August of 2014

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Economic climate casts a pall over employment opportunities

Jobs

Aug 11, 2014 3 mins read 373 views
Modern bow is a weapon, not meant for sports

Letter to the editor

Aug 11, 2014 3 mins read 392 views
The drug blight

Editorial

Aug 11, 2014 2 mins read 346 views
Need for an internal audit bureau

Training

Aug 11, 2014 2 mins read 331 views
Malpractice cloud over Kalimpong college examination

BMC college

Aug 11, 2014 2 mins read 367 views
Villagers to seek intervention from dzongkhag

Road

Aug 11, 2014 2 mins read 333 views
Constable detained

Crime

Aug 11, 2014 0 mins read 311 views
Bhutan seeking second win at Olympiad

Chess

Aug 10, 2014 2 mins read 330 views
Phowa teaching at Tsechenling lhakhang

Religion

Aug 10, 2014 2 mins read 363 views
A wait without reward

Land

Aug 10, 2014 2 mins read 307 views
Issue of health staff shortage highlighted

Dzongkhag tshogdu (DT)

Aug 10, 2014 1 mins read 292 views
Not enough funds for performance agreement?

Local government

Aug 10, 2014 2 mins read 314 views
Corporal punishment - a student's worst nightmare

Letter to the editor

Aug 10, 2014 2 mins read 301 views
DHI companies to have risk management divisions

DHI

Aug 10, 2014 3 mins read 323 views
ATM-stung man wins case against bank

Druk Punjab National Bank (DPNB)

Aug 10, 2014 2 mins read 321 views
Family members receive threatening calls from kidnappers

Crime

Aug 10, 2014 2 mins read 407 views
Education links Bhutan and Australia

Visitor

Aug 10, 2014 2 mins read 323 views
Pilot audit training

Training

Aug 10, 2014 0 mins read 359 views
Two archers warned with yellow card

Archery

Aug 08, 2014 1 mins read 353 views
Phajo, SL Lubricants and Nim Archery in Q finals

Archery

Aug 08, 2014 1 mins read 309 views
Thai arrivals exceed expectations

Tourism

Aug 08, 2014 2 mins read 312 views
An Open letter to the Home Minister

Perpsective

Aug 08, 2014 5 mins read 310 views
The waste bins that were laid to waste

Waste

Aug 08, 2014 2 mins read 384 views
Religious sentiment nips broiler farm bid in the bud

Dzongkhag tshogdu (DT)

Aug 08, 2014 2 mins read 422 views
Khandro Dayig - The Dakini Script

Religion

Aug 08, 2014 5 mins read 384 views
Thimphu road network to get some much needed attention

Road

Aug 08, 2014 2 mins read 346 views
So far so good . in the fight against encephalitis

Health

Aug 08, 2014 1 mins read 367 views
Pending budget paralyses work on new Pemagatshel dzong

Pemagatshel dzong

Aug 08, 2014 2 mins read 321 views
TRAI study may lead to lower internet costs

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Aug 08, 2014 3 mins read 341 views
Calling attention to the safety of the national game

Letter to the editor

Aug 08, 2014 1 mins read 333 views
Sarpang's kidnap concerns

Editorial

Aug 08, 2014 2 mins read 438 views
BoBL offers two new loan schemes

Bank of Bhutan Limited (BoBL)

Aug 08, 2014 1 mins read 348 views
Rabid rumour spreads panic

Samtse

Aug 08, 2014 2 mins read 309 views
Gong - A village that's been left in the dark

Power

Aug 08, 2014 3 mins read 351 views
Four more Bhutanese abducted from Sarpang

Crime

Aug 08, 2014 4 mins read 333 views
Visit

Visitor

Aug 08, 2014 0 mins read 0 views
Yangphel Open knockout begins today

Archery

Aug 07, 2014 1 mins read 361 views
9-man Druk United put four across Bhutan Clearing

Football

Aug 07, 2014 1 mins read 362 views
Steps being taken to defang the national game

Archery

Aug 07, 2014 3 mins read 379 views
Bypass roadwork destroys irrigation channel

Road

Aug 07, 2014 2 mins read 339 views
Local concern over project's hiring policy

Hydropower projects

Aug 07, 2014 2 mins read 373 views
Two primary schools to become ECRs, one ECR to be closed

Education

Aug 07, 2014 2 mins read 372 views
Preliminary examination not justified for general graduates

Letter to the editor

Aug 07, 2014 1 mins read 378 views
A case of a bad carpenter?

Editorial

Aug 07, 2014 2 mins read 339 views
In-country master's degree in development practice begins

College

Aug 07, 2014 3 mins read 346 views
DT wants no `wine' retail shops in Zhemgang

Dzongkhag tshogdu (DT)

Aug 07, 2014 3 mins read 343 views
"Layman's experiment" belies villagers' claim

Mining

Aug 07, 2014 2 mins read 329 views
RIM's Convocation

RIM

Aug 07, 2014 0 mins read 324 views
Bhutan at the chess Olympiad in Norway

Chess

Aug 06, 2014 1 mins read 341 views
Community forest sows discord, say local leaders

Forest

Aug 06, 2014 2 mins read 347 views
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