March of 2019

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Constituency-based MP office on need basis

Government pledges

Mar 18, 2019 1 mins read 333 views
Govt. redefining role of SOEs

State-owned enterprises (SOEs)

Mar 18, 2019 5 mins read 327 views
Joint review meeting ends

Joint review meeting

Mar 18, 2019 0 mins read 347 views
Pelden wins gold, settles for bronze

Athlete

Mar 17, 2019 1 mins read 318 views
12 garbage trucks of waste collected from Baelangdra

Waste

Mar 17, 2019 1 mins read 371 views
Gasa tsachu churns out Nu 1.8M annually

Gasa tsachu

Mar 17, 2019 2 mins read 386 views
PM advises people to reduce rice consumption

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering

Mar 17, 2019 2 mins read 390 views
GNH - a practical development concept

GNH

Mar 17, 2019 2 mins read 338 views
Getting serious about dogs

Letter to the editor

Mar 17, 2019 1 mins read 371 views
Tell us like it is

Editorial

Mar 17, 2019 1 mins read 369 views
Five trucks, 17 blue books?

Crime

Mar 17, 2019 1 mins read 353 views
ACC releases two suspects in Toorsa case

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Mar 17, 2019 2 mins read 366 views
No more lull in Lull village

Lull village

Mar 17, 2019 2 mins read 369 views
Allowance for mother and child health from August

Mother and child health (MCH)

Mar 17, 2019 5 mins read 372 views
Paro Tshechu

Paro Tshechu

Mar 17, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
RTM boosts government's confidence to graduate

Round Table Meeting (RTM)

Mar 15, 2019 3 mins read 386 views
The menstruation dilemma at Gasa tsachu

Gasa tsachu

Mar 15, 2019 2 mins read 379 views
Fire guts houses

Fire accident

Mar 15, 2019 1 mins read 395 views
128 youth in Japan register for loan deferment

Youth

Mar 15, 2019 2 mins read 363 views
Local leaders call for rules to discourage timber felling

Timber

Mar 15, 2019 2 mins read 363 views
`Trade, Not Aid', or, `Aid for Trade'

Perspective

Mar 15, 2019 4 mins read 373 views
Tashichhodzong

Perspective

Mar 15, 2019 6 mins read 419 views
Electric fence keeps wild animals away in Bumdeling

Electric fence

Mar 15, 2019 1 mins read 360 views
No protection walls along Shetikhari river

Natural Resources Development Corporation Limited (NRDCL)

Mar 15, 2019 1 mins read 385 views
Dagana DT resolves to ban meat during religious month

Meat ban

Mar 15, 2019 2 mins read 374 views
No guests at Phobji homestays

Homestays

Mar 15, 2019 1 mins read 374 views
JDWNRH short of 120 nurses

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Mar 15, 2019 4 mins read 422 views
Another feather in MoH cap

Letter to the editor

Mar 15, 2019 1 mins read 372 views
Recognition for humanising development

Editorial

Mar 15, 2019 2 mins read 337 views
Supreme Court convicts 9 RBA officers in DeSuung case

Crime

Mar 15, 2019 1 mins read 415 views
Thimphu thromde vs TCC 2.0

Land

Mar 15, 2019 3 mins read 368 views
Only one pledge fulfilled, says Opposition

Government pledges

Mar 15, 2019 3 mins read 391 views
Free nutritious lunch in schools? Not served!

Schools

Mar 15, 2019 3 mins read 375 views
Taxi driver caught with drugs

Drugs

Mar 15, 2019 0 mins read 356 views
Artificial turf in S/jongkhar earns Nu 520,000 in a year

Artificial turf

Mar 14, 2019 1 mins read 305 views
Poor internet connection hampers e-services expansion

Internet

Mar 14, 2019 1 mins read 351 views
PCAL approves benefits to muster roll employees

Penden Cement Authority Limited (PCAL)

Mar 14, 2019 1 mins read 356 views
Promises, promises

Press conference

Mar 14, 2019 4 mins read 0 views
On the 4th Human Development Report

Letter to the editor

Mar 14, 2019 2 mins read 359 views
Human development: Looking ahead

Editorial

Mar 14, 2019 1 mins read 377 views
Cracks in Gelephu hospital within months of opening

Hospitals

Mar 14, 2019 2 mins read 361 views
CSIs and CSOs, agents for sustainable graduation

Cottage and Small Industries (CSI)

Mar 14, 2019 3 mins read 380 views
Development partners commit to support graduation

Round Table Meeting (RTM)

Mar 14, 2019 3 mins read 360 views
Scholarship

Education

Mar 14, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Bhutan beats Afghanistan in a friendly match

Basketball

Mar 13, 2019 1 mins read 395 views
Women national team sees improvement despite loss

South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

Mar 13, 2019 1 mins read 388 views
Bhutanese apprehended in Jaigaon

Crime

Mar 13, 2019 0 mins read 345 views
No dancers at Gasa tshechu

Gasa tshechu

Mar 13, 2019 2 mins read 421 views
Bimkhar village in need of electric fencing

Electric fencing

Mar 13, 2019 2 mins read 383 views
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The environmental toll of wars

The deafening sounds of missiles and gunfire in the Middle East have briefly faded under a ceasefire, offering a much-needed respite that eases global anxieties over spiraling economic and geopolitical crises. However, as we pause to seek solutions, a far greater threat to humanity remains largely unspoken. What would be the environmental cost of the wars?

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