usual with ESG: Can digital be the answer?

Perspective

Apr 15, 2022 4 mins read 296 views
Thimphu court convicts BEO proprietors

Judiciary

Apr 15, 2022 2 mins read 298 views
No miscarriage of justice: SC

Judiciary

Apr 15, 2022 4 mins read 341 views
Opening the closed case in a criminal trial

Letter to the Editor

Apr 15, 2022 2 mins read 366 views
What normal?

Editorial

Apr 15, 2022 2 mins read 314 views
Three acquitted in Nubri Capital investment case

Judiciary

Apr 15, 2022 3 mins read 330 views
Jogigopha riverine port to solve export issues from Gelephu

Trade

Apr 15, 2022 4 mins read 285 views
48 in Reverse Isolation Facility test positive

Health

Apr 15, 2022 3 mins read 287 views
Rare woolly flying squirrel found in JDNP

Wild Life

Apr 14, 2022 1 mins read 310 views
Parenting

Letter to the Editor

Apr 14, 2022 2 mins read 337 views
Food self-sufficiency, again

Editorial

Apr 14, 2022 2 mins read 321 views
Bandwidth allocation will save millions in a month

Technology

Apr 14, 2022 1 mins read 279 views
Budget hotels skeptic of returning to normalcy

Tourism

Apr 14, 2022 2 mins read 267 views
Namling stretch suffers frequent blocks

Road

Apr 14, 2022 2 mins read 275 views
Private sector recommends measures to revive economy

Economy

Apr 14, 2022 6 mins read 335 views
Govt. revises stipend for technical trainees

Education

Apr 13, 2022 2 mins read 308 views
Chilli import to stop if local production is sufficient

Trade

Apr 13, 2022 2 mins read 315 views
About government and media

Letter to the Editor

Apr 13, 2022 3 mins read 316 views
Tackling unemployment

Editorial

Apr 13, 2022 2 mins read 362 views
DRA assessing applicants for Covid-19 antigen self-test kits sale

Narcotic

Apr 13, 2022 2 mins read 314 views
Parliament looks to strengthen oversight roles

Parliament

Apr 13, 2022 3 mins read 326 views
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