July of 2012

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A demand for skilled operators

Employment

Jul 05, 2012 2 mins read 460 views
First private school celebrates silver jubilee

Kelki Higher Secondary School

Jul 05, 2012 2 mins read 449 views
P/ling depot shut down to optimise supply

PCAL

Jul 05, 2012 2 mins read 422 views
The zebra crossings drivers ignore

Letter to the editor

Jul 05, 2012 2 mins read 435 views
Home rule

Editorial

Jul 05, 2012 2 mins read 454 views
Majority endorsement received

National Assembly

Jul 05, 2012 1 mins read 434 views
Reclaiming encroached upon pastureland

Pastureland

Jul 05, 2012 2 mins read 380 views
Fresh roadblocks on just cleared Rakshadangra

Roadblock

Jul 05, 2012 1 mins read 401 views
Boozers can breathe easy

National Assembly

Jul 05, 2012 2 mins read 408 views
Council members demand ACC investigation

National Assembly

Jul 05, 2012 3 mins read 381 views
Farewell

Bhutan-Denmark

Jul 04, 2012 0 mins read 466 views
RBA contingent for final phase

Lake

Jul 04, 2012 2 mins read 506 views
Violators pay Nu 32,000 in a day

Waste

Jul 04, 2012 2 mins read 402 views
All talk of private players is premature

Hydropower Project

Jul 04, 2012 1 mins read 399 views
Increase promotions for diploma holders

Letter to the editor

Jul 04, 2012 1 mins read 406 views
The unemployment turnaround

Editorial

Jul 04, 2012 2 mins read 409 views
Guilty let off with a fine; OAG may appeal to HC

Fake Note

Jul 04, 2012 1 mins read 404 views
Six chortens broken into in a fortnight

Crime

Jul 04, 2012 1 mins read 428 views
Managing human-wildlife conflict together

National Council

Jul 04, 2012 2 mins read 453 views
Foreign currencies confiscated

Customs

Jul 04, 2012 1 mins read 403 views
Inching towards enactment

National Assembly

Jul 04, 2012 2 mins read 383 views
Council members fear it's a breach of law

National Assembly

Jul 04, 2012 2 mins read 406 views
Down to 2.1 percent, says labour minister

National Assembly

Jul 03, 2012 2 mins read 398 views
Taking relations to the next level?

Bhutan-China

Jul 03, 2012 1 mins read 433 views
Diplomatic relations

Bhutan-Mauritius

Jul 03, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Be humble and take interest in your first job: PM

Royal Thimphu College (RTC)

Jul 03, 2012 1 mins read 406 views
Leased airbus to arrive August end

Drukair

Jul 03, 2012 1 mins read 419 views
The unemployed figures

Letter to the editor

Jul 03, 2012 1 mins read 419 views
Hard choices

Editorial

Jul 03, 2012 2 mins read 449 views
Cooking a nutritious solution

National Assembly

Jul 03, 2012 2 mins read 382 views
First-ever private member's bill withdrawn

National Assembly

Jul 03, 2012 2 mins read 453 views
Set aside for the next Parliament

Parliament

Jul 03, 2012 3 mins read 422 views
Assembly snubs council's hope

National Council

Jul 03, 2012 3 mins read 442 views
Paro youth put through the paces

Basketball

Jul 02, 2012 1 mins read 447 views
Five years after planning, construction to start at last

Gelephu Hospital

Jul 02, 2012 1 mins read 447 views
Absconding labourers caught and brought back

Crime

Jul 02, 2012 2 mins read 419 views
Reopened shed opens market for local vegetables

Agriculture

Jul 02, 2012 1 mins read 427 views
Users reconnnected after a week

Telecom

Jul 02, 2012 1 mins read 451 views
Keeping a record of almost lost tongues

Project

Jul 02, 2012 1 mins read 425 views
Raise cut off point to address overcrowded schools

Letter to the editor

Jul 02, 2012 1 mins read 436 views
Changing labour conditions

Editorial

Jul 02, 2012 2 mins read 393 views
The footprints of pedestrian day

NEC

Jul 02, 2012 2 mins read 495 views
Bhutan's relations with its giant neighbours

Diplomacy

Jul 02, 2012 2 mins read 387 views
Upward mobility for diploma holders

RCSC

Jul 02, 2012 1 mins read 430 views
End to generator fed power

Power

Jul 02, 2012 1 mins read 466 views
NC mulling nationalisation

National Council

Jul 02, 2012 2 mins read 422 views
HM

Conference

Jul 02, 2012 0 mins read 476 views
Farm Mechanisation: Gewogs say good-bye to bulls

Agriculture

Jul 01, 2012 2 mins read 448 views
Kathri by the Je Khenpo begins in Haa

Je Khenpo

Jul 01, 2012 0 mins read 442 views
Cordyceps fetch good price

Cordyceps

Jul 01, 2012 0 mins read 368 views
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