July of 2017

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GST could boost business for Phuentsholing

Goods and services tax (GST)

Jul 23, 2017 2 mins read 278 views
Seven years on, GC road yet to be completed in Naro

Roads

Jul 23, 2017 3 mins read 316 views
GST to reduce excise duty refund

Goods and services tax (GST)

Jul 23, 2017 4 mins read 286 views
Licences for 10 education and placement firms cancelled

Department of Adult and Higher Education (DAHE)

Jul 23, 2017 0 mins read 294 views
Life is more than owning property and trips to Bangkok

k2

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 325 views
Helping the disabled stand on their own

k2

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 552 views
All that buzz in Patshaling

Beekeeping

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 281 views
First dharma camp engages 120 youth

Religion

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 308 views
Thromde and volunteers rebuild home for Changzamtok fire victim

Fire accident

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 265 views
13 GC roads blacktopped in Trashigang and Trashiyangtse

Roads

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 321 views
3,844 graduates to vie for 494 vacancies in the civil service

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jul 21, 2017 2 mins read 313 views
Bhutan Trust Fund supports four environment conservation projects

Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (BTFEC)

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 285 views
JICA and Thromde extends waste management project

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 297 views
Women entrepreneurs call for a platform to formalise policies

Bhutan Association of Women Entrepreneurs (BAOWE)

Jul 21, 2017 2 mins read 333 views
Tsirang court acquits a minor of rape

Crime

Jul 21, 2017 0 mins read 340 views
Officials complete cleaning Thruepang

Disaster

Jul 21, 2017 0 mins read 308 views
Unclogged drains save Phuentsholing thromde from flooding

Drains

Jul 21, 2017 2 mins read 317 views
Response to Kuensel's story

Letter to the editor

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 294 views
Take nutrition advice to parents

Editorial

Jul 21, 2017 2 mins read 285 views
ACC detains three Druk PNB officials, begins probing misuse of visa fees in Paro airport

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 676 views
Drayang employees say they are most vulnerable after work

Drayangs

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 326 views
OAG withdraws one tax evader case, ACC to return two seized trucks

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 289 views
E.Coli bacteria found in Thimphu and Paro rivers

Rivers

Jul 21, 2017 2 mins read 322 views
Concert raises about Nu 170,000 for BTO

Bhutan Toilet Organisation (BTO)

Jul 20, 2017 1 mins read 300 views
Health ministry organises aerobic training for trainers

Aerobic

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 309 views
Woman sentenced to three years for involuntary manslaughter

Crime

Jul 20, 2017 1 mins read 325 views
Small potatoes difficult to sell in Samdrupjongkhar

Potatoes

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 313 views
Trade deficit of Nu 10B in the first quarter of 2017

Trade

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 301 views
Court orders Lalchand Prasad of JPLP to pay Nu 22.36M

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Jul 20, 2017 3 mins read 290 views
Maybe we should have zebra crossing again in some places

Letter to the editor

Jul 20, 2017 0 mins read 285 views
When lawmakers break laws

Editorial

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 306 views
Ministry launches e-BMSIS to stream supply

Electronic Bhutan Medical Supplies Inventory System (e-BMSIS)

Jul 20, 2017 3 mins read 342 views
SAP produces record eggs

School Agriculture Programme (SAP)

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 318 views
Windstorm damages 225 acres of fields, affects 810 households

Disaster

Jul 20, 2017 1 mins read 270 views
Firm owner allegedly dupes farmers in five dzongkhags

Crime

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 417 views
House committee breached NA Act and RoP: Speaker

National Assembly

Jul 20, 2017 3 mins read 307 views
Investigation

Investigation

Jul 20, 2017 0 mins read 287 views
Man gets five years for attempted statutory rape

Crime

Jul 19, 2017 1 mins read 305 views
Tsirang seeks flexibility to implement 12th Plan

Tsirang

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 292 views
Rhododendron infestation worries Merak residents

Insect

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 285 views
Unavailability of power tiller parts hamper paddy cultivation

Power tiller

Jul 19, 2017 1 mins read 314 views
Landslides close 13 gewog centre roads to traffic

Disaster

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 339 views
Almost a climate smart gewog

Farming technologies

Jul 19, 2017 4 mins read 294 views
"People are coming to register with us" DNT's general secretary

Politic

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 281 views
Regional tourists: view from the other side

Letter to the editor

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 313 views
Lest our dream remains a dream

Editorial

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 278 views
Census data entry in full swing

Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB)

Jul 19, 2017 1 mins read 269 views
Protests in Sri Lanka affect medical students

Students

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 350 views
Govt. pilots e-procurement in four agencies

e-procurement

Jul 19, 2017 4 mins read 339 views
Training for Drayang personnel

Training

Jul 19, 2017 0 mins read 321 views
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Recents

Best Class X results of the past three years

The Class X results declared today are the best of the past five years. This is the first time in five years that the pass percentage of the Bhutan Council for School Examination and Assessment (BCSEA) has increased drastically compared to the previous year.

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