August of 2020

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The Yeti: Why Bhutanese believe it exists

Perspective

Aug 07, 2020 5 mins read 381 views
Apple growers report poor fruiting

Agriculture

Aug 07, 2020 3 mins read 326 views
Differences between Thrimthue and Compoundable offences

Letter to the editor

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 394 views
There is no local transmission

Editorial

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 317 views
State has no constitutional obligation to supply tobacco: PDP

Narcotic

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 283 views
Build Bhutan Project engages 354 job seekers

Labour

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 270 views
Capital's lockdown preparedness put to test

Health

Aug 07, 2020 4 mins read 0 views
Capital's lockdown preparedness put to test

Health

Aug 07, 2020 4 mins read 284 views
Front liners at risk

Health

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 330 views
Plenty rainfall ensures paddy cultivation in Punakha

Agriculture

Aug 06, 2020 1 mins read 290 views
Ugyen Academy FC begins BPL season with a win

Sports

Aug 06, 2020 1 mins read 289 views
Should mushroom collectors stop picking for a year?

Environment

Aug 06, 2020 3 mins read 327 views
Will the programmes designed help us get a job?

Letter to the editor

Aug 06, 2020 1 mins read 276 views
Make the solution work

Editorial

Aug 06, 2020 2 mins read 303 views
Residents blame thromde's negligence for bad roads

Thromde

Aug 06, 2020 2 mins read 249 views
New 1st year students of RUB colleges must report before August end

Education

Aug 06, 2020 2 mins read 335 views
Biodiversity monitoring protocol to integrate conservation activities

Environment

Aug 06, 2020 2 mins read 347 views
P'ling woman tests "false positive"

Health

Aug 06, 2020 3 mins read 282 views
DAHE scholarship students could begin semester online

Education

Aug 06, 2020 2 mins read 303 views
Former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay is a DeSuup

DeSuup,

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 296 views
OL's resignation formally accepted

Politics

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 316 views
Developmental activities endanger Golden Langur

Wild Life

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 272 views
Use of biogas in Semjong growing

Fuel

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 289 views
A dose for economically and strategically healthy Bhutan?

Letter to the editor

Aug 05, 2020 1 mins read 269 views
The tobacco debate

Editorial

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 284 views
Gomtu residents risk travelling to Samtse

Traffic

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 290 views
Kangpara gewog remains cut off

Road

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 275 views
Illegal entry cases along the border increasing

Crime

Aug 05, 2020 3 mins read 267 views
Government has not breached Tobacco Act or Constitution: AG

Narcotic

Aug 05, 2020 4 mins read 273 views
Last minute goal breaks Paro Utd. FC's resistance

Sports

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 282 views
Multi-storey car parks still mostly empty

Thromde

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 335 views
Tang requests additional fund for GC road maintenance

Local Government

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 277 views
Urka Bangala dying, farmers worried

Agriculture

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 310 views
Fining is not the solution

Letter to the editor

Aug 04, 2020 2 mins read 314 views
When rules don't work

Editorial

Aug 04, 2020 2 mins read 300 views
PI and dzongkhag to help resettle affected families

Hydro power

Aug 04, 2020 2 mins read 320 views
Court hearing resumes for BEO case

Judiciary

Aug 04, 2020 3 mins read 326 views
Cellular mobile subscriptions jump in second-quarter

Technology

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 335 views
Police apprehend men for crossing border illegally

Crime

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 310 views
PDP accuses govt. of breaching tobacco legislation

Politics

Aug 04, 2020 3 mins read 309 views
BFF grants Nu 2M each to eight football clubs

Sports

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 278 views
Two Bhutanese bag second position in `My Life My Yoga' competition

Sports

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 343 views
Laptsakha PS teachers go mobile to help students

Education

Aug 03, 2020 2 mins read 289 views
The love for noise could cost bikers

Traffic

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 286 views
Let's join the healthy Drukyul campaign

Letter to the editor

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 284 views
A collective responsibility

Editorial

Aug 03, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
DT agrees to blacktopped Merak GC from Khardung

Local Government

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 316 views
Man arrested for rape of a minor

Crime

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 0 views
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The tourism paradox

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Tying the loose ends of GST reform

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Making GST work past early hiccups

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Train Smart, Not Hard

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Punishment is not prevention

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Strengthening the third sector

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Why selective privatisation in healthcare makes sense

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Recents

Best Class X results of the past three years

The Class X results declared today are the best of the past five years. This is the first time in five years that the pass percentage of the Bhutan Council for School Examination and Assessment (BCSEA) has increased drastically compared to the previous year.

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