August of 2019

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Villagers join community-based scouts

Trongsa Dzomgkhag

Aug 12, 2019 1 mins read 416 views
Why Yangtsips let their land to fallow

Trashigang Dzongkhag

Aug 12, 2019 2 mins read 400 views
Opposition reviews its own performance, forms steering committee

Parliament

Aug 12, 2019 2 mins read 409 views
Horse Contractors Association launched

Paro Dzongkhag

Aug 12, 2019 2 mins read 449 views
Nepotism needs to be taken seriously

Letter to the Editor

Aug 12, 2019 1 mins read 368 views
Greater focus needed in agriculture

Editorial

Aug 12, 2019 2 mins read 374 views
Taxi driver sentenced to three years for molestation

Crime

Aug 12, 2019 1 mins read 408 views
Students in remote schools perform better in Dzongkha

Education Ministry

Aug 12, 2019 2 mins read 414 views
BTFEC commits USD 7M to the government

Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (BTFEC)

Aug 12, 2019 1 mins read 353 views
Cabinet allows surface collection and dredging works

Cabinet

Aug 12, 2019 2 mins read 352 views
Engineering blunder leaves gewog dry

Water

Aug 12, 2019 3 mins read 385 views
Rain and thunderstorm

Briefly

Aug 12, 2019 0 mins read 350 views
In favour of curriculum autonomy for Bhutanese schools

Perspective

Aug 11, 2019 3 mins read 393 views
Swami Narayanacharya passes away

Obituary

Aug 11, 2019 2 mins read 399 views
OAG appeals to HC against Tsirang court's judgment

Crime

Aug 11, 2019 3 mins read 365 views
Another round of facelift for the capital

Letter to the Editor

Aug 11, 2019 1 mins read 391 views
Old wine in new bottle?

Editorial

Aug 11, 2019 2 mins read 960 views
Pay rise as civil servants see it

Pay rise

Aug 11, 2019 2 mins read 410 views
Risk of flash floods increasing in Tsento-Shari

Disaster

Aug 11, 2019 1 mins read 356 views
Thimpchhu washes away student

Disaster

Aug 11, 2019 1 mins read 461 views
YELP to tackle youth unemployment

Youth Engagement for Livelihood Programme (YELP)

Aug 11, 2019 2 mins read 430 views
Three banks freeze housing loan

Bank

Aug 11, 2019 3 mins read 437 views
Awards

Briefly

Aug 11, 2019 0 mins read 364 views
Sunrise FC wins Thimphu Women's league

Sports

Aug 09, 2019 1 mins read 341 views
One by one Lhops are dropping out of school

Feature Story

Aug 09, 2019 3 mins read 342 views
Forests: Natural capital or exploitable resources?

Forestry

Aug 09, 2019 6 mins read 386 views
How Thimphu was chosen as the new capital of Bhutan

Perspective

Aug 09, 2019 5 mins read 474 views
Carrom: the only entertainment in Trashiyangtse

Entertainment

Aug 09, 2019 1 mins read 349 views
Vegetable-shed gives way to bus terminal

Dagana dzongkhag

Aug 09, 2019 2 mins read 351 views
Mikhung in Paro: building better communities

Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy's (BCMD)

Aug 09, 2019 2 mins read 368 views
Interview candidate drags BBSC to court

Misbehave

Aug 09, 2019 2 mins read 378 views
OAG appeals for compensation to underage rape victims

Crime

Aug 09, 2019 1 mins read 396 views
Dogs: what about using the only option we have?

Letter to the Editor

Aug 09, 2019 1 mins read 386 views
Making people pay for their crime

Editorial

Aug 09, 2019 2 mins read 393 views
Mother and child health programme to be a national policy

Health

Aug 09, 2019 2 mins read 399 views
PM Modi to inaugurate Mangdechhu project

Indo-Bhutan

Aug 09, 2019 3 mins read 390 views
From wristwatches to gold: smuggling and a community

Crime

Aug 09, 2019 6 mins read 423 views
His Majesty addresses RIM graduates

Convocation

Aug 09, 2019 2 mins read 448 views
Indo-Bhutan relations need to move beyond hydropower

Indo-Bhutan

Aug 09, 2019 2 mins read 361 views
PM signs first APA for current fiscal year

Annual performance agreement (APA)

Aug 08, 2019 2 mins read 408 views
RBP and health officials rescue unconscious workers

Disaster

Aug 08, 2019 0 mins read 403 views
Think out of the box: PM

Annual performance agreement (APA)

Aug 08, 2019 3 mins read 367 views
PM asks MoIC to look beyond subsidies to help media sustain

Annual performance agreement (APA)

Aug 08, 2019 3 mins read 399 views
NRDCL clarifies

Letter to the Editor

Aug 08, 2019 1 mins read 395 views
Dealing with the bully

Editorial

Aug 08, 2019 2 mins read 401 views
Works underway to clear Tsirang-Wangdue highway

Disaster

Aug 08, 2019 1 mins read 373 views
RCSC offers more PGDE slots this year

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Aug 08, 2019 2 mins read 384 views
TCB to ready and implement national tourism policy

Annual performance agreement (APA)

Aug 08, 2019 3 mins read 345 views
To bail or not to bail

Crime

Aug 08, 2019 3 mins read 385 views
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