August of 2014

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Bhutan ends first Olympiad with a single win

Chess

Aug 17, 2014 1 mins read 353 views
Dzong renovation begins with initial collections

Gasa dzong

Aug 17, 2014 2 mins read 383 views
Truckers gear up for an association

Truckers association

Aug 17, 2014 2 mins read 309 views
Gewog centre roads leave many chiwogs out in the cold

Road

Aug 17, 2014 3 mins read 362 views
Allow civil servants and corporate employees to drive taxis

Letter to the editor

Aug 17, 2014 1 mins read 447 views
BAFRA must not let us down

Editorial

Aug 17, 2014 2 mins read 328 views
Phuentsholing-Thimphu highway landslide hit

Road

Aug 17, 2014 1 mins read 399 views
17 college students in police Custody

Crime

Aug 17, 2014 1 mins read 353 views
Samrang is electrified . fortuitously

Power

Aug 17, 2014 2 mins read 365 views
Central-local conflict of interest

Local government

Aug 17, 2014 3 mins read 324 views
Cultural landscape

Cultural landscape

Aug 17, 2014 0 mins read 370 views
Jorden makes to Yangphel's quarterfinals

Archery

Aug 14, 2014 1 mins read 367 views
MoE holds trailblazing teleconference

E-Governance

Aug 14, 2014 3 mins read 332 views
Is job creation within a dzongkhag's capacity?

Conference

Aug 14, 2014 2 mins read 378 views
Expectations from the new leadership

Letter to the editor

Aug 14, 2014 2 mins read 363 views
Fair and square

Editorial

Aug 14, 2014 2 mins read 389 views
Sales boom post import ban lift

Vehicles

Aug 14, 2014 2 mins read 332 views
Dzongdas' meet finance behind closed doors

Dzongdas

Aug 14, 2014 2 mins read 349 views
20 tigers spotted by camera traps in the south

Wildlife

Aug 14, 2014 2 mins read 384 views
House rent allowance under review

House rent allowance

Aug 14, 2014 3 mins read 384 views
Independence Day

Independence Day

Aug 14, 2014 0 mins read 0 views
Dzongdas - Point men in fight against corruption

Conference

Aug 13, 2014 2 mins read 316 views
DT seeks gewog's name change from Samrang to Doserling

Dzongkhag tshogdu (DT)

Aug 13, 2014 2 mins read 405 views
Orientation programme begins for 2,308 graduates

Graduates

Aug 13, 2014 2 mins read 318 views
Chorten vandalism tops crime list for 2013

Crime

Aug 13, 2014 2 mins read 325 views
Beauty of the traditional bow and arrow

Letter to the editor

Aug 13, 2014 2 mins read 376 views
A national malady: at what cost?

Editorial

Aug 13, 2014 2 mins read 324 views
The ground realities of land acquisition

Land

Aug 13, 2014 4 mins read 398 views
Seven men convicted for gold smuggling

Crime

Aug 13, 2014 2 mins read 359 views
A surplus rather than a shortage of teachers

Conference

Aug 13, 2014 2 mins read 330 views
Drug Abuse

Drug

Aug 13, 2014 0 mins read 358 views
Enhancing climate resilience

Training

Aug 12, 2014 3 mins read 362 views
Pay dancers well to keep tshechu going

Daily subsistence allowance (DSA)

Aug 12, 2014 2 mins read 375 views
The mental health of youth today

Health

Aug 12, 2014 2 mins read 372 views
Dedicated budget for internal auditors advocated

Internal auditors (IA)

Aug 12, 2014 2 mins read 368 views
Mother who abandoned newborn arrested

Crime

Aug 12, 2014 1 mins read 342 views
Outbreak of infectious Bursal disease

Poultry

Aug 12, 2014 2 mins read 506 views
Uniform salary for all

Letter to the editor

Aug 12, 2014 2 mins read 416 views
Detest retest

Editorial

Aug 12, 2014 2 mins read 343 views
Cottage and small industries show impressive growth

Report

Aug 12, 2014 2 mins read 329 views
Raising the bar

Conference

Aug 12, 2014 2 mins read 333 views
Local leaders petition against green tax

Dzongkhag tshogdu (DT)

Aug 12, 2014 1 mins read 350 views
Indian ambassador visits Chukha hydropower project

Visitor

Aug 12, 2014 1 mins read 428 views
The bugbears of the mining business

Conference

Aug 12, 2014 2 mins read 387 views
Heavy rain in next 48 hours

Rainfall

Aug 12, 2014 0 mins read 364 views
Judo enthusiasts and coaches need more trainings

Sports

Aug 11, 2014 1 mins read 406 views
Bird strike causes Drukair emergency landing in Dhaka

Drukair

Aug 11, 2014 2 mins read 366 views
Southeast region struggles without gynaecologist

Health

Aug 11, 2014 2 mins read 422 views
One terminated, three suspended in schoolmate battery case

Crime

Aug 11, 2014 1 mins read 405 views
To be integrated into the capital's road network

Expressway

Aug 11, 2014 2 mins read 393 views
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