January of 2017

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Interbank online payment gateway to be launched next month

Banking

Jan 22, 2017 2 mins read 396 views
Khenpo Karpo Rinpoche remains in Thugdam in Thailand

Obituary

Jan 22, 2017 1 mins read 425 views
Bus accident pilgrims to reach Delhi today

Accident

Jan 22, 2017 1 mins read 432 views
Abortion cases on the rise

Health

Jan 22, 2017 2 mins read 408 views
His Majesty The King in Pemagatshel

His Majesty The King

Jan 22, 2017 1 mins read 473 views
Major sports facilities in the pipeline

Infrastructures

Jan 20, 2017 2 mins read 420 views
Khenpo Karpo passes away, remains in meditative state

Obituary

Jan 20, 2017 2 mins read 438 views
Bumthang without green chillies for third week

Vegetables

Jan 20, 2017 1 mins read 370 views
Group begins winter production of vegetables

Vegetables

Jan 20, 2017 1 mins read 383 views
JSW School of Law's first class

Perspective

Jan 20, 2017 8 mins read 412 views
Tour operators skeptical of Bhutan-Korea friendship offer

Tourism

Jan 20, 2017 3 mins read 421 views
Lunana facing B-mobile connectivity problems for past year

ICT (Information and communications technology)

Jan 20, 2017 1 mins read 417 views
Solving Trashigang's traffic jams

Traffic

Jan 20, 2017 2 mins read 416 views
Highlands menaced by feral dogs

Dogs

Jan 20, 2017 2 mins read 435 views
Martshala's stray dogs raid maize fields

Dogs

Jan 20, 2017 2 mins read 403 views
Loan sharks will always circle

Letter to the editor

Jan 20, 2017 1 mins read 408 views
PPP needs to penetrate into gewogs and villages

Editorial

Jan 20, 2017 1 mins read 398 views
PM meets with people of Chang gewog

PM visits

Jan 20, 2017 1 mins read 413 views
Hema Hema producers challenge BICMA ruling

Film

Jan 20, 2017 3 mins read 402 views
Indian trucks operating in Bhutan: Truckers

Transport

Jan 20, 2017 3 mins read 425 views
Future of human-wildlife committees uncertain

Human-Wildlife Conflict committees

Jan 20, 2017 3 mins read 434 views
Bear caught, brought to Thimphu for rehabilitation

Wildlife

Jan 19, 2017 1 mins read 408 views
Governance under the Fourth Druk Gyalpo - V

Perspective

Jan 19, 2017 5 mins read 408 views
Firecrackers should be banned

Letter to the editor

Jan 19, 2017 1 mins read 460 views
Consider Romeo and Juliet laws

Editorial

Jan 19, 2017 2 mins read 582 views
Man acquitted of drug trafficking charges

Legal

Jan 19, 2017 2 mins read 461 views
DPT does not appeal verdict

Legal

Jan 19, 2017 2 mins read 436 views
RBP to study need to station police personnel at gewog level

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Jan 19, 2017 2 mins read 455 views
Bhutan and UAE to strengthen collaboration

Diplomacy

Jan 18, 2017 0 mins read 463 views
PM meets Cuban ambassador

Diplomacy

Jan 18, 2017 1 mins read 412 views
Yarkay donates furniture to Thimphu crematorium

Donation

Jan 18, 2017 1 mins read 394 views
Conservation of T'gang Dzong on track

Trashigang Dzong

Jan 18, 2017 2 mins read 436 views
Governance under the Fourth Druk Gyalpo - IV

Perspective

Jan 18, 2017 5 mins read 426 views
Dzongkha as a mandatory subject

Letter to the editor

Jan 18, 2017 1 mins read 458 views
Where does our priority lie?

Editorial

Jan 18, 2017 1 mins read 434 views
Bhutan-Korea friendship offer launched

Tourism

Jan 18, 2017 1 mins read 405 views
New asset declaration rules in the offing

Assets

Jan 18, 2017 2 mins read 407 views
Bhutan participates in Asia Cooperation Dialogue meeting

Energy

Jan 18, 2017 1 mins read 429 views
INR withdrawal amount from ATMs in India doubled

Currency

Jan 18, 2017 1 mins read 413 views
Gups want statutory rape laws amended

LG

Jan 18, 2017 2 mins read 451 views
PM meets Japanese Olympic gold medalist

Athletics

Jan 17, 2017 1 mins read 475 views
Camp Raven in S/J concludes

Youth

Jan 17, 2017 2 mins read 403 views
Governance under the Fourth Druk Gyalpo - Part III

Perspective

Jan 17, 2017 5 mins read 421 views
Let's stop littering

Letter to the editor

Jan 17, 2017 1 mins read 404 views
Retain the post of geydrung

Editorial

Jan 17, 2017 2 mins read 409 views
Police rule out foul play after body found in workshop toilet

Accident

Jan 17, 2017 1 mins read 441 views
Man acquitted in drug case

Verdict

Jan 17, 2017 2 mins read 549 views
Water shortage causes fallowing of land in Dagana

Water

Jan 17, 2017 2 mins read 422 views
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NC revisits reservations to the CRPD

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National Council refers Livestock Bill back to Committee for review

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Your Body, Your First Responsibility

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Urgent call to skill our youth

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Beyond the statistics

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An auspicious beginning

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Recents

Fourth thromde elections set for July 15

The dhamngoi zomdu (candidate selection meetings) for Thrompon candidates will begin for the fourth local government elections of Thimphu and Phuentsholing Thromde Tshogdes, scheduled for July 15, according to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB).

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Drayang closure to remain permanent

More than two years after promising to review the closure of drayangs, the government has ruled out the possibility of reviving the entertainment venues, signalling a definitive end to an industry that once formed a significant part of the country’s nightlife economy.

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