December of 2016

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PP teachers trained in ECCD approaches

Education

Dec 27, 2016 2 mins read 346 views
S/J initiates campaign for rabies-free society

Rabies

Dec 27, 2016 1 mins read 331 views
Need for more roundabouts

Letter to the editor

Dec 27, 2016 1 mins read 361 views
Return of Zhabdrung's statue

Editorial

Dec 27, 2016 1 mins read 322 views
Trongsa extends Chunjapang waste disposal site

Waste

Dec 27, 2016 1 mins read 352 views
ABI asks RMA to unfreeze Rupee accounts

Trade

Dec 27, 2016 5 mins read 389 views
ACC freezes land transactions in Debsi

Land

Dec 27, 2016 2 mins read 368 views
DLG notification costs local leaders a month's salary

LG

Dec 27, 2016 4 mins read 331 views
Citizens cap year with national futsal title

Futsal

Dec 26, 2016 2 mins read 307 views
Palace of the exiled Tibetan prince

Heritage

Dec 26, 2016 2 mins read 498 views
Fodder turns lucrative for Shumar gewog

Agriculture

Dec 26, 2016 1 mins read 356 views
On improving BNBL mobile

Letter to the editor

Dec 26, 2016 1 mins read 313 views
Anti-Corruption initiatives must come top-down

Editorial

Dec 26, 2016 2 mins read 390 views
Combating negative attitudes towards the differently-abled

Awareness

Dec 26, 2016 1 mins read 371 views
Police tracks down man who posted suicide note on Facebook

Social media

Dec 26, 2016 1 mins read 381 views
Bhutanese Nun dies in accident in Bihar

Accident

Dec 26, 2016 0 mins read 324 views
Japan to construct 4 bridges on Trongsa-Gelephu highway

Bridge

Dec 26, 2016 1 mins read 352 views
Disgruntled sawmill owners meet with PM

Timber

Dec 25, 2016 3 mins read 298 views
Zhabdrung statue arrives in Bhutan

Zhabdrung statue

Dec 26, 2016 1 mins read 359 views
The first bicycle club race in Bhutan

Cycling

Dec 25, 2016 2 mins read 337 views
Gasa Dzong renovation on schedule

Gasa Dzong

Dec 25, 2016 1 mins read 368 views
Children above 5.5 years considered for PP admission

Education

Dec 25, 2016 3 mins read 319 views
Another perspective on the shoplifter's video uploaded on social media

Letter to the editor

Dec 25, 2016 1 mins read 319 views
Welcoming the new electricity tariff

Editorial

Dec 25, 2016 2 mins read 318 views
Gender gap in civil service closing fast: RCSC

Gender

Dec 25, 2016 2 mins read 341 views
Contractors fined for illegal dumping of muck

Waste

Dec 25, 2016 2 mins read 337 views
Making a difference with one Ngultrum

Donation

Dec 25, 2016 3 mins read 401 views
Ngultrum value falls in P'ling

Currency

Dec 25, 2016 2 mins read 358 views
Man detained for alleged stabbing

Crime

Dec 23, 2016 1 mins read 361 views
Hema Hema not barred, being reviewed: BICMA

Film

Dec 23, 2016 2 mins read 415 views
Gamung's long wait for water

Water

Dec 23, 2016 2 mins read 356 views
Three of five escaped detainees arrested

Crime

Dec 23, 2016 1 mins read 330 views
P'ling introduces zebra crossings

Road

Dec 23, 2016 1 mins read 344 views
New Dzongkhag Tshogdu hall for Bumthang

Infrastructures

Dec 23, 2016 1 mins read 413 views
Tsirang's LG leaders underpaid?

LG

Dec 23, 2016 1 mins read 344 views
Public shaming on Facebook

Letter to the editor

Dec 23, 2016 1 mins read 425 views
Need to bolster hospital security

Editorial

Dec 23, 2016 1 mins read 373 views
Fukui helps to promote Shazo

Crafts

Dec 23, 2016 1 mins read 300 views
Solving the mounting medical waste problem

Waste

Dec 23, 2016 3 mins read 376 views
New electricity tariffs from next month

Electricity

Dec 23, 2016 4 mins read 384 views
Their Majesties return to Thimphu

His Majesty The King

Dec 23, 2016 1 mins read 365 views
First National Gyalsey Nachung camp in Punakha

Scouts

Dec 22, 2016 1 mins read 356 views
More than 400 participate in inter-school archery competition ends

Archery

Dec 22, 2016 1 mins read 422 views
Gamung farmers doing well with winter vegetables

Agriculture

Dec 22, 2016 1 mins read 364 views
Unwelcome news for movie buffs

Letter to the editor

Dec 22, 2016 1 mins read 342 views
Agriculture offers a solution

Editorial

Dec 22, 2016 2 mins read 3,966 views
Manhunt for five escaped detainees

Crime

Dec 22, 2016 1 mins read 347 views
RUB plans to introduce programme on social policy

Policy

Dec 22, 2016 2 mins read 355 views
Man attacks patient and attendants at JDWNRH

Security

Dec 22, 2016 3 mins read 353 views
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