August of 2014

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KTP wins 18th Yangphel open archery tournament

Archery

Aug 31, 2014 1 mins read 519 views
Gewog struggles without BHU

Basic Health Unit (BHU)

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 558 views
Local leaders relent to sign agreement

Compact

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 617 views
The Mongarpa who fought a bear

Wildlife

Aug 31, 2014 1 mins read 600 views
Motithang residents want cell phone tower relocated

Radiation

Aug 31, 2014 3 mins read 577 views
Misinformation could worry parents

Letter to the editor

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 509 views
Exploited labour exposure?

Editorial

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 642 views
`Exorbitant' electricity bills leave Phangkhar aghast

Power

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 576 views
Companies get a rap on the knuckles

Labour

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 567 views
Blasting did not cause cracks: Investigation

Mining

Aug 31, 2014 3 mins read 499 views
Eight priority sectors earmarked for gender mainstreaming

Gender

Aug 31, 2014 3 mins read 561 views
New director for SAARC forestry centre

Forest

Aug 31, 2014 0 mins read 548 views
A sports meet for special children

Sports

Aug 29, 2014 1 mins read 539 views
A caretaker to the rescue

Education

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 587 views
What ails entrepreneurial development?

Business Opportunity and Information Centre (BOiC)

Aug 29, 2014 4 mins read 548 views
Local leaders sound off against suppliers

Tender

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 493 views
Social media posting sparks police investigation

Land

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 506 views
More trouble brewing for ferrosilicon business

Industry

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 488 views
High-level consultation on cyber crime

Cyber crime

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 501 views
Apolitical view on BOiC

Letter to the editor

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 492 views
Tackling cyber crime

Editorial

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 481 views
Search and rescue mission on

Crime

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 512 views
Investigation exonerates Gidaphu mines and quarries

Mining

Aug 29, 2014 3 mins read 515 views
Corporal punishment not accepted practice

Education

Aug 29, 2014 5 mins read 596 views
Performance Agreement

Performance Agreement

Aug 29, 2014 0 mins read 0 views
Expat players need work permit to avail visa

Football

Aug 28, 2014 1 mins read 524 views
Tour of the Dragon flags off on Sept 6

Cycling

Aug 28, 2014 1 mins read 476 views
The Tango Murals-Michelangelos of Asia

History of Tango

Aug 28, 2014 4 mins read 586 views
Blacked out for 14 days . and counting

Electricity

Aug 28, 2014 2 mins read 517 views
Seven Langthel landowners yet to receive substitute plots

Land

Aug 28, 2014 2 mins read 522 views
The business of media

Letter to the editor

Aug 28, 2014 1 mins read 493 views
The high stakes of a low kidnap

Editorial

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 585 views
The civil service culling process begins

RCSC

Aug 28, 2014 2 mins read 508 views
Govt. urged to finalise guidelines

Wangduephodrang

Aug 28, 2014 2 mins read 461 views
Govt. limited to dialogue in resolving abduction case

Crime

Aug 28, 2014 2 mins read 457 views
Performance agreements are doable : PM

Local government

Aug 28, 2014 3 mins read 483 views
Special olympics

National competition

Aug 28, 2014 0 mins read 561 views
Black-necked crane numbers to Bumdeling have stabilised

Wildlife

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 466 views
One way or the other, the water sources are drying up

Water

Aug 27, 2014 3 mins read 561 views
Suspension order should stay: ACC

Judiciary

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 473 views
Who's to blame MOLHR?

Letter to the editor

Aug 27, 2014 1 mins read 480 views
A big boost to small business

Editorial

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 530 views
Foreign workers recruitment agencies asked to close shop

Foreign workers recruitment agencies (FWRA)

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 486 views
More hydropower spells greater peace and prosperity

Hydropower projects

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 469 views
89 class XII students qualify for education loan

Education

Aug 27, 2014 3 mins read 522 views
BOiC opens to business

Business Opportunity and Information Centre (BOiC)

Aug 27, 2014 4 mins read 585 views
ADB resident rep presents credentials

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Aug 27, 2014 0 mins read 511 views
Bhutan makes official request to Japan for 1,450 power tillers

Agriculture

Aug 26, 2014 2 mins read 534 views
Gaselo HSS's egalitarian initiative

School

Aug 26, 2014 2 mins read 429 views
Woman inclusive good governance

Workshop

Aug 26, 2014 2 mins read 549 views
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