January of 2015

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A shift of focus (and populace) to the east

East Development Initiative (EDI)

Jan 27, 2015 2 mins read 315 views
Bhutan needs child protection initiatives

Letter to the editor

Jan 27, 2015 1 mins read 299 views
Subjective justice?

Editorial

Jan 27, 2015 2 mins read 355 views
Punatsangchhu-I mulls new dam construction methodology

Hydropower projects

Jan 27, 2015 2 mins read 281 views
Sephu wins claim to disputed cordyceps collection area

Cordyceps

Jan 27, 2015 2 mins read 337 views
Masters programme deed renewed

Education

Jan 27, 2015 1 mins read 297 views
Lhakhang Karpo case - More heads roll

Lhakhang Karpo

Jan 27, 2015 2 mins read 317 views
External debt growing at 9.5 percent

Economy

Jan 27, 2015 2 mins read 303 views
Inflation drops slightly

Inflation

Jan 27, 2015 0 mins read 271 views
Indian community celebrates Republic Day

Republic Day

Jan 26, 2015 2 mins read 0 views
A golden scripture - the source of Zawa's success

Heritage

Jan 26, 2015 2 mins read 310 views
Eighteenth century lhakhang being renovated

Wangditse lhakhang

Jan 26, 2015 2 mins read 293 views
Creating an Hindu Kush Himalayan network

Environment

Jan 26, 2015 1 mins read 320 views
Lapsed tsamdros appropriated by sons of the soils

Pasture lands

Jan 26, 2015 2 mins read 303 views
When elders fear youth..

Letter to the editor

Jan 26, 2015 1 mins read 371 views
A worrisome reverse

Editorial

Jan 26, 2015 2 mins read 295 views
Taxi drivers feel victimised

RSTA

Jan 26, 2015 2 mins read 311 views
Trends in trade

RMA Report

Jan 26, 2015 2 mins read 333 views
Conditional govt. help for private sector

Private sector

Jan 26, 2015 2 mins read 0 views
Conditional govt. help for private sector

Mon Meet

Jan 26, 2015 2 mins read 271 views
HM grants audience in S/jongkhar

HM grants

Jan 26, 2015 0 mins read 265 views
Five students detained for Dharina burglary

Crime

Jan 25, 2015 2 mins read 294 views
Athang connected by farm road

Road

Jan 25, 2015 1 mins read 270 views
Five dzongs nominated for Wold Heritage list

Culture

Jan 25, 2015 2 mins read 312 views
FCB quarterly supply to schools to ensure quality

FCB

Jan 25, 2015 3 mins read 321 views
Four sentenced for armed robbery

Crime

Jan 25, 2015 1 mins read 332 views
Mandarin exports exceed last year's figures

Horticulture

Jan 25, 2015 3 mins read 285 views
Uncontrolled burning of debris

Letter to the editor

Jan 25, 2015 1 mins read 288 views
Treading the last mile

Editorial

Jan 25, 2015 2 mins read 349 views
Swiss software company to upscale operations at IT park

IT Park

Jan 25, 2015 3 mins read 337 views
Fuelwood consumption shoots through the roof

Resources

Jan 25, 2015 1 mins read 317 views
Crying need for detox centre

Abuse

Jan 25, 2015 4 mins read 388 views
Police on lookout for stolen elephant tusk

Crime

Jan 25, 2015 0 mins read 314 views
The Edenlab has landed (or soon will, in Bhutan)

Perpsective

Jan 23, 2015 3 mins read 303 views
New water bird species discovered

Wildlife

Jan 23, 2015 2 mins read 300 views
Kengkhar to switch to biomass cooking stoves

Sustainable Rural Biomass Energy Project (SRBEP)

Jan 23, 2015 1 mins read 327 views
Keeping Tsirang cooperative members in check

Poultry

Jan 23, 2015 1 mins read 331 views
Boom time for `pilgrimage business'

Pilgrimage

Jan 23, 2015 2 mins read 283 views
Lack of bridge frustrates Dangchhu

Natural Resources Development corporation ltd. (NRDCL)

Jan 23, 2015 2 mins read 311 views
A Malady Called Rural-Urban Migration

Perpsective

Jan 23, 2015 3 mins read 0 views
Man injured by arrow trap

Accident

Jan 23, 2015 1 mins read 313 views
Gov't a step closer to legalising DTH TV

Television

Jan 23, 2015 3 mins read 324 views
Bavarian centenarian's bond to Bhutan

Tourism

Jan 23, 2015 3 mins read 294 views
Banks, flush with funds, see profits fall

Banks

Jan 23, 2015 1 mins read 324 views
Aussie dollar going down under

Currency

Jan 23, 2015 2 mins read 330 views
NRDCL clarifies its position on retail timber

Letter to the editor

Jan 23, 2015 2 mins read 492 views
At stake in the lhakhang Karpo case

Editorial

Jan 23, 2015 2 mins read 301 views
The MRP rule - Observed in the breach

Commerce

Jan 23, 2015 2 mins read 323 views
Development's `poster child' still has some way to go

Millennium Development Goal (MDG)

Jan 23, 2015 3 mins read 293 views
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