August of 2020

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Lunana gup and 9 others stranded in Punakha

Health

Aug 13, 2020 1 mins read 359 views
Those stranded will be dealt case by case: PM

Health

Aug 13, 2020 2 mins read 319 views
Phuentsholing is Red Zone

Health

Aug 13, 2020 2 mins read 343 views
Lockdown: A surprise gift?

Health

Aug 12, 2020 2 mins read 378 views
No construction allowed during lockdown

Infra-settlement

Aug 12, 2020 2 mins read 339 views
Surveillance team looking for the last three contacts

Health

Aug 12, 2020 1 mins read 320 views
Scrap off professional allowance

Letter to the editor

Aug 12, 2020 1 mins read 361 views
With better coordination, we can improve service delivery

Editorial

Aug 12, 2020 2 mins read 327 views
P/ling residents confused, run out of essentials and vegetables

Health

Aug 12, 2020 3 mins read 324 views
Supply of essential items needs streamlining

Health

Aug 12, 2020 7 mins read 307 views
P/ling positive case not local transmission: PM

Health

Aug 12, 2020 3 mins read 328 views
Import of rice, cooking oil, and pulses temporarily stopped

Trade

Aug 11, 2020 2 mins read 366 views
Covid-19 positive patient's roommate quarantined in Zhemgang

Health

Aug 11, 2020 1 mins read 334 views
DoR challenged with the monsoon restoration

Disaster

Aug 11, 2020 2 mins read 362 views
Are we using Druk Trace?

Letter to the editor

Aug 11, 2020 1 mins read 392 views
Coming together

Editorial

Aug 11, 2020 2 mins read 542 views
Druk Trace app underused?

Health

Aug 11, 2020 1 mins read 354 views
Health

Health

Aug 11, 2020 3 mins read 0 views
Dochu-Ritsa residents have not enough drinking water

Water

Aug 10, 2020 1 mins read 332 views
SDF approves USD 7.7M for Covid-19 response projects

Award-Grant

Aug 10, 2020 1 mins read 333 views
Historic cantilever bridge in Trongsa has been renovated

Road

Aug 10, 2020 1 mins read 481 views
The Olakha automobile workshop in a mess

Letter to the editor

Aug 10, 2020 1 mins read 343 views
Our small contributions

Editorial

Aug 10, 2020 2 mins read 332 views
Labour shortage hits construction sector in Samtse

Labour

Aug 10, 2020 2 mins read 339 views
ACC recommends reviewing security protocols and guidelines

ACC-RAA-OAG

Aug 10, 2020 3 mins read 330 views
Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka get SDF and WFP support

Foreign Affairs

Aug 10, 2020 1 mins read 348 views
Bhutan's tally rises to 110 as two more tests positive to Covid-19

Health

Aug 10, 2020 2 mins read 364 views
Cordyceps disappearing in Trashiyangtse

Cordyceps

Aug 10, 2020 3 mins read 310 views
UN gift megaphones

Briefly

Aug 10, 2020 0 mins read 335 views
Nyingje - Compassion

Perspective

Aug 09, 2020 3 mins read 0 views
Ugyen Academy FC rises to top of league table

Sports

Aug 09, 2020 1 mins read 378 views
Illegal workshop demolished after five decades

Thromde

Aug 09, 2020 1 mins read 346 views
Capturing the change in colours

Feature Story

Aug 09, 2020 2 mins read 348 views
Haa ready, but cautious as flower exhibition nears

Exhibition

Aug 09, 2020 2 mins read 353 views
How prepared are we for a lockdown?

Letter to the editor

Aug 09, 2020 1 mins read 328 views
Tourism development: Looking inward

Editorial

Aug 09, 2020 2 mins read 315 views
Business booms along Samtse-P/ling highway

Trade

Aug 09, 2020 2 mins read 408 views
School to the rescue of underprivileged students

Education

Aug 09, 2020 2 mins read 339 views
De-Suups and police rescue eight people

Disaster

Aug 09, 2020 2 mins read 326 views
Sisters guide remote learning in Dop-Shari, Paro

Education

Aug 09, 2020 2 mins read 358 views
His Majesty returns after inspecting border in Samtse and P/ling

Royal

Aug 09, 2020 2 mins read 379 views
Breastfeeding is more than a meal: UNICEF representative

Health

Aug 07, 2020 3 mins read 321 views
Persons with disabilities receive grants to better their lives

Health

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 359 views
Discrepancies found in weight and price of rice sold

Trade

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 324 views
Chilli growers opt for plastic mulching

Agriculture

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 333 views
Gender-based violence increases during the pandemic

Gender

Aug 07, 2020 3 mins read 318 views
Bidders face challenges to export cordyceps

Cordyceps

Aug 07, 2020 1 mins read 402 views
Sha Dha Gye's Rada Lhakhang

Culture

Aug 07, 2020 3 mins read 386 views
Bhutan and the Covid-19 pandemic

Perspective

Aug 07, 2020 4 mins read 362 views
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