August of 2020

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The Yeti: Why Bhutanese believe it exists

Perspective

Aug 07, 2020 5 mins read 421 views
Apple growers report poor fruiting

Agriculture

Aug 07, 2020 3 mins read 357 views
Differences between Thrimthue and Compoundable offences

Letter to the editor

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 432 views
There is no local transmission

Editorial

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 341 views
State has no constitutional obligation to supply tobacco: PDP

Narcotic

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 317 views
Build Bhutan Project engages 354 job seekers

Labour

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 301 views
Capital's lockdown preparedness put to test

Health

Aug 07, 2020 4 mins read 0 views
Capital's lockdown preparedness put to test

Health

Aug 07, 2020 4 mins read 321 views
Front liners at risk

Health

Aug 07, 2020 2 mins read 367 views
Plenty rainfall ensures paddy cultivation in Punakha

Agriculture

Aug 06, 2020 1 mins read 327 views
Ugyen Academy FC begins BPL season with a win

Sports

Aug 06, 2020 1 mins read 314 views
Should mushroom collectors stop picking for a year?

Environment

Aug 06, 2020 3 mins read 347 views
Will the programmes designed help us get a job?

Letter to the editor

Aug 06, 2020 1 mins read 309 views
Make the solution work

Editorial

Aug 06, 2020 2 mins read 331 views
Residents blame thromde's negligence for bad roads

Thromde

Aug 06, 2020 2 mins read 279 views
New 1st year students of RUB colleges must report before August end

Education

Aug 06, 2020 2 mins read 381 views
Biodiversity monitoring protocol to integrate conservation activities

Environment

Aug 06, 2020 2 mins read 379 views
P'ling woman tests "false positive"

Health

Aug 06, 2020 3 mins read 319 views
DAHE scholarship students could begin semester online

Education

Aug 06, 2020 2 mins read 333 views
Former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay is a DeSuup

DeSuup,

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 328 views
OL's resignation formally accepted

Politics

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 345 views
Developmental activities endanger Golden Langur

Wild Life

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 304 views
Use of biogas in Semjong growing

Fuel

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 323 views
A dose for economically and strategically healthy Bhutan?

Letter to the editor

Aug 05, 2020 1 mins read 298 views
The tobacco debate

Editorial

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 319 views
Gomtu residents risk travelling to Samtse

Traffic

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 317 views
Kangpara gewog remains cut off

Road

Aug 05, 2020 2 mins read 299 views
Illegal entry cases along the border increasing

Crime

Aug 05, 2020 3 mins read 296 views
Government has not breached Tobacco Act or Constitution: AG

Narcotic

Aug 05, 2020 4 mins read 296 views
Last minute goal breaks Paro Utd. FC's resistance

Sports

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 307 views
Multi-storey car parks still mostly empty

Thromde

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 362 views
Tang requests additional fund for GC road maintenance

Local Government

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 303 views
Urka Bangala dying, farmers worried

Agriculture

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 334 views
Fining is not the solution

Letter to the editor

Aug 04, 2020 2 mins read 343 views
When rules don't work

Editorial

Aug 04, 2020 2 mins read 336 views
PI and dzongkhag to help resettle affected families

Hydro power

Aug 04, 2020 2 mins read 342 views
Court hearing resumes for BEO case

Judiciary

Aug 04, 2020 3 mins read 349 views
Cellular mobile subscriptions jump in second-quarter

Technology

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 360 views
Police apprehend men for crossing border illegally

Crime

Aug 04, 2020 1 mins read 350 views
PDP accuses govt. of breaching tobacco legislation

Politics

Aug 04, 2020 3 mins read 331 views
BFF grants Nu 2M each to eight football clubs

Sports

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 309 views
Two Bhutanese bag second position in `My Life My Yoga' competition

Sports

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 378 views
Laptsakha PS teachers go mobile to help students

Education

Aug 03, 2020 2 mins read 316 views
The love for noise could cost bikers

Traffic

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 315 views
Let's join the healthy Drukyul campaign

Letter to the editor

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 319 views
A collective responsibility

Editorial

Aug 03, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
DT agrees to blacktopped Merak GC from Khardung

Local Government

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 352 views
Man arrested for rape of a minor

Crime

Aug 03, 2020 1 mins read 0 views
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