July of 2014

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Don't let them be history

Letter to the editor

Jul 27, 2014 1 mins read 399 views
Employable graduates

Editorial

Jul 27, 2014 2 mins read 446 views
Farmers secretive about herbicide use

Agriculture

Jul 27, 2014 1 mins read 410 views
Month's preparation time pre superannuation

RCSC

Jul 27, 2014 2 mins read 427 views
Another arrow victim, this time in S/J

Accident

Jul 27, 2014 1 mins read 394 views
Developing a thromde

Dzongkhag tshogdu (DT)

Jul 27, 2014 2 mins read 424 views
Joint technical field survey report endorsed

Border

Jul 27, 2014 1 mins read 495 views
Nima Construction challenges ACC's suspension order

Anti Corruption Commission's (ACC)

Jul 27, 2014 3 mins read 445 views
Man dies from suspected fatal fall

Accident

Jul 25, 2014 1 mins read 420 views
20 teams set for elimination round

Archery

Jul 25, 2014 1 mins read 524 views
All About Animals

Perpsective

Jul 25, 2014 4 mins read 534 views
Unfair trade practices in public transport

Dzongkhag tshogdu (DT)

Jul 25, 2014 2 mins read 438 views
Yudhiri bridge receives DT support

Dzongkhag tshogdu (DT)

Jul 25, 2014 2 mins read 413 views
Tomatoes become dearer

Tomatoes

Jul 25, 2014 1 mins read 464 views
Road quality should be ensured: PM

Road

Jul 25, 2014 2 mins read 478 views
Having a say in what our children speak

Perpsective

Jul 25, 2014 4 mins read 422 views
Landowners landed in dilemma

Land

Jul 25, 2014 2 mins read 473 views
Only 226 of the 665 available vacancies filled

Employment

Jul 25, 2014 2 mins read 620 views
DoR to construct and maintain GC roads

Road

Jul 25, 2014 2 mins read 432 views
Dialogue for better democracy

Democracy

Jul 25, 2014 3 mins read 415 views
Let's get talking - Online

Letter to the editor

Jul 25, 2014 2 mins read 442 views
A logical rural land tax

Editorial

Jul 25, 2014 2 mins read 468 views
Police serious about porn clip sharing

Crime

Jul 25, 2014 3 mins read 497 views
Interest free education loan

Education

Jul 25, 2014 2 mins read 411 views
PDP govt. completes a year in office

PDP government

Jul 25, 2014 3 mins read 465 views
Paro farmers appeal for tax rollback

Appeal

Jul 24, 2014 2 mins read 420 views
Nganglam's milky way

Milk

Jul 24, 2014 2 mins read 388 views
Country's first diploma course in survey

Dewathang

Jul 24, 2014 2 mins read 387 views
Modern processing units to commercialise rice farming

Agriculture

Jul 24, 2014 2 mins read 429 views
Nikachu project to ensure minimal damage

Hydropower projects

Jul 24, 2014 2 mins read 416 views
Bid to raise land tax resubmitted

Mongar dzongkhag tshogdu (DT)

Jul 24, 2014 1 mins read 442 views
Let people have their say in mining

Letter to the editor

Jul 24, 2014 2 mins read 436 views
Major minor issue

Editorial

Jul 24, 2014 2 mins read 495 views
First e-taxi makes a quiet start

Transport

Jul 24, 2014 2 mins read 479 views
Bhutan and Nepal hold bilateral discussions

Diplomacy

Jul 24, 2014 1 mins read 473 views
Bhutan backs bid for SAARC development bank .

SAFTA

Jul 24, 2014 3 mins read 613 views
13 minors raped in five months

Crime

Jul 24, 2014 2 mins read 513 views
Agri - Flori expo

Agri - Flori expo

Jul 24, 2014 0 mins read 433 views
Relocation delay worries Duksum residents

Duksum

Jul 23, 2014 2 mins read 438 views
The woman choeshum-maker

Profile

Jul 23, 2014 1 mins read 555 views
EEG smartphone app to diagnose seizure disorder

Epilepsy

Jul 23, 2014 2 mins read 434 views
Rainbow realm

Editorial

Jul 23, 2014 2 mins read 515 views
Man accused of taking hotelier and taxi driver for a ride

Crime

Jul 23, 2014 1 mins read 417 views
Project sanctions Nu 30M for Trongsa dzong renovation

Hydropower projects

Jul 23, 2014 2 mins read 417 views
Dzee snatcher gets three-year sentence

Crime

Jul 23, 2014 1 mins read 446 views
Illegal settlers given six months to vacate govt. land

Land

Jul 23, 2014 2 mins read 464 views
Bhutan and Bangladesh to consider free trade agreement

SAARC

Jul 23, 2014 2 mins read 392 views
Electric blue (and not green)

Electric taxis

Jul 22, 2014 2 mins read 415 views
Mitsi Gopen - An ex-cook's second calling

Profile

Jul 22, 2014 3 mins read 413 views
Nikachu project gets NEC clean chit

Hydropower projects

Jul 22, 2014 2 mins read 557 views
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Recents

Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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