March of 2014

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The e-governance gambit

Editorial

Mar 31, 2014 1 mins read 542 views
Play centres for Thimphu kids

k2

Mar 20, 2014 2 mins read 487 views
Not many buyers at Mongar book fair

Book fair

Mar 31, 2014 1 mins read 416 views
DDC asked to handover land and property to MoE

Ownership

Mar 31, 2014 1 mins read 443 views
Khariphu mine closed

Mining

Mar 31, 2014 2 mins read 454 views
Will electric fence reverse rural-urban migration?

Electric fence

Mar 31, 2014 2 mins read 586 views
NBFI - A clarification

Letter to the editor

Mar 31, 2014 1 mins read 441 views
Mean business

Editorial

Mar 31, 2014 2 mins read 471 views
Yonphula airport to undergo overhaul

Aviation

Mar 31, 2014 2 mins read 451 views
Liquidity paradox

Finance

Mar 31, 2014 2 mins read 510 views
Rapist receives 9 years and 6 months term

Crime

Mar 31, 2014 1 mins read 420 views
Conference

Conference

Mar 31, 2014 0 mins read 0 views
Unemployment among youth reaches 9.6%

Labour ministry

Mar 31, 2014 1 mins read 383 views
Agreement to hasten hydropower projects

Hydropower project

Mar 31, 2014 2 mins read 459 views
Kengkhar farmers learn tailoring

Tailoring

Mar 30, 2014 1 mins read 441 views
Wait is over for Gola Bazar

Land

Mar 30, 2014 1 mins read 387 views
Farmers build their own farm road

Roads

Mar 30, 2014 2 mins read 407 views
Bhutan and Nepal to revise air service agreement

Aviation

Mar 30, 2014 1 mins read 447 views
Why Bhutan should worry more about climate change

Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies (RIGSS)

Mar 30, 2014 2 mins read 411 views
Mountain Hazelnut provides equal opportunity irrespective of gender

Letter to the editor

Mar 30, 2014 1 mins read 408 views
Going back to the fields

Editorial

Mar 30, 2014 2 mins read 453 views
530 % increase in mobile broadband users

Internet

Mar 30, 2014 1 mins read 396 views
A temporary solution

Town

Mar 30, 2014 2 mins read 409 views
Mistaken between administrative lapses, corruption?

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Mar 30, 2014 2 mins read 418 views
Covering more with a few

Education

Mar 30, 2014 2 mins read 395 views
Business key to job creation, economic growth

Perspective

Mar 28, 2014 3 mins read 386 views
What's up with education down today?

Perspective

Mar 28, 2014 4 mins read 0 views
Private sector not happy with AREP

Energy

Mar 28, 2014 2 mins read 409 views
Another windstorm hits Pemagatshel

Windstorm

Mar 28, 2014 1 mins read 436 views
More higher schools retain top 10 spot

School

Mar 28, 2014 3 mins read 418 views
A bit of housekeeping to begin with

Summit

Mar 28, 2014 3 mins read 394 views
Green economy must address rural livelihood

ICIMOD

Mar 28, 2014 3 mins read 390 views
Is the Mountain Hazelnut project only for men?

Letter to the editor

Mar 28, 2014 1 mins read 432 views
What now?

Editorial

Mar 28, 2014 1 mins read 566 views
Towards greener economy

Summit

Mar 28, 2014 2 mins read 419 views
Tour licence cancelled over visa forgery

Immigration

Mar 28, 2014 3 mins read 419 views
Making money from Rupee shortage

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Mar 28, 2014 5 mins read 555 views
Earth Hour

Earth Hour

Mar 28, 2014 0 mins read 490 views
Way forward for tourism industry

Tourism

Mar 27, 2014 2 mins read 445 views
RBP's division XIII established in Chamkhar

RBP

Mar 27, 2014 1 mins read 448 views
Teacher shortage in PHSS and YHSS

Education

Mar 27, 2014 2 mins read 468 views
Voluntary screening detects HIV/AIDS, STIs and NCDs

Health

Mar 27, 2014 2 mins read 406 views
Switch to the native language for better results

Letter to the editor

Mar 27, 2014 1 mins read 446 views
Leave no room for complacency

Editorial

Mar 27, 2014 2 mins read 432 views
Economic diversification should be central to Govt. policies

Economy

Mar 27, 2014 2 mins read 421 views
Fund delay worries local leaders

Small development program (SDP)

Mar 27, 2014 2 mins read 403 views
For better performance

Compact

Mar 27, 2014 2 mins read 385 views
Y-Peer Club

Health

Mar 27, 2014 0 mins read 479 views
Mining more lucrative than hydropower?

Mining

Mar 27, 2014 3 mins read 374 views
2,000 acres of fallow wetland to be re-cultivated

Rice

Mar 27, 2014 2 mins read 447 views
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