December of 2019

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Basic support for Debsi

Letter to the Editor

Dec 26, 2019 1 mins read 290 views
A dilemma

Editorial

Dec 26, 2019 2 mins read 313 views
DoR to widen and blacktop Ura-Mongar highway

Transport

Dec 26, 2019 2 mins read 267 views
Zhemgang: A small dead town

Economy

Dec 26, 2019 2 mins read 316 views
Share trading in the secondary market increases three-folds

Economy

Dec 26, 2019 3 mins read 291 views
Engineering conference begins

Briefly

Dec 26, 2019 0 mins read 279 views
Athletes underperform for lack of quality training

Sports

Dec 25, 2019 2 mins read 296 views
It's final. Merak GC road will be blacktopped from Chaling side

Transport

Dec 25, 2019 2 mins read 263 views
Service providers in S'jongkhar thromde to display charges

Samdrupjongkhar Thromde

Dec 25, 2019 1 mins read 293 views
Education flagship will be implemented in 2020, not 2021

Education

Dec 25, 2019 2 mins read 312 views
Can we do things better?

Letter to the Editor

Dec 25, 2019 1 mins read 322 views
Kuengarabten: we may be running out of time

Editorial

Dec 25, 2019 2 mins read 589 views
Police nabs suspect in P/ling hotel murder

Crime

Dec 25, 2019 2 mins read 820 views
Poor implementation in waste management

Environment

Dec 25, 2019 3 mins read 404 views
OAG returns drugs case to police

Crime

Dec 25, 2019 2 mins read 333 views
One killed and two injured in accident

Accident

Dec 25, 2019 1 mins read 327 views
ACC officials abused

Crime

Dec 25, 2019 1 mins read 317 views
Ownership of CC operators still in limbo

Local governments (LG)

Dec 25, 2019 3 mins read 317 views
Police detain a chef in Paro rape and murder of a minor case

Crime

Dec 25, 2019 1 mins read 383 views
ASAB appeals to PM

Briefly

Dec 25, 2019 0 mins read 300 views
ITF and ATF recognise Bhutan Tennis Federation

Sports

Dec 24, 2019 2 mins read 317 views
Drametse residents await BHU upgrade

Health

Dec 24, 2019 1 mins read 330 views
1414 receives just about five calls in a month

Health

Dec 24, 2019 2 mins read 563 views
Sharing responsibility

Editorial

Dec 24, 2019 2 mins read 307 views
Learning English without a teacher in Phajoding

Education

Dec 24, 2019 1 mins read 280 views
Suspect of Phuentsholing murder at large

Crime

Dec 24, 2019 1 mins read 299 views
Complaints about cracks on homes and roads increasing

Disaster

Dec 24, 2019 1 mins read 356 views
Only two of 31 petitions from DT makes to NA

National Assembly

Dec 24, 2019 3 mins read 306 views
Shooting competition next month

Briefly

Dec 24, 2019 0 mins read 294 views
Team Gaulay Blaster wins the national open volleyball championship

Sports

Dec 23, 2019 1 mins read 293 views
Drametse lhakhang renovation completed

Religious

Dec 23, 2019 2 mins read 330 views
Vegetable production drops in Thimphu

Agriculture

Dec 23, 2019 2 mins read 279 views
Developing land to boost agriculture

Agriculture

Dec 23, 2019 2 mins read 339 views
Risk of youths being used as carrier by the smugglers

Letter to the Editor

Dec 23, 2019 1 mins read 305 views
Economy at the crossroads?

Editorial

Dec 23, 2019 2 mins read 393 views
Bringing the judges on board

Judiciary

Dec 23, 2019 3 mins read 302 views
Rewa: a ray of hope for tiger conservation in Bhutan

Wild Life

Dec 23, 2019 3 mins read 299 views
Students break for winter vacation, cause of glossitis not confirmed

Education

Dec 23, 2019 2 mins read 296 views
Blood donation camp

Briefly

Dec 23, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Improving women's football, albeit slowly

Sports

Dec 22, 2019 2 mins read 278 views
Dearth of standard certification impedes export of local goods

Industry

Dec 22, 2019 4 mins read 492 views
Off to Bangkok

Education

Dec 22, 2019 2 mins read 287 views
Lifting of entertainment centres from residential area

Letter to the Editor

Dec 22, 2019 1 mins read 311 views
Climate change: future looks grim

Editorial

Dec 22, 2019 2 mins read 332 views
More Bhutanese associated with political parties

Politics

Dec 22, 2019 3 mins read 294 views
Kuengarabten village is sinking

Disaster

Dec 22, 2019 3 mins read 292 views
High NPL in tourism and service incurs Nu 2.5B loss to FIs

High NPL in tourism and service

Dec 22, 2019 3 mins read 323 views
TIP workshop

Briefly

Dec 22, 2019 0 mins read 291 views
Paro FC to face Sri Lanka's Defenders FC

Sports

Dec 20, 2019 1 mins read 304 views
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The fourth round of the Gelephu Mindfulness City volunteer programme, which drew a record 10,000 participants, pushing total participation beyond 22,500, must be celebrated as a national moment. The overwhelming number of volunteer...

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The promise of Bhutan-Thailand Free Trade Agreement

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Dec 25, 2025 2 mins read 1,850 views
Time to open farms to foreign labour

The shortage of farm labour is a real problem faced by farming households across the country.  Over the years, this has...

Dec 24, 2025 2 mins read 1,213 views
Building inclusive sports

For 15-year-old Nima Dema, a student from Tendruk Central School in Samtse, the opportunity to take part in the ongoing...

Dec 23, 2025 2 mins read 1,423 views
Punatsangchhu-I restarts, but at a heavy price

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