June of 2014

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Proposed vehicle tax dashes hopes

Tax

Jun 12, 2014 3 mins read 338 views
National Council votes against fuel tax

Tax

Jun 12, 2014 2 mins read 327 views
Lord Buddha's Parinirvana

Lord Buddha's Parinirvana

Jun 12, 2014 0 mins read 364 views
More than 40 acres of fallow wetland to be re-cultivated soon

Agriculture

Jun 11, 2014 2 mins read 331 views
Highlanders lack land to build houses

Land

Jun 11, 2014 2 mins read 337 views
Of employment opportunities within the country

Letter to the editor

Jun 11, 2014 1 mins read 369 views
Concerted action against health issues

Health

Jun 11, 2014 2 mins read 354 views
Taxing the taxed

Editorial

Jun 11, 2014 2 mins read 381 views
Council warns of likely inflation

National Council (NC)

Jun 11, 2014 3 mins read 391 views
Drivers being deprived of precious drops

Survey

Jun 11, 2014 2 mins read 371 views
A fatter pay package awaits MPs

National Assembly

Jun 11, 2014 2 mins read 386 views
National Integrity and Anti-Corruption Strategy

National Integrity and Anti-Corruption Strategy (NIACS)

Jun 11, 2014 0 mins read 342 views
Clash between progress and tradition

Nye

Jun 10, 2014 2 mins read 411 views
The pool vehicle experiment

Department of forest and park services (DoFPS)

Jun 10, 2014 2 mins read 398 views
Economic affairs minister fields queries on fiscal matters

National Assembly

Jun 10, 2014 2 mins read 402 views
Preliminary examination status still vague

Letter to the editor

Jun 10, 2014 1 mins read 357 views
An eventful weekend

Editorial

Jun 10, 2014 2 mins read 454 views
Ministers quizzed on prelim exams and BOIC

National Assembly

Jun 10, 2014 2 mins read 343 views
Local porn on social media

Crime

Jun 10, 2014 3 mins read 876 views
Small tax cut for smaller cars

Finance

Jun 10, 2014 3 mins read 338 views
Big hole in the `Hole in the Wall' project

Crime

Jun 09, 2014 2 mins read 429 views
Facilitating official spending

Bank of Bhutan Limited (BOBL)

Jun 09, 2014 2 mins read 376 views
8-month old vacancy left by late tshogpa yet to be filled

Namdoling

Jun 09, 2014 1 mins read 376 views
A curtain comes down on a 39-year-old stint

JDWNRH

Jun 09, 2014 2 mins read 380 views
The brunt of being single mothers

Letter to the editor

Jun 09, 2014 1 mins read 386 views
A flawed law?

Editorial

Jun 09, 2014 2 mins read 424 views
No further light shed on ER brawl

JDWNRH

Jun 09, 2014 1 mins read 334 views
Two act better as one

RENEW

Jun 09, 2014 2 mins read 393 views
Council says nay to used electric cars

Electric cars

Jun 09, 2014 3 mins read 398 views
No budget, no activity

Finance

Jun 09, 2014 4 mins read 387 views
Assembly

National Assembly

Jun 09, 2014 0 mins read 0 views
Green to face Thimphu UTD in the final

Archery

Jun 08, 2014 1 mins read 422 views
Where failing Bhutanese hearts are fixed

Health

Jun 08, 2014 5 mins read 366 views
Building on `borrowed' land

Land

Jun 08, 2014 2 mins read 378 views
The elevator rider

Elevator rider

Jun 08, 2014 1 mins read 432 views
Tashi Air adds Kathmandu to its route

Aviation

Jun 08, 2014 1 mins read 418 views
Woman charges pharmacist with assault

JDWNRH

Jun 08, 2014 2 mins read 409 views
Kudos to the opposition party

Letter to the editor

Jun 08, 2014 1 mins read 347 views
The occasional capital

Editorial

Jun 08, 2014 2 mins read 407 views
Tobacco Act amended . yet again

National Assembly

Jun 08, 2014 2 mins read 362 views
Tara Lhaden Zhingkham lhakhang sanctified

Tara Lhakhang

Jun 08, 2014 1 mins read 409 views
Tax exemption for small/micro business

Bhutan Income Tax (BIT)

Jun 08, 2014 2 mins read 403 views
State of the economy - A spike and then two drops

Finance

Jun 08, 2014 2 mins read 357 views
Entry suspended for foreign workers'

Labour

Jun 08, 2014 0 mins read 354 views
Grand inauguration of Tara lhakhang at Pangrizampa

Tara Lhakhang

Jun 06, 2014 2 mins read 451 views
British India and Bhutan up to 1932

Bhutan-India

Jun 06, 2014 6 mins read 497 views
Grassroots game changer

Farmroad

Jun 06, 2014 5 mins read 334 views
A Mobile Clinic

Health

Jun 06, 2014 1 mins read 374 views
Irrigation priority at par with farm roads

Agriculture

Jun 06, 2014 2 mins read 353 views
Fifth construction expo began yesterday

Exhibition

Jun 06, 2014 2 mins read 358 views
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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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