May of 2014

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Mongar farmers welcome biogas plant

Energy

May 26, 2014 1 mins read 179 views
New wheat more diseases resilient

Research

May 26, 2014 2 mins read 187 views
Dalley pickle, flying off the shelves

Agriculture

May 26, 2014 2 mins read 184 views
Tobacco Act must conclude, for once and all

Letter to the editor

May 26, 2014 1 mins read 155 views
A continuous house anyway

Editorial

May 26, 2014 2 mins read 186 views
Amochhu bridge to be ready by December

Highway

May 26, 2014 1 mins read 155 views
Compliance still a problem

Non-compliance

May 26, 2014 2 mins read 172 views
Re-contest while in office, NA agrees with NC

National Assembly

May 26, 2014 2 mins read 178 views
All weather friends

PM visits

May 26, 2014 2 mins read 202 views
NA drops 10-year requirement for NC candidate

National Assembly

May 26, 2014 2 mins read 164 views
Bridge to Bardo and Shingkhar to connect farm roads

Farmroad

May 25, 2014 2 mins read 203 views
Changzamtok's water woes

Resource

May 25, 2014 2 mins read 172 views
Money well spent in north Trashigang

Gewog development grant (GDG)

May 25, 2014 1 mins read 178 views
Benefits of Nissan Leafs

Letter to the editor

May 25, 2014 1 mins read 194 views
Best of both worlds

Editorial

May 25, 2014 2 mins read 166 views
Toddler's body to be disposed properly

Missing

May 25, 2014 1 mins read 178 views
The role of civil society

Mountain Echoes

May 25, 2014 2 mins read 218 views
Druk PNB starts non-staff intervening passbook updates

Druk Punjab National Bank (DPNB)

May 25, 2014 1 mins read 181 views
No more boat operations

Circular

May 25, 2014 2 mins read 173 views
A tarnished golden goose?

Hydropower projects

May 25, 2014 2 mins read 202 views
What's on at the houses

National Assembly

May 25, 2014 0 mins read 221 views
PM to meet Indian Prime Minister

PM visits

May 23, 2014 0 mins read 155 views
Assembly sticks with status quo

Parliament

May 23, 2014 2 mins read 167 views
31 people bitten by rabid dogs in a fortnight

Livestock

May 23, 2014 1 mins read 183 views
All's well at Dagachhu . all things considered

Hydropower projects

May 23, 2014 1 mins read 162 views
Finance ministry's tardy response irks council

National Council (NC)

May 23, 2014 2 mins read 162 views
Whither sits the Fourth Estate

Perspective

May 23, 2014 4 mins read 137 views
Bhutan's rise calls for courageous policy measures

Perspective

May 23, 2014 3 mins read 172 views
Balanced growth: Bhutan's next challenge

World Bank

May 23, 2014 2 mins read 161 views
Essence of democracy is to respect the will of the people

Mountain Echoes

May 23, 2014 2 mins read 164 views
A taste of Thimphu life

Students

May 23, 2014 2 mins read 175 views
Be worthy of the trust

Letter to the editor

May 23, 2014 1 mins read 180 views
What lies behind diplomatic ties

Editorial

May 23, 2014 2 mins read 208 views
Two sides of social media coin

IT event

May 23, 2014 3 mins read 172 views
Council defers LG bill deliberations

National Council (NC)

May 23, 2014 3 mins read 173 views
Need for diplomacy in dealing with diplomacy

Diplomacy

May 23, 2014 2 mins read 183 views
Lit-Fest

Mountain Echoes

May 23, 2014 0 mins read 152 views
Rupee hits 11-month record high against USD

Currency

May 22, 2014 1 mins read 178 views
Project Tshegho: Knitting for a cause

Prematurity

May 22, 2014 3 mins read 171 views
Connecting Terrestrial `Islands' to Promote Biological Diversity

Perspective

May 22, 2014 4 mins read 192 views
Further delay for long overdue Phuentsholing-Samtse highway

Roads

May 22, 2014 2 mins read 152 views
Workshop fire leaves 8 families homeless

Fire

May 22, 2014 1 mins read 155 views
Regional tourists go against the grain

Talk

May 22, 2014 2 mins read 179 views
Will there be preliminary examination for graduates in 2014?

Letter to the editor

May 22, 2014 1 mins read 164 views
Wage on, not linger

Editorial

May 22, 2014 2 mins read 153 views
Fire claims three lives in Trashiyangtse

Accident

May 22, 2014 1 mins read 174 views
In pursuit of happiness via a knowledge-based society

ICT

May 22, 2014 2 mins read 159 views
Man held for alleged rape of minor

Crime

May 22, 2014 1 mins read 243 views
The thromde conundrum

National Council (NC)

May 22, 2014 2 mins read 187 views
A delicious spread of literary feast

Mountain Echoes

May 22, 2014 3 mins read 151 views
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Recents

Learning from the Tading experience

While much of the country debates taxes on fixed deposit interests, GST, and the legality of certain parliamentary decisions, something more quietly transformational is happening in Tading, Samtse. There, residents are reaping the benefits, modest it may be,of smart infrastructure planning and decisive execution.

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