February of 2013

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A new machine to save more lives

Health

Feb 07, 2013 1 mins read 383 views
Not much activity with health trust fund

Health Trust Fund

Feb 07, 2013 2 mins read 333 views
What happens to the two incumbent parties

Letter to the editor

Feb 07, 2013 1 mins read 344 views
A timely raise

Editorial

Feb 07, 2013 1 mins read 336 views
Truck runs over nine-year old boy

Accident

Feb 07, 2013 1 mins read 372 views
Bhutan makes it to top three

Tourism

Feb 07, 2013 1 mins read 371 views
Gelephu: Lack of timing rule causes inconvenience

Hot Spring

Feb 07, 2013 2 mins read 393 views
Man drowns in Maokhola

Accident

Feb 07, 2013 0 mins read 348 views
Gyalpoizhing Land Case: Same exchange, save for ambiance

Land

Feb 07, 2013 3 mins read 337 views
State Visit: Lyonchhoen in New Delhi to thank India

PM State Visit

Feb 07, 2013 1 mins read 351 views
Ensuring an error free electoral roll

Election

Feb 06, 2013 1 mins read 351 views
It's a load a year a child in Denchukha school

Education

Feb 06, 2013 2 mins read 394 views
Fire guts an attic in Mongar

Fire

Feb 06, 2013 1 mins read 361 views
RICBL to be rated

RICBL

Feb 06, 2013 1 mins read 367 views
Electro mechanical works awarded to BHEL

Hydropower

Feb 06, 2013 1 mins read 410 views
Open up GNH discussions

Letter to the editor

Feb 06, 2013 1 mins read 385 views
Fishing around for candidates

Editorial

Feb 06, 2013 2 mins read 372 views
How to lodge election related complaints?

Parliament

Feb 06, 2013 2 mins read 408 views
Last session of first Parliament begins tomorrow

Parliament

Feb 06, 2013 1 mins read 332 views
Man detained for alleged rape of minor

Crime

Feb 06, 2013 1 mins read 344 views
Allowance up for LG Members

Local government

Feb 06, 2013 2 mins read 397 views
Election 2013: It's time for familiarisation

Election

Feb 06, 2013 2 mins read 415 views
HM meets gups, dzongdas

HM the King

Feb 05, 2013 1 mins read 379 views
Open Futsal Championship:Terton FC, first team to score 17 goals

Futsal

Feb 05, 2013 1 mins read 402 views
Sergi Jatongpa: Of 10 arrested caretaker was released

Crime

Feb 05, 2013 2 mins read 400 views
A village with a town's problems

Water

Feb 05, 2013 2 mins read 402 views
Four more for BKP

Politics

Feb 05, 2013 3 mins read 391 views
Response to observations from an outsider

Letter to the editor

Feb 05, 2013 2 mins read 372 views
Barred

Editorial

Feb 05, 2013 2 mins read 438 views
Daytime black out in east and central region

Power

Feb 05, 2013 2 mins read 418 views
11 cars vandalised in Olakha

Crime

Feb 05, 2013 0 mins read 352 views
Japan grants 164.9M Yen

Bhutan-Japan

Feb 05, 2013 1 mins read 363 views
Political Parties : Goings-on behind "candidate launch"

Politics

Feb 05, 2013 2 mins read 355 views
Requests for charted flights to Japan and Korea

Drukair

Feb 04, 2013 2 mins read 362 views
Druk Air: No drop in fares despite increase in traffic

Drukair

Feb 04, 2013 1 mins read 342 views
A shop for astrology in Zangtopelri

Astrology

Feb 04, 2013 2 mins read 314 views
Gewog development budget to be raised

Funding

Feb 04, 2013 2 mins read 385 views
It sure is a hell of a move of courage

Kuensel

Feb 04, 2013 4 mins read 382 views
Not just a gimmick

Letter to the editor

Feb 04, 2013 1 mins read 401 views
Of moral compass

Editorial

Feb 04, 2013 2 mins read 377 views
Gearing for elections 2013

Election

Feb 04, 2013 0 mins read 347 views
Cancer- did you know?

Health

Feb 04, 2013 2 mins read 392 views
Two vandals caught

Crime

Feb 04, 2013 1 mins read 420 views
Sarpang kidnaps : Security strengthened but questions remain

Sarpang

Feb 04, 2013 2 mins read 369 views
DHI Infra: Construction of education city to begin

DHI

Feb 04, 2013 2 mins read 397 views
Thromde, LG Acts should go along

Dzongdas

Feb 04, 2013 1 mins read 391 views
Dzongda conference: Not our job to provide jobs

Dzongdas

Feb 04, 2013 2 mins read 359 views
Yoezer Events: Futsal championship kicks off

Futsal

Feb 01, 2013 1 mins read 381 views
We are indispensable to each other

Bhutan-India

Feb 01, 2013 3 mins read 353 views
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Recents

Hailstorm damages crops and property in Sarpang

In what residents are describing as the worst hailstorm of their lifetimes, a violent downpour of hailstones swept across Sarpang dzongkhag on April 7, leaving a trail of destruction that damaged homes, poultry farms, vehicles, and standing crops.

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