July of 2017

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Five-year-old dies in accident

Accident

Jul 31, 2017 0 mins read 275 views
Transport Utd and Thimphu City grab last minute win

Football

Jul 31, 2017 3 mins read 263 views
Accident kills one, injures another

Accident

Jul 31, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
Narphung landslide washes away a hut

Disaster

Jul 31, 2017 1 mins read 236 views
Agriculture sector commits to meet APA targets

Annual Performance Agreement (APA)

Jul 31, 2017 2 mins read 287 views
DAHE clarifies on alleged mistreatment of students overseas

Letter to the editor

Jul 31, 2017 1 mins read 306 views
It's been wait a little too long

Editorial

Jul 31, 2017 2 mins read 236 views
About 180 fined for non-compliance to trade and tobacco law

Tobacco

Jul 31, 2017 2 mins read 257 views
Amochu bridge to miss another deadline

Bridge

Jul 31, 2017 2 mins read 274 views
Bhutan at moderate risk of debt distress: WB

Debt sustainability analysis (DSA)

Jul 31, 2017 3 mins read 273 views
World Ranger Day honours fallen heroes

World Ranger Day

Jul 31, 2017 4 mins read 223 views
Supporting Gasa's organic farmers

Organic

Jul 31, 2017 0 mins read 212 views
Sertog - Turret

k2

Jul 28, 2017 2 mins read 250 views
Trust that saves animals from abattoirs

k2

Jul 28, 2017 4 mins read 253 views
Third hearing of the Damphu CS principal and cook case held

Crime

Jul 30, 2017 1 mins read 269 views
Except for six students, classes for other still on hold

Schools

Jul 30, 2017 2 mins read 215 views
Nursing students not mistreated

Letter to the editor

Jul 30, 2017 1 mins read 187 views
Blame game must stop

Editorial

Jul 30, 2017 2 mins read 207 views
Celebrating Bhutan's frontline foresters

Forest

Jul 30, 2017 2 mins read 187 views
Tiger day focuses on prey base preservation

Global Tiger Day

Jul 30, 2017 1 mins read 189 views
Cabinet yet to respond on specialist retention strategy

Cabinet

Jul 30, 2017 2 mins read 212 views
ECB denies registration to Druk Kuenphen Tshogpa

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Jul 30, 2017 4 mins read 204 views
School reopens on August 1

Schools

Jul 30, 2017 0 mins read 203 views
Education and agriculture ministries sign APA

Annual Performance Agreement (APA)

Jul 28, 2017 2 mins read 213 views
Widening work on Trashigang-Kanglung to complete by March 2018

Roads

Jul 28, 2017 2 mins read 194 views
Time for a closer look at universal human values

Perspective

Jul 28, 2017 7 mins read 226 views
Youth propose eight projects to help communities

Youth

Jul 28, 2017 2 mins read 202 views
Gewog leaders say GDG is important

Gewog Development Grant (GDG)

Jul 28, 2017 2 mins read 206 views
Four detained for a man's death

Crime

Jul 28, 2017 1 mins read 188 views
Mountain Echoes prepares to roll on

Mountain Echoes

Jul 28, 2017 1 mins read 192 views
Grievances trigger House Committee's dissolution

National Assembly

Jul 28, 2017 3 mins read 171 views
Addressing the SP+ issue

Letter to the editor

Jul 28, 2017 1 mins read 223 views
Some thoughts as we head back to school

Editorial

Jul 28, 2017 2 mins read 200 views
BNCA extends TAP services to four regions

Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA)

Jul 28, 2017 1 mins read 170 views
Ten years on, another attempt made to establish forensic services

Forensic services

Jul 28, 2017 2 mins read 191 views
Boy united with mother

Missing

Jul 28, 2017 1 mins read 194 views
Royal Bengal Tiger spotted above 11,000 ft

Tiger

Jul 28, 2017 1 mins read 201 views
Fiscal Incentives policy becomes an Act

Fiscal Incentives

Jul 28, 2017 4 mins read 205 views
Withdrawal of cases may set poor precedent

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Jul 28, 2017 3 mins read 192 views
Fifth Global Tiger Day today

Global Tiger Day

Jul 28, 2017 0 mins read 180 views
Trashigang thromde gets its first open-air gym

Trashigang

Jul 27, 2017 2 mins read 191 views
Blood donation campaign collects 84 units

Blood donation

Jul 27, 2017 1 mins read 210 views
Empowering women through recycled waste

Waste

Jul 27, 2017 2 mins read 214 views
Making drayangs safe

Letter to the editor

Jul 27, 2017 1 mins read 194 views
Ruling a change

Editorial

Jul 27, 2017 2 mins read 200 views
Bus service for students a success

Transport

Jul 27, 2017 1 mins read 195 views
Approach road and a bridge to connect between Taba and Pamtsho

Bridge

Jul 27, 2017 1 mins read 189 views
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Recents

Symbol of friendship: His Majesty gifts takins to Thai Royals

As a royal gift from His Majesty The King of Bhutan, a pair of takins (one female and one male) are being gifted to Their Majesties The King and Queen of Thailand. The translocation of the two takins from Bhutan to Thailand is expected around January 2026, pending royal approval, according to the Acting Chairman of the Board of the Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand, Jade Donavanik.

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A sound problem!

“Sound check, sound check!” If you’ve attended a meeting, seminar, or workshop lately, you have likely heard this familiar phrase, usually followed by screeching microphones, echoing sound systems, or a projector refusing to cooperate.

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Justice sector must fast track before His Majesty’s 10-year vision goes up in smoke

His Majesty's pace on GMC Airport construction must be taken as an example to reform the justice sector's sluggish progress on the 10-year transformation goals outlined in December 2024. Seven months have passed since His Majesty the King delivered his transformative Royal Address on December 17, 2024, during the 117th National Day celebrations. In that pivotal address, His Majesty articulated a c

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