March of 2019

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Fiscal incentives boosted hotel industry: HRAB

Hotel and Restaurant Association of Bhutan (HRAB)

Mar 22, 2019 3 mins read 417 views
Fulfilment of pledges up to people's interpretation: Govt

Government pledges

Mar 22, 2019 2 mins read 387 views
World TB Day tomorrow

World TB Day

Mar 22, 2019 0 mins read 403 views
World Down Syndrome Day observed in Kanglung

World Down Syndrome Day

Mar 21, 2019 1 mins read 358 views
Frustration increasing when out of gas

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 407 views
Heaven and hell in Buddhism

Religion

Mar 21, 2019 4 mins read 388 views
Water security for all - a Himalayan task

Perspective

Mar 21, 2019 4 mins read 394 views
Vendors to propose an increase in beef price

Vendors

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 376 views
More hotels than houses in Phuentsholing?

Housing

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 416 views
What next after stealing flowers and crematorium equipment?

Letter to the editor

Mar 21, 2019 1 mins read 377 views
Youth and crime

Editorial

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
Discotheques in Thimphu to remain open until 5am

Discotheques

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 350 views
Accelerating mother and child health to cost Nu 238M annually

Mother and child health (MCH)

Mar 21, 2019 3 mins read 471 views
Missing girls found in Phuentsholing

Missing

Mar 21, 2019 1 mins read 417 views
After plantation, trees left to fend for themselves

Saplings

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 386 views
Debt to GDP projected to decline to 76 percent

12th Five-Year Plan

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 418 views
World water day

World water day

Mar 21, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
BHU, not ORC, say residents of Tshangkhar and Zunglen chiwogs

Basic Health Unit (BHU)

Mar 20, 2019 1 mins read 373 views
Farmers await land replacement

Land

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 459 views
Inflation at 3.12 percent in January

National Statistics Bureau (NSB)

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 367 views
Drepong gewog lacks reliable drinking water supply

Water

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 392 views
Promote local production of vegetables and fruits

Letter to the editor

Mar 20, 2019 1 mins read 383 views
Reviewing state-owned enterprises

Editorial

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 436 views
Plugging the energy leaks

Energy

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 386 views
Government approves Nu 50M to buy cardamom

Cardamom

Mar 20, 2019 1 mins read 440 views
Students top offences related to controlled substances in Thimphu

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 546 views
230 youth in Japan register for loan deferment

Youth

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 384 views
Bhutan ranks 95th in world happiness report

International Day of Happiness

Mar 20, 2019 0 mins read 440 views
Three of four wins medal

Athlete

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 364 views
Fire destroys more than 1,500 acres of forest in Udzorong

Forest fire

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 424 views
Jakar type threatened by increasing feral dog population

Sheep

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 413 views
Miscreants rob crematorium of its equipment

Crematorium

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 408 views
Gelephu continues to face water shortage

Water

Mar 19, 2019 2 mins read 395 views
GRC structure could substitute wooden frames in buildings

Letter to the editor

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 412 views
When health workers leave

Editorial

Mar 19, 2019 2 mins read 393 views
Making Thimphu safer to live and work

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Mar 19, 2019 2 mins read 386 views
THEL to study water sources in Tangsibji

Water

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 393 views
PM to visit Bangladesh in April

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 383 views
ACC implicates eight for state land encroachment

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Mar 19, 2019 5 mins read 426 views
Ministry looking to increase feeding schools

Education

Mar 19, 2019 2 mins read 432 views
International Day of Happiness

International Day of Happiness

Mar 19, 2019 0 mins read 344 views
Gold medal reinstated

Athlete

Mar 18, 2019 1 mins read 396 views
High and dry in Gasa for vendors

Vendors

Mar 18, 2019 1 mins read 402 views
Making most of the waste ban

Waste

Mar 18, 2019 2 mins read 410 views
Heli-hiking, new tourism product

Royal Bhutan Helicopter Service Limited (RBHSL)

Mar 18, 2019 3 mins read 406 views
There is a difference between promising and delivering the promise

Letter to the editor

Mar 18, 2019 1 mins read 407 views
Accelerating mother and child health

Editorial

Mar 18, 2019 2 mins read 399 views
Farmers' groups to supply vegetables to central schools

Schools

Mar 18, 2019 1 mins read 401 views
Civil work delaying resumption of MRI service at JDWNRH

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Mar 18, 2019 2 mins read 397 views
Ensuring stable communications network during disasters

Bhutan Telecom (BT)

Mar 18, 2019 2 mins read 403 views
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