July of 2017

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Cordyceps auction goes for Nu 2.5 million

Cordyceps

Jul 14, 2017 3 mins read 164 views
Improve rural lives to prevent goongtongs

Letter to the editor

Jul 14, 2017 1 mins read 145 views
The cost of delayed projects

Editorial

Jul 14, 2017 2 mins read 174 views
Manitar-Raidak-Lhamoizinkha highway remains blocked

Roads

Jul 14, 2017 1 mins read 178 views
Parties should elect office bearers: ECB

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Jul 14, 2017 2 mins read 144 views
RAA to review judiciary system and practices

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Jul 14, 2017 1 mins read 169 views
GST hits Bhutanese industries

Goods and services tax (GST)

Jul 14, 2017 2 mins read 137 views
Govt. still studying the impacts of GST system

Goods and services tax (GST)

Jul 14, 2017 3 mins read 160 views
BNCA penalises more than 25 for lighting up

Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA)

Jul 14, 2017 0 mins read 136 views
The Sarpangseer ascetic goes missing

Missing

Jul 13, 2017 1 mins read 156 views
Rainwater helps Pelrithang farmers transplant paddy

Agriculture

Jul 13, 2017 2 mins read 148 views
195 participants to compete in Gokab

Events

Jul 13, 2017 1 mins read 149 views
Cheri Monastery accuses former Gup of encroaching onto its land

Land

Jul 13, 2017 1 mins read 148 views
We need functioning ATMs

Letter to the editor

Jul 13, 2017 1 mins read 108 views
Lessons from Merak

Editorial

Jul 13, 2017 2 mins read 163 views
Robust CSI growth, although there is lack of diversity

Cottage and Small Industry (CSI)

Jul 13, 2017 2 mins read 142 views
Teenage pregnancy still high in Trashigang

Teenage pregnancy

Jul 13, 2017 2 mins read 150 views
GST hits cement export

Goods and services tax (GST)

Jul 13, 2017 2 mins read 189 views
Dengue fever outbreak in three dzongkhags

Health disease

Jul 13, 2017 2 mins read 157 views
Drukair cancels Bumthang flights

Drukair

Jul 13, 2017 0 mins read 158 views
Tennis coaching camp popular among students

Tennis

Jul 12, 2017 2 mins read 129 views
Harmonising Won-Buddhism and Happiness

Workshop

Jul 12, 2017 1 mins read 155 views
Could harvesting rainwater solve water shortage?

Water

Jul 12, 2017 2 mins read 151 views
Nu 11B non-performing loans

Non-performing loans (NPL)

Jul 12, 2017 2 mins read 127 views
Roadblocks cleared but travellers cautioned

Roads

Jul 12, 2017 1 mins read 135 views
Water shortage in Olakha

Letter to the editor

Jul 12, 2017 1 mins read 146 views
Alternative facts matter

Editorial

Jul 12, 2017 2 mins read 185 views
Ambassadors call on Prime Minister

Ambassadors

Jul 12, 2017 1 mins read 150 views
OAG charges former Chang gup and land officials for encroaching on state land

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Jul 12, 2017 2 mins read 139 views
Former Chang gup charged for violating Land Act, 1979

Crime

Jul 12, 2017 2 mins read 149 views
ECB prepares for 2018 elections

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Jul 12, 2017 3 mins read 140 views
Development help curb goongtong in Merak

Merak

Jul 12, 2017 2 mins read 125 views
RCSC extends PE registration

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jul 12, 2017 0 mins read 170 views
Boys bag golden youth camp awards

Award

Jul 11, 2017 2 mins read 138 views
Yosha, the highlander's speciality

Fermented cheese

Jul 11, 2017 3 mins read 137 views
Graceful Prinia takes bird species to 722

Bird

Jul 11, 2017 2 mins read 151 views
Thromde should distribute water

Letter to the editor

Jul 11, 2017 1 mins read 125 views
Increase local rice production

Editorial

Jul 11, 2017 2 mins read 160 views
BDBL's branch in-charge detained for alleged burglary

Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL)

Jul 11, 2017 1 mins read 139 views
Weather to improve after 72 hours: NCHM

Weather

Jul 11, 2017 1 mins read 162 views
Gewog based policing set up in Haa and Paro

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Jul 11, 2017 1 mins read 155 views
With change coming, Merak is losing its soul

Merak

Jul 11, 2017 4 mins read 165 views
Damchu-Chukha bypass misses fourth deadline

Roads

Jul 11, 2017 2 mins read 148 views
Coronation Cup update

Football

Jul 11, 2017 0 mins read 142 views
Jachungs lead the Coronation Cup tournament

Basketball

Jul 10, 2017 1 mins read 130 views
The season for power tiller operators

Power tiller

Jul 10, 2017 2 mins read 154 views
Job plan designed to address youth unemployment

Labour

Jul 10, 2017 2 mins read 138 views
The same problems over and over again

Letter to the editor

Jul 10, 2017 1 mins read 146 views
Monsoon woes

Editorial

Jul 10, 2017 2 mins read 187 views
Man arrested for alleged burglary at Taktsang

Crime

Jul 10, 2017 0 mins read 154 views
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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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