December of 2016

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Sharing the tourism pie equally

Tourism

Dec 22, 2016 5 mins read 374 views
Thromde penalises individuals for illegal dumping of waste

Waste

Dec 21, 2016 2 mins read 358 views
Chillies seized in Gelephu

Chillies

Dec 21, 2016 1 mins read 376 views
Favouritism, nepotism, most prevalent forms of corruption in Bhutan

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Dec 21, 2016 3 mins read 637 views
Fill potholes instead of waiting for them to become craters

Letter to the editor

Dec 21, 2016 1 mins read 372 views
Clearing backlog of cases in courts

Editorial

Dec 21, 2016 1 mins read 376 views
Final inheritance agreement is valid: SC

Legal

Dec 21, 2016 2 mins read 410 views
SC sends private lawyer to prison for contempt

Legal

Dec 21, 2016 2 mins read 408 views
Specialised benches established at Thimphu court

Judiciary

Dec 21, 2016 2 mins read 378 views
Their Majesties in Trongsa

His Majesty The King

Dec 21, 2016 2 mins read 367 views
Disappearing bees worry farmers

Beekeeping

Dec 20, 2016 1 mins read 457 views
Insurance

Insurance

Dec 20, 2016 0 mins read 393 views
Department of Renewable Energy clarifies

Letter to the editor

Dec 20, 2016 1 mins read 367 views
Addressing demonetisation

Editorial

Dec 20, 2016 2 mins read 377 views
From oranges to ginger

Agriculture

Dec 20, 2016 1 mins read 373 views
Costs increase for orange exporters

Exports

Dec 20, 2016 2 mins read 309 views
Scouts camp

Scouts camp

Dec 20, 2016 0 mins read 384 views
Fighting against odds

Table Tennis

Dec 19, 2016 2 mins read 0 views
Jigme Namgyel in Trongsa - a name, a symbol and a vision!

Perspective

Dec 19, 2016 6 mins read 360 views
Two of three SASEC projects in P'ling making headway

Infrastructures

Dec 19, 2016 1 mins read 362 views
Reaching out to the children of Zhemgang

Youth

Dec 19, 2016 2 mins read 360 views
Footpath needed

Letter to the editor

Dec 19, 2016 1 mins read 366 views
Creating opportunities: Looking to the future

Editorial

Dec 19, 2016 2 mins read 399 views
Education ministry will not entertain class XI transfers

Education

Dec 19, 2016 2 mins read 367 views
Taksha Silli farm road to be realigned

Road

Dec 19, 2016 1 mins read 355 views
New gift rules ready

Rules

Dec 19, 2016 2 mins read 391 views
Bhutan's parks in good state

Environment

Dec 19, 2016 2 mins read 398 views
The rising burden of cancer

Health

Dec 19, 2016 3 mins read 456 views
Their Majesties and HRH the Gyalsey in Tangsibji

His Majesty The King

Dec 19, 2016 1 mins read 374 views
National day observed in Brussels

National Day

Dec 17, 2016 1 mins read 420 views
His Majesty's Address to the Nation, 109th National Day, 17 December 2016

National Day

Dec 17, 2016 8 mins read 414 views
His Majesty The King awards patang to thrizins

Award

Dec 17, 2016 2 mins read 420 views
Nine of 10 soelra lottery prizes claimed

Lottery

Dec 17, 2016 2 mins read 371 views
RCT donates six hemodialysis machines

Health

Dec 17, 2016 2 mins read 447 views
P'ling expands city bus fleet

Transport

Dec 17, 2016 1 mins read 397 views
Volunteers build house for the needy

Community

Dec 17, 2016 1 mins read 344 views
Importing chillies not a solution

Letter to the editor

Dec 17, 2016 1 mins read 407 views
A special National Day

Editorial

Dec 17, 2016 2 mins read 385 views
His Majesty The King celebrates 109th National Day in Trongsa

National Day

Dec 17, 2016 4 mins read 372 views
Cardamom replaces flowers and vegetables in Dagana

Cardamom

Dec 16, 2016 1 mins read 365 views
National Day: the Story of Bhutan

Perspective

Dec 16, 2016 4 mins read 373 views
Dragon Kings - The Great Beings on the Golden Throne

Perspective

Dec 16, 2016 5 mins read 435 views
Bangladesh embassy observes its 45th Victory Day

Event

Dec 16, 2016 1 mins read 388 views
Japan provides Yen 2.16B for bridge reconstruction

Aid

Dec 16, 2016 1 mins read 378 views
Three apprehended for possessing, abusing controlled substances

Crime

Dec 16, 2016 0 mins read 405 views
Norbugang orange growers escape demonitisation woes

Orange

Dec 16, 2016 2 mins read 363 views
State must recognise gender as an issue

Letter to the editor

Dec 16, 2016 1 mins read 366 views
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