March of 2017

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Editorial

Mar 16, 2017 2 mins read 268 views
Farmers will be refunded agriculture minister assures

Agriculture

Mar 16, 2017 2 mins read 238 views
ACC drops case involving foreign minister

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Mar 16, 2017 3 mins read 233 views
Hydro delays upset 11th Plan's self-reliance goal

Hydropower

Mar 16, 2017 3 mins read 263 views
Bhutan deserves continued support: UN

UN

Mar 16, 2017 4 mins read 263 views
Fire guts hotel in Bumthang

Fire accident

Mar 15, 2017 1 mins read 257 views
Panbang's human ATM to be replaced by a machine

Automatic Teller Machines (ATM)

Mar 15, 2017 1 mins read 242 views
Son stabs mother to death

Crime

Mar 15, 2017 1 mins read 313 views
BCSEA penalises officials responsible for assessment error

Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment (BCSEA)

Mar 15, 2017 2 mins read 224 views
Calling for quick intervention

Letter to the editor

Mar 15, 2017 1 mins read 268 views
Where there's smoke

Editorial

Mar 15, 2017 2 mins read 294 views
Samdrupcholing seeks better security

Security

Mar 15, 2017 2 mins read 284 views
12th Plan to maximise GNH

Gross National Happiness (GNH)

Mar 15, 2017 3 mins read 273 views
The last mile towards LDC graduation

Round Table Meeting (RTM)

Mar 15, 2017 6 mins read 257 views
Workouts for improving Basketball skills

k2

Mar 10, 2017 1 mins read 340 views
Damo-Yangka-Dew reclaims its place in Bhutanese culture

k2

Mar 10, 2017 3 mins read 316 views
SDF and UNDP to collaborate

Signing

Mar 14, 2017 1 mins read 250 views
Govt. to encourage more community radios

Radios

Mar 14, 2017 2 mins read 248 views
Seven lives, one city

Film

Mar 14, 2017 2 mins read 291 views
Altitude allowance for civil servants in Gasa sought

Gasa

Mar 14, 2017 1 mins read 232 views
No short supply of banned vegetables

Letter to the editor

Mar 14, 2017 1 mins read 262 views
No wetland left behind

Editorial

Mar 14, 2017 2 mins read 264 views
13th Round Table Meeting begins today

Round Table Meeting (RTM)

Mar 14, 2017 1 mins read 266 views
Yonphula airport to be ready by next month

Aviation

Mar 14, 2017 2 mins read 225 views
Judiciary must strive for people's trust

Judiciary

Mar 14, 2017 1 mins read 220 views
Investigation clears Tendu Central School

School

Mar 14, 2017 2 mins read 242 views
Pro-Bhutan Germany project donates equipment worth Nu 500,000

Donation

Mar 13, 2017 1 mins read 243 views
Windstorms damage homes in Wangdue

Weather

Mar 13, 2017 2 mins read 238 views
Panbang to get a fuel depot

Fuel station

Mar 13, 2017 1 mins read 254 views
Bhutan, UN to propose for USD 42M from Green Climate Fund

Funds

Mar 13, 2017 2 mins read 284 views
Rising problem of stray dogs

Letter to the editor

Mar 13, 2017 1 mins read 307 views
Addiction problem: Turning to promising direction

Editorial

Mar 13, 2017 2 mins read 253 views
Dispute over temple

Temple

Mar 13, 2017 2 mins read 345 views
Cabinet did not reject quota for women proposal

Cabinet

Mar 13, 2017 1 mins read 254 views
Drangpons disagree on what constitutes net income

Judiciary

Mar 13, 2017 2 mins read 272 views
Paralysed education

Letter to the editor

Mar 12, 2017 1 mins read 286 views
Immediate measures needed for mentally ill offenders

Editorial

Mar 12, 2017 2 mins read 252 views
Three-year-old mauled by dogs in Panbang town

Dogs

Mar 12, 2017 1 mins read 289 views
Courts to not consider non-judicial matters

Judiciary

Mar 12, 2017 1 mins read 283 views
Beating a habit

Personalities

Mar 12, 2017 3 mins read 278 views
Bhutan, World Bank sign USD 24M credit deal to improve growth

World Bank

Mar 12, 2017 1 mins read 277 views
Mountain Hazelnut Venture to rectify hazelnut pollination issues

Hazelnut

Mar 12, 2017 2 mins read 287 views
Country sees heaviest snow in more than a decade

Snowfall

Mar 12, 2017 3 mins read 265 views
DPR preparation for Chamkharchhu-II begins

Hydropower

Mar 12, 2017 2 mins read 268 views
Panbang locals lament delayed town plan

Town plan

Mar 10, 2017 2 mins read 234 views
BoBL donates Nu 35,000 to Clean Bhutan

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

Mar 10, 2017 0 mins read 285 views
The bank and its birding manager

Perspective

Mar 10, 2017 5 mins read 296 views
Gyalpoizhing: Forty years on

Perspective

Mar 10, 2017 5 mins read 260 views
Party on school campus involving alcohol and cigarettes?

School

Mar 10, 2017 2 mins read 257 views
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The true measure of public service

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Disaster preparedness is our best defence

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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Recents

The true measure of public service

The civil service is the backbone of our nation’s development. From remote gewogs to the capital, civil servants have played a key role in keeping the government running and serving citizens every day. The Royal Civil Service Award has been instituted to honour the long and faithful service of civil servants, not only in terms of longevity but also quality and impact upon the lives of citizens.

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When the yaks died in Merak

A warming winter, shifting migrations, and unknown illnesses swept through Merak last year, killing hundreds of yaks, zo, and zomu, leaving this semi-nomadic community fighting for its future.

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