May of 2014

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Hazelnut plantations razed by forest fire

Forest fire

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 437 views
Saving the shrinking Kharul lake

Lake

May 16, 2014 1 mins read 389 views
Daga Trashi Yangtse dzong consecrated

Daga Trashi Yangtse dzong

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 363 views
A farm road that brought villagers back home

Migration

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 456 views
Why FCBL should expand

Perspective

May 16, 2014 4 mins read 455 views
Tourism industry looks forward to a good year ahead

Tourism

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 354 views
Windstorm victims' claims being assessed

Windstorm

May 16, 2014 1 mins read 429 views
Number of graduates seeking jobs will only grow

Employment

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 376 views
Construction irregularities drain resources

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 390 views
Audit recovers Nu 151M

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 386 views
Unhealthy conduct of health worker

Letter to the editor

May 16, 2014 1 mins read 427 views
Reminding representatives of their responsibilities

Editorial

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 381 views
Bhutan and Nepal agrees to update ASA

Aviation

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 468 views
Making NC an "effective and meaningful" player 1243

Parliament

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 425 views
Lyonchhoen congratulates BJP

Elections

May 16, 2014 1 mins read 458 views
Look beyond: HM tells parliamentarians

Parliament

May 16, 2014 4 mins read 410 views
Moenlam Chenmo

Religion

May 16, 2014 0 mins read 0 views
Olakha effluent treatment plant defunct

Pollution

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 380 views
Consider us a part, not apart: Gups

Training

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 388 views
Arson case reaches district court

Crime

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 388 views
Shechen Dharma Society launched

Religion

May 15, 2014 1 mins read 438 views
Supreme Court rules in favour of plaintiff bank

Bank of Bhutan Limited (BOBL)

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 477 views
Factual error in the education story coverage

Letter to the editor

May 15, 2014 1 mins read 384 views
For an informed local government

Editorial

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 383 views
100,000 trained in four years

ICT

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 436 views
Escaped detainee caught

Abscondee

May 15, 2014 1 mins read 0 views
Dungsam to explore hydro projects

Dungsum Cement Corporation Ltd (DCCL)

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 374 views
Eighth body found

Accident

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 408 views
Thongdrel consecration

Consecration

May 15, 2014 0 mins read 353 views
Search for the missing suspended

Accident

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 369 views
Doctors' residency program begins this July

Health

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 400 views
Local leaders nix vegetable market plans

Bajo

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 416 views
No power back up at JDWNRH

Letter to the editor

May 14, 2014 1 mins read 441 views
Gold rush

Editorial

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 450 views
Meat vendors' beef with BCCI

Trade

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 398 views
Cabinet decides to join IRENA

Energy

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 370 views
PM certifies 135 skilled workers

Zorig day

May 14, 2014 1 mins read 390 views
Waiting for the stimulant

Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP)

May 14, 2014 3 mins read 388 views
Two more inbound Indians nabbed with gold

Crime

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 394 views
MPs visit inmates

Visit

May 14, 2014 0 mins read 408 views
MoEA begins final investigation

Mining

May 13, 2014 2 mins read 438 views
Living with the silent killers

Health

May 13, 2014 3 mins read 592 views
Shopkeepers say FCBL kill their business

Shop

May 13, 2014 1 mins read 405 views
`Intrusion' into collection area continues

Cordyceps

May 13, 2014 1 mins read 399 views
Push for state-funded campaign expenses

LG Elections

May 13, 2014 2 mins read 350 views
Thimphu City Corporation: Please do something!

Letter to the editor

May 13, 2014 1 mins read 428 views
A stitch in time

Editorial

May 13, 2014 2 mins read 0 views
Education tops govt. priority list

Visit

May 13, 2014 2 mins read 395 views
Anthrax suspected in death of seven cows

Animal disease

May 13, 2014 1 mins read 399 views
Detainee escapes

Crime

May 13, 2014 1 mins read 373 views
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