March of 2019

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Construction safety questioned after fire incident

Fire accident

Mar 08, 2019 1 mins read 433 views
Gelephu running out of gas (LPG)

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Mar 08, 2019 2 mins read 248 views
From aid to trade

Round Table Meeting (RTM)

Mar 08, 2019 2 mins read 236 views
Share prices surge, RSEBL revises circuit breaker

Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan (RSEB)

Mar 08, 2019 2 mins read 277 views
Be aware of plastic containers

Letter to the editor

Mar 08, 2019 1 mins read 213 views
The first 120 days

Editorial

Mar 08, 2019 2 mins read 238 views
Most of the 25 pledges fulfilled: PM

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering

Mar 08, 2019 4 mins read 235 views
Two in five women experience partner violence

International Women's Day

Mar 08, 2019 3 mins read 249 views
Private school owners cry foul

Schools

Mar 08, 2019 4 mins read 230 views
FDI policy under revision

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Mar 08, 2019 0 mins read 238 views
Three-day Krodikali retreat begins today in S/jongkhar

Religion

Mar 07, 2019 1 mins read 267 views
Construction of a captive breeding centre to conserve WBH underway

Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Mar 07, 2019 2 mins read 260 views
Mongar to renew payment for environment services agreement

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Mar 07, 2019 2 mins read 286 views
SASEC projects to link Pasakha estate nears completion

South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC)

Mar 07, 2019 2 mins read 255 views
What about the Alcohol, the top killer

Letter to the editor

Mar 07, 2019 1 mins read 245 views
Women's day

Editorial

Mar 07, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
Thimphu police charge two men for obscene viral video to court

Crime

Mar 07, 2019 1 mins read 261 views
Need culture policy to address culture-related issues: DG

Department of Culture (DoC)

Mar 07, 2019 1 mins read 246 views
Nima and Dawa are home

Conjoined twins

Mar 07, 2019 3 mins read 238 views
More LED bulbs to save energy

Energy

Mar 07, 2019 2 mins read 249 views
Violence against Women report launch

International Women's Day

Mar 07, 2019 0 mins read 271 views
DoC records antiques and artefacts in Punakha

Department of Culture (DoC)

Mar 06, 2019 1 mins read 269 views
Wangduephodrang dzongkhag to organise BNC festival this year

Black-necked cranes

Mar 06, 2019 1 mins read 260 views
PPI records 3.50 percent inflation

National Statistical Bureau (NSB)

Mar 06, 2019 1 mins read 253 views
Welcome home Nima and Dawa

Letter to the editor

Mar 06, 2019 0 mins read 255 views
Stealing flowers, not just a crime

Editorial

Mar 06, 2019 2 mins read 248 views
Ambassador

Ambassador

Mar 06, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Rephey-Koshela bypass to open to traffic by April

Road

Mar 06, 2019 1 mins read 204 views
More than 100 flowers stolen from Samdrupjongkhar town

Flower exhibition

Mar 06, 2019 2 mins read 251 views
Have enough evidence against BEO: Parents' committee

Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO)

Mar 06, 2019 3 mins read 246 views
DoR to begin feasibility study for Maokhola bridge

Bridge

Mar 06, 2019 3 mins read 247 views
DRA restricts use and sale of health supplements

Drugs

Mar 06, 2019 0 mins read 335 views
Reappointed

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Mar 05, 2019 0 mins read 227 views
KMMU camp saw 4,455 people in Samdrupjongkhar

His Majesty's Kidu Mobile Medical Unit (KMMU)

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 237 views
Nima and Dawa Palden to reach home tomorrow

Conjoined twins

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 352 views
HRH the Gyaltshab inaugurates T'yangtse court

Judiciary

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 250 views
Drive home the point this IWD

Letter to the editor

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 248 views
We can't afford to not be part

Editorial

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 224 views
"Responsibility has changed, lifestyle has not"

Q&A

Mar 05, 2019 9 mins read 222 views
Police to forward Paro battery and libel case to court

Crime

Mar 05, 2019 1 mins read 232 views
Exhibitors blame trade fair timing for loss

Trade fairs

Mar 05, 2019 2 mins read 242 views
Construction permits should be routed through LG

Construction

Mar 05, 2019 2 mins read 249 views
The textile festival

Textile festival

Mar 05, 2019 0 mins read 267 views
Red sander wood smuggler handed prison sentence

Crime

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 257 views
Improve services at artificial turfs

Letter to the editor

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 247 views
In the divine power we trust

Editorial

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 255 views
Teacher couple takes up farming

Agriculture

Mar 04, 2019 1 mins read 270 views
Ossey bypass to open next month

Road

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 229 views
Government plans bi-annual all-party meeting

Government

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 230 views
Different version of cultural products needs to be developed for tourists: Home minister

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Mar 04, 2019 2 mins read 211 views
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Zero tolerance for online crimes

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Network divide unacceptable: NA Good Governance Committee

Some 252 locations across the country still lack access to mobile network services. Member of Parliament (MP) for Bongo-Chapcha and member of the Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly, Pemba, highlighted this while presenting a follow-up report on the poor mobile network and telecommunication services in the highlands.

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ICIMOD honours three champions of cryosphere and rangeland reform

Kathmandu, Nepal — The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has honoured three individuals from Bhutan and China with the Dr Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025 for their contributions to protecting fragile mountain ecosystems and strengthening resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH).

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