December of 2016

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Bhutan celebrates International Mountain Day

Event

Dec 11, 2016 2 mins read 473 views
Domestic revenue to double in 12th Plan

Budget

Dec 11, 2016 2 mins read 444 views
Four new butterflies recorded

Biodiversity

Dec 09, 2016 2 mins read 424 views
ICT sector in Bhutan far from being resilient to disasters

ICT (Information and communications technology)

Dec 09, 2016 4 mins read 511 views
A strong economic environment in Bhutan requires healthy choices

Perspective

Dec 09, 2016 4 mins read 414 views
Bhutan through the years: One Nation, One Vision

Perspective

Dec 09, 2016 6 mins read 466 views
Dangchu gup resigns to go abroad

LG

Dec 09, 2016 1 mins read 366 views
Lhamoizingkha MSS to get a hostel

Infrastructures

Dec 09, 2016 1 mins read 429 views
National profile on chemicals management developed

Health

Dec 09, 2016 3 mins read 510 views
Two convicted and one acquitted in drug case

Crime

Dec 09, 2016 2 mins read 465 views
Wrong exam paper, BCSEA under fire

Education

Dec 09, 2016 1 mins read 467 views
Chilli imports to continue

Agriculture

Dec 09, 2016 1 mins read 430 views
Burning trash isn't cleaning

Letter to the editor

Dec 09, 2016 1 mins read 463 views
We can certainly do more

Editorial

Dec 09, 2016 1 mins read 401 views
Exported eggs fetch good prices in India

Poultry

Dec 09, 2016 2 mins read 406 views
Medical camp for Bhutanese pilgrims in Bodhgaya

Medical

Dec 09, 2016 1 mins read 364 views
His Majesty The King grants Nu 10M to ex-armed forces personnel of Thimphu

His Majesty The King

Dec 09, 2016 1 mins read 431 views
Stern enforcement of waste management rules and penalties from today

Cleaning campaign

Dec 09, 2016 3 mins read 469 views
His Majesty The King grants land kidu

His Majesty The King

Dec 09, 2016 1 mins read 386 views
His Majesty The King graces closing ceremony of Parliament

National Assembly

Dec 09, 2016 3 mins read 455 views
Mountain cultures: celebrating diversity and strengthening identity

Perspective

Dec 08, 2016 3 mins read 393 views
The Power of the Royal Vision

Perspective

Dec 08, 2016 4 mins read 442 views
`A tribute to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej' opens in Thimphu

An exhibition titled `A tribute to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej' portraying four impo...

Dec 08, 2016 3 mins read 465 views
Police apprehend two for possessing controlled substances

Crime

Dec 08, 2016 1 mins read 425 views
Bhutan observes 32nd SAARC Charter Day

SAARC

Dec 08, 2016 1 mins read 393 views
18th session has been very fruitful: NC Spokesperson

National Council (NC)

Dec 08, 2016 3 mins read 424 views
Let's make our country the cleanest

Letter to the editor

Dec 08, 2016 1 mins read 389 views
A Decade on the Golden Throne

Editorial

Dec 08, 2016 2 mins read 405 views
5th Annual Bhutan-India Development Cooperation talks held

Cooperation

Dec 08, 2016 1 mins read 408 views
Threat from unsafe use of priority industrial chemicals

Health

Dec 08, 2016 4 mins read 429 views
99 Bhutanese children to get heart surgery in Thailand

Medical

Dec 08, 2016 1 mins read 441 views
BDFL terminates employees without prior notice

Employment

Dec 08, 2016 5 mins read 400 views
Bhutan to adopt Conservation Assured Tiger Standards

Wildlife

Dec 07, 2016 2 mins read 487 views
Lekzin: A portrayal of domestic violence and its impact on women

Film review

Dec 07, 2016 1 mins read 479 views
ICT has potential to address country's unemployment

ICT (Information and communications technology)

Dec 07, 2016 2 mins read 425 views
A solution for pilgrims without INR

Letter to the editor

Dec 07, 2016 1 mins read 475 views
Need to make agriculture priority sector

Editorial

Dec 07, 2016 2 mins read 416 views
More chillies on the way

Imports

Dec 07, 2016 2 mins read 388 views
BBIN for economic cooperation

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN)

Dec 07, 2016 4 mins read 383 views
More than Nu 7B of budget underutilised

National Assembly

Dec 07, 2016 2 mins read 401 views
Cleaning campaign

Cleaning campaign

Dec 07, 2016 0 mins read 0 views
NC proposes to identify agriculture as a priority sector

National Council (NC)

Dec 06, 2016 3 mins read 464 views
The three winners of the first Phuensum Dharim draw

Lottery

Dec 06, 2016 3 mins read 374 views
Woman detained for allegedly murdering her husband in Tsirang

Crime

Dec 06, 2016 1 mins read 411 views
We need a stronger safer sex campaign

Editorial

Dec 06, 2016 1 mins read 403 views
BoB launches corporate branch

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

Dec 06, 2016 0 mins read 410 views
Ripple effects of demonitisation in India

Export

Dec 06, 2016 2 mins read 448 views
Bhutan exports eggs to India

Trade

Dec 06, 2016 2 mins read 433 views
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You’re not what you think you are

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ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

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Recents

GST debate intensifies as inflation rises, government proposes expanded exemptions

Just five months into the new 5 percent GST regime, food inflation has soared to 6.83 percent, leaving consumers asking: where are the promised savings? While lawmakers push to exempt 22 new essential items like cooking oil and rice to protect the poor , tax officials warn that adding more exemptions will only invite massive tax evasion. Who is really winning here? The consumers or the businesses?

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