March of 2019

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Construction safety questioned after fire incident

Fire accident

Mar 08, 2019 1 mins read 477 views
Gelephu running out of gas (LPG)

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Mar 08, 2019 2 mins read 269 views
From aid to trade

Round Table Meeting (RTM)

Mar 08, 2019 2 mins read 260 views
Share prices surge, RSEBL revises circuit breaker

Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan (RSEB)

Mar 08, 2019 2 mins read 308 views
Be aware of plastic containers

Letter to the editor

Mar 08, 2019 1 mins read 234 views
The first 120 days

Editorial

Mar 08, 2019 2 mins read 265 views
Most of the 25 pledges fulfilled: PM

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering

Mar 08, 2019 4 mins read 272 views
Two in five women experience partner violence

International Women's Day

Mar 08, 2019 3 mins read 272 views
Private school owners cry foul

Schools

Mar 08, 2019 4 mins read 252 views
FDI policy under revision

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Mar 08, 2019 0 mins read 261 views
Three-day Krodikali retreat begins today in S/jongkhar

Religion

Mar 07, 2019 1 mins read 299 views
Construction of a captive breeding centre to conserve WBH underway

Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Mar 07, 2019 2 mins read 296 views
Mongar to renew payment for environment services agreement

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Mar 07, 2019 2 mins read 320 views
SASEC projects to link Pasakha estate nears completion

South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC)

Mar 07, 2019 2 mins read 283 views
What about the Alcohol, the top killer

Letter to the editor

Mar 07, 2019 1 mins read 267 views
Women's day

Editorial

Mar 07, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
Thimphu police charge two men for obscene viral video to court

Crime

Mar 07, 2019 1 mins read 292 views
Need culture policy to address culture-related issues: DG

Department of Culture (DoC)

Mar 07, 2019 1 mins read 276 views
Nima and Dawa are home

Conjoined twins

Mar 07, 2019 3 mins read 268 views
More LED bulbs to save energy

Energy

Mar 07, 2019 2 mins read 271 views
Violence against Women report launch

International Women's Day

Mar 07, 2019 0 mins read 299 views
DoC records antiques and artefacts in Punakha

Department of Culture (DoC)

Mar 06, 2019 1 mins read 305 views
Wangduephodrang dzongkhag to organise BNC festival this year

Black-necked cranes

Mar 06, 2019 1 mins read 294 views
PPI records 3.50 percent inflation

National Statistical Bureau (NSB)

Mar 06, 2019 1 mins read 283 views
Welcome home Nima and Dawa

Letter to the editor

Mar 06, 2019 0 mins read 282 views
Stealing flowers, not just a crime

Editorial

Mar 06, 2019 2 mins read 269 views
Ambassador

Ambassador

Mar 06, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Rephey-Koshela bypass to open to traffic by April

Road

Mar 06, 2019 1 mins read 226 views
More than 100 flowers stolen from Samdrupjongkhar town

Flower exhibition

Mar 06, 2019 2 mins read 281 views
Have enough evidence against BEO: Parents' committee

Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO)

Mar 06, 2019 3 mins read 271 views
DoR to begin feasibility study for Maokhola bridge

Bridge

Mar 06, 2019 3 mins read 267 views
DRA restricts use and sale of health supplements

Drugs

Mar 06, 2019 0 mins read 392 views
Reappointed

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Mar 05, 2019 0 mins read 254 views
KMMU camp saw 4,455 people in Samdrupjongkhar

His Majesty's Kidu Mobile Medical Unit (KMMU)

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 264 views
Nima and Dawa Palden to reach home tomorrow

Conjoined twins

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 395 views
HRH the Gyaltshab inaugurates T'yangtse court

Judiciary

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 271 views
Drive home the point this IWD

Letter to the editor

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 272 views
We can't afford to not be part

Editorial

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 248 views
"Responsibility has changed, lifestyle has not"

Q&A

Mar 05, 2019 9 mins read 241 views
Police to forward Paro battery and libel case to court

Crime

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 268 views
Exhibitors blame trade fair timing for loss

Trade fairs

Mar 05, 2019 2 mins read 277 views
Construction permits should be routed through LG

Construction

Mar 05, 2019 2 mins read 281 views
The textile festival

Textile festival

Mar 05, 2019 0 mins read 292 views
Red sander wood smuggler handed prison sentence

Crime

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 277 views
Improve services at artificial turfs

Letter to the editor

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 271 views
In the divine power we trust

Editorial

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 282 views
Teacher couple takes up farming

Agriculture

Mar 04, 2019 1 mins read 289 views
Ossey bypass to open next month

Road

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 255 views
Government plans bi-annual all-party meeting

Government

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 264 views
Different version of cultural products needs to be developed for tourists: Home minister

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 232 views
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