January of 2021

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Taktse BHU construction to begin this week

Health

Jan 26, 2021 1 mins read 147 views
Travel without quarantine from T/phu is only for stranded people

Health

Jan 26, 2021 2 mins read 139 views
Working out at homes is the new trend

Labour

Jan 26, 2021 2 mins read 168 views
Trashigang farmers benefit from pandemic

Agriculture

Jan 26, 2021 1 mins read 125 views
Preserve chillies

Letter to the editor

Jan 26, 2021 1 mins read 150 views
Ministry should make NNC a success

Editorial

Jan 26, 2021 2 mins read 213 views
Punatsangchhu Project II labour shortage continues

Hydro power

Jan 26, 2021 3 mins read 154 views
Bhutan rises five places in UN's Human Development Index

Foreign Affairs

Jan 26, 2021 3 mins read 143 views
Residents watch tshechu live on Facebook

Festival

Jan 26, 2021 1 mins read 167 views
Inflation slows in the third quarter

Economy

Jan 26, 2021 1 mins read 156 views
Schools to have New Normal Curriculum 2021: REC

Education

Jan 26, 2021 4 mins read 158 views
Bilateral relationship geared to respond to the needs of the 21st century

Perspective

Jan 25, 2021 6 mins read 160 views
FAB and NFC at loggerheads

Entertainment

Jan 25, 2021 5 mins read 149 views
ECB registers voters for the upcoming thromde election

Election

Jan 25, 2021 1 mins read 135 views
Gelephu businesswoman rebutts

Crime

Jan 25, 2021 2 mins read 161 views
The farmer market issue

Letter to the editor

Jan 25, 2021 1 mins read 149 views
Opportunities slipping by?

Editorial

Jan 25, 2021 2 mins read 147 views
A farmer who is also an entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs

Jan 25, 2021 1 mins read 178 views
Paro transitions to green zone

Health

Jan 25, 2021 1 mins read 149 views
Cabinet rejects proposal to lift import ban on chillies

Trade

Jan 25, 2021 2 mins read 129 views
Education ministry cancels relocation of students and teachers

Education

Jan 25, 2021 2 mins read 139 views
Improper distribution system incur farmers losses

Trade

Jan 24, 2021 5 mins read 153 views
Tokyo Olympic to be held as planned

Sports

Jan 24, 2021 2 mins read 160 views
Lhamoidzingkha continues as high-risk zone

Health

Jan 24, 2021 1 mins read 179 views
Pests hamper chilli production in Sarpang

Agriculture

Jan 24, 2021 2 mins read 164 views
A pothole-riddled highway

Letter to the editor

Jan 24, 2021 0 mins read 147 views
Ministry's indecision expansive and detrimental

Editorial

Jan 24, 2021 1 mins read 161 views
Gelephu thromde asks garment vendors to vacate

Thromde

Jan 24, 2021 1 mins read 151 views
Govt. should decide on raw electricity export or value-added export

Hydro power

Jan 24, 2021 2 mins read 154 views
Residents along Thimphu- P/ling highway worried

Health

Jan 24, 2021 1 mins read 187 views
Collective responsibility would stop the outbreak: Sowai Lyonpo

Health

Jan 24, 2021 3 mins read 133 views
Tourism identified as a key driver to realise USD 10B GDP target

Tourism

Jan 24, 2021 3 mins read 208 views
Highland sales counter in Haa struggles to sell products

Highlander

Jan 22, 2021 2 mins read 177 views
Living a dream of being an entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs

Jan 22, 2021 1 mins read 157 views
A Promise Kept

Perspective

Jan 22, 2021 3 mins read 156 views
Handicraft shopowners fear starting new business will not be viable

Handicrafts

Jan 22, 2021 2 mins read 173 views
APEMS in Sri Lanka hope for government support

Education

Jan 22, 2021 2 mins read 153 views
Wangdue Dzong construction on schedule

Culture

Jan 22, 2021 1 mins read 152 views
Taskforce to review SOP

Health

Jan 22, 2021 3 mins read 164 views
Laws do not set double standards, implementers do

Letter to the editor

Jan 22, 2021 2 mins read 156 views
The reality

Editorial

Jan 22, 2021 2 mins read 154 views
Three-star hotel under ACC "freeze notice" getting damaged

ACC-RAA-OAG

Jan 22, 2021 2 mins read 149 views
Offices and institutions in Thimphu could open only next month

Health

Jan 22, 2021 2 mins read 186 views
Education ministry's indecision tortures P/ling teachers and parents

Education

Jan 22, 2021 3 mins read 142 views
Economic Roadmap targets GDP of USD 10B by 2030

Economy

Jan 22, 2021 4 mins read 163 views
Rangjung water woes to end by June this year

Water

Jan 21, 2021 1 mins read 166 views
Lockdown causes Nu 3.5M loss to Drugyel Dzong restoration project

Culture

Jan 21, 2021 1 mins read 154 views
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Leave the US with dignity

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When silence becomes a risk

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70% seek jobs abroad?

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New vegetable market under construction in Samtse

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Major financial sector reforms crucial to realising 13th Plan goals

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Criminalising copyright violations

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A crisis of image—and of accountability

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Recents

Learning from the Tading experience

While much of the country debates taxes on fixed deposit interests, GST, and the legality of certain parliamentary decisions, something more quietly transformational is happening in Tading, Samtse. There, residents are reaping the benefits, modest it may be,of smart infrastructure planning and decisive execution.

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