March of 2019

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Connective clouds shroud Samtse in darkness

National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM)

Mar 26, 2019 1 mins read 335 views
RICBL shifts office, becomes DT issue

RICBL

Mar 26, 2019 2 mins read 317 views
Making sense of numbers

Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB)

Mar 26, 2019 2 mins read 418 views
CE for school dropouts

Letter to the editor

Mar 26, 2019 1 mins read 505 views
Gaydrungs in the dark

Editorial

Mar 26, 2019 2 mins read 351 views
Man detained for deceiving drivers

Crime

Mar 26, 2019 1 mins read 384 views
No takers for non-subsidised LPG

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Mar 26, 2019 2 mins read 356 views
Hotels not reaping the benefits of tourism

Tourism

Mar 26, 2019 3 mins read 404 views
300 youth likely to return from Japan

Youth

Mar 26, 2019 4 mins read 342 views
JICA-GNHC discuss mining project

Mining project

Mar 26, 2019 0 mins read 342 views
No commerce and accounts teacher in DCS

Dorokha Central School (DCS)

Mar 25, 2019 1 mins read 317 views
Phobji farmers to receive electric fencing next year

Electric fencing

Mar 25, 2019 1 mins read 330 views
Trashigang bans movement of livestock and its products

Livestock

Mar 25, 2019 1 mins read 379 views
Three new hostels for CLCS by June

College of Language and Culture Studies (CLCS)

Mar 25, 2019 2 mins read 342 views
The heat is on

National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM)

Mar 25, 2019 3 mins read 452 views
Underpasses Options

Letter to the editor

Mar 25, 2019 1 mins read 370 views
Watching TB

Editorial

Mar 25, 2019 2 mins read 352 views
Mongar hospital short of specialists

Mongar hospital

Mar 25, 2019 2 mins read 377 views
Plan to merge referral hospitals underway

Hospitals

Mar 25, 2019 2 mins read 326 views
Remittance spikes to Nu 3B

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Mar 25, 2019 3 mins read 329 views
RCSC terminates contract for 74 gaydrungs

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Mar 25, 2019 3 mins read 368 views
BOC's 4th General Assembly

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Mar 25, 2019 0 mins read 332 views
New ponds at Gelephu tshachu underutilised

Gelephu tshachu

Mar 24, 2019 2 mins read 414 views
Gewog service centres non-operational in Trongsa

Gewog service centres

Mar 24, 2019 1 mins read 346 views
Gawa - Appreciative Joy

Religion

Mar 24, 2019 3 mins read 0 views
The "accidental banker"

Q&A

Mar 24, 2019 4 mins read 324 views
Time to invest in waste-to-energy technology

Letter to the editor

Mar 24, 2019 1 mins read 387 views
Dealing with the problem of growing waste

Editorial

Mar 24, 2019 2 mins read 388 views
TB, still a public health priority

Tuberculosis (TB)

Mar 24, 2019 2 mins read 354 views
First woman councilor, Leki Pemo passes away

Royal Advisory Council (RAC)

Mar 24, 2019 2 mins read 415 views
Six years on, no nuts

Hazelnut production

Mar 24, 2019 2 mins read 373 views
What children in schools should eat?

Schools

Mar 24, 2019 2 mins read 363 views
Man dies in archery mishap

Accident

Mar 24, 2019 0 mins read 370 views
CST students build solar-electric vehicle

College of Science and Technology (CST)

Mar 22, 2019 2 mins read 367 views
Two BDBL employees detained for alleged embezzlement

Crime

Mar 22, 2019 1 mins read 417 views
Advocacy not helping waste management

Waste

Mar 22, 2019 2 mins read 374 views
Shaking table to test traditional structures

Shaking table

Mar 22, 2019 1 mins read 364 views
Continuing education programme for school dropouts and NFE learners

Education

Mar 22, 2019 2 mins read 345 views
GLOF: preparing for uncertainties

Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF)

Mar 22, 2019 3 mins read 411 views
Rethinking development - what the world can learn from Bhutan

Perspective

Mar 22, 2019 3 mins read 344 views
Bhutan again slips in the World Happiness Report, 2019

Perspective

Mar 22, 2019 3 mins read 361 views
Uniqueness of Bhutan's Democracy

Perspective

Mar 22, 2019 5 mins read 371 views
Patent Cooperation Treaty to ease processes for patents

Department of Intellectual property (DOIP)

Mar 22, 2019 3 mins read 352 views
TA/DA claims and government payments to go online

Workshop

Mar 22, 2019 2 mins read 415 views
The magic waters of Gasa tsachu

Gasa tsachu

Mar 22, 2019 3 mins read 373 views
Root cause of traffic jam at expressway

Letter to the editor

Mar 22, 2019 2 mins read 349 views
Broken promises

Editorial

Mar 22, 2019 2 mins read 376 views
Govt. to seek specialists from Bangladesh

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Mar 22, 2019 1 mins read 454 views
Govt. to continue overseas employment programme

Employment

Mar 22, 2019 3 mins read 464 views
BoB records 1,100 suspicious transactions

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

Mar 22, 2019 1 mins read 380 views
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