August of 2019

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Missing monk found in Trashigang

Missing

Aug 16, 2019 1 mins read 362 views
TTIs' admission drops this year

Education Ministry

Aug 16, 2019 2 mins read 357 views
Tsirang DT decides not to impose parking fees

Tsirang Dzongkhag

Aug 16, 2019 1 mins read 363 views
WeChat brings home missing yaks in Soe

Perspective

Aug 16, 2019 3 mins read 382 views
Mines and Minerals Bill will not be tabled as urgent Bill

Parliament

Aug 16, 2019 4 mins read 379 views
Taxes are levied on net profit, not on total turnover: HC

Crime

Aug 16, 2019 3 mins read 402 views
Trashigang DT forms four committee

Trashigang Dzongkhag

Aug 16, 2019 1 mins read 335 views
Teachers forced to rent hotel rooms in Nganglam

Pemagatshel Dzongkhag

Aug 16, 2019 2 mins read 346 views
Problems with sub-standard set-top boxes

Letter to the Editor

Aug 16, 2019 1 mins read 447 views
In the interest of Bhutan and India

Editorial

Aug 16, 2019 2 mins read 400 views
Man sentenced for attempt to rape

Crime

Aug 16, 2019 0 mins read 370 views
OAG reviews a separate 19kg gold smuggling case

Crime

Aug 16, 2019 5 mins read 374 views
Bhutan is India trusted friend and neighbour: PM Modi

Indo-Bhutan

Aug 16, 2019 2 mins read 443 views
Digital Drukyul to empower citizen and improve service delivery

Technology

Aug 16, 2019 3 mins read 422 views
Compliance notification

Briefly

Aug 16, 2019 0 mins read 358 views
Highway damage: Commuters use 30-year-old suspension bridge

Disaster

Aug 15, 2019 2 mins read 362 views
MHPA formalises electricity export

Hydro Project

Aug 15, 2019 1 mins read 388 views
Trashigang dzongkhag to deploy an engineer for two gewogs

Trashigang Dzongkhag

Aug 15, 2019 1 mins read 347 views
Aftercare facility to help kidney patients

Health

Aug 15, 2019 2 mins read 375 views
Outstanding youth recognised with awards

Awards

Aug 15, 2019 1 mins read 390 views
Experts meet to thrash ICT policies and regulation issues

Technology

Aug 15, 2019 2 mins read 370 views
Bad side of social media use

Letter to the Editor

Aug 15, 2019 1 mins read 351 views
In the right direction

Editorial

Aug 15, 2019 2 mins read 346 views
Pilot project to reduce gastric cancer in Bhutan

Health

Aug 15, 2019 3 mins read 345 views
A milestone in Bhutan's space science and technology

Technology

Aug 15, 2019 4 mins read 354 views
PM Modi's visit marks five decades of hydropower cooperation

With the inaugural of 720MW Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Plant and opening of official discussion on the Sunkosh, the...

Aug 16, 2019 4 mins read 406 views
Roads to remain closed on August 17 and 18

Briefly

Aug 15, 2019 0 mins read 338 views
MHPA all set for the big day

Hydro Project

Aug 14, 2019 2 mins read 363 views
Yalang gewog service centre remains defunct

Trashiyangtse Dzongkhag

Aug 14, 2019 2 mins read 390 views
Stakeholders looking at revising Youth Policy

Youth

Aug 14, 2019 3 mins read 346 views
Engaging youth meaningfully

Youth

Aug 14, 2019 2 mins read 382 views
Ensuring sustainable collection of natural resources

Letter to the Editor

Aug 14, 2019 1 mins read 408 views
Looking to the future?

Editorial

Aug 14, 2019 2 mins read 398 views
NCWC and BNEW launch Bhutan Women Parliamentary Caucus

NCWC

Aug 14, 2019 4 mins read 335 views
Another strategy to fight corruption

Anti Corruption Commission's (ACC)

Aug 14, 2019 3 mins read 367 views
Digitisation drive in banking reaches new heights

Bank

Aug 14, 2019 4 mins read 384 views
NCHM predicts rainfall and thunderstorm

Briefly

Aug 14, 2019 0 mins read 349 views
Windstorm affects about 87 households in Phongmey

Disaster

Aug 13, 2019 1 mins read 376 views
Transport FC leads table without a loss

Sports

Aug 13, 2019 1 mins read 381 views
Dagana to have a recreational park by November

Dagana dzongkhag

Aug 13, 2019 1 mins read 386 views
Lack of farm road maintenance affects farmers

Pemagatshel Dzongkhag

Aug 13, 2019 1 mins read 369 views
Zhemgang's Goshing gewog without gup for a year

Local governments (LG)

Aug 13, 2019 2 mins read 397 views
JAB conducts media literacy in Soe

Journalists' Association of Bhutan (JAB)

Aug 13, 2019 1 mins read 371 views
Ensure safety on the dzong and the highway

Letter to the Editor

Aug 13, 2019 1 mins read 371 views
The cost of wrong planning

Editorial

Aug 13, 2019 2 mins read 425 views
SDF to finance USD 13M for ATR 42-600

Foreign Affairs

Aug 13, 2019 2 mins read 382 views
Police not implementing prison Act: RAA

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Aug 13, 2019 3 mins read 367 views
US govt. commits support to STEM education

Foreign Affairs

Aug 13, 2019 2 mins read 385 views
Trained nurses sent to work abroad

Health

Aug 13, 2019 2 mins read 338 views
PM to launch NIACS

Briefly

Aug 13, 2019 0 mins read 460 views
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