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 296 views
Fulfilment of pledges up to people's interpretation: Govt

Government pledges

Mar 22, 2019 2 mins read 296 views
World TB Day tomorrow

World TB Day

Mar 22, 2019 0 mins read 294 views
World Down Syndrome Day observed in Kanglung

World Down Syndrome Day

Mar 21, 2019 1 mins read 258 views
Frustration increasing when out of gas

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 284 views
Heaven and hell in Buddhism

Religion

Mar 21, 2019 4 mins read 288 views
Water security for all - a Himalayan task

Perspective

Mar 21, 2019 4 mins read 302 views
Vendors to propose an increase in beef price

Vendors

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 290 views
More hotels than houses in Phuentsholing?

Housing

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 306 views
What next after stealing flowers and crematorium equipment?

Letter to the editor

Mar 21, 2019 1 mins read 284 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 266 views
Accelerating mother and child health to cost Nu 238M annually

Mother and child health (MCH)

Mar 21, 2019 3 mins read 373 views
Missing girls found in Phuentsholing

Missing

Mar 21, 2019 1 mins read 317 views
After plantation, trees left to fend for themselves

Saplings

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 291 views
Debt to GDP projected to decline to 76 percent

12th Five-Year Plan

Mar 21, 2019 2 mins read 295 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 285 views
Farmers await land replacement

Land

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 345 views
Inflation at 3.12 percent in January

National Statistics Bureau (NSB)

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 272 views
Drepong gewog lacks reliable drinking water supply

Water

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 303 views
Promote local production of vegetables and fruits

Letter to the editor

Mar 20, 2019 1 mins read 274 views
Reviewing state-owned enterprises

Editorial

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 317 views
Plugging the energy leaks

Energy

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 293 views
Government approves Nu 50M to buy cardamom

Cardamom

Mar 20, 2019 1 mins read 330 views
Students top offences related to controlled substances in Thimphu

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 314 views
230 youth in Japan register for loan deferment

Youth

Mar 20, 2019 2 mins read 297 views
Bhutan ranks 95th in world happiness report

International Day of Happiness

Mar 20, 2019 0 mins read 341 views
Three of four wins medal

Athlete

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 263 views
Fire destroys more than 1,500 acres of forest in Udzorong

Forest fire

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 315 views
Jakar type threatened by increasing feral dog population

Sheep

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 312 views
Miscreants rob crematorium of its equipment

Crematorium

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 316 views
Gelephu continues to face water shortage

Water

Mar 19, 2019 2 mins read 275 views
GRC structure could substitute wooden frames in buildings

Letter to the editor

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 290 views
When health workers leave

Editorial

Mar 19, 2019 2 mins read 291 views
Making Thimphu safer to live and work

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Mar 19, 2019 2 mins read 285 views
THEL to study water sources in Tangsibji

Water

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 294 views
PM to visit Bangladesh in April

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering

Mar 19, 2019 1 mins read 290 views
ACC implicates eight for state land encroachment

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Mar 19, 2019 5 mins read 275 views
Ministry looking to increase feeding schools

Education

Mar 19, 2019 2 mins read 327 views
International Day of Happiness

International Day of Happiness

Mar 19, 2019 0 mins read 251 views
Gold medal reinstated

Athlete

Mar 18, 2019 1 mins read 297 views
High and dry in Gasa for vendors

Vendors

Mar 18, 2019 1 mins read 292 views
Making most of the waste ban

Waste

Mar 18, 2019 2 mins read 299 views
Heli-hiking, new tourism product

Royal Bhutan Helicopter Service Limited (RBHSL)

Mar 18, 2019 3 mins read 308 views
There is a difference between promising and delivering the promise

Letter to the editor

Mar 18, 2019 1 mins read 281 views
Accelerating mother and child health

Editorial

Mar 18, 2019 2 mins read 306 views
Farmers' groups to supply vegetables to central schools

Schools

Mar 18, 2019 1 mins read 298 views
Civil work delaying resumption of MRI service at JDWNRH

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Mar 18, 2019 2 mins read 277 views
Ensuring stable communications network during disasters

Bhutan Telecom (BT)

Mar 18, 2019 2 mins read 283 views
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Zero tolerance for online crimes

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The never-ending tourism debate

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Bhutan is not short of ideas, intellect or institutions. What it lacks is a strong, working bridge between research, pol...

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Addressing teacher shortage and quality

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