May of 2020

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Four get quarantine extension

Health

May 06, 2020 1 mins read 276 views
Bhutan at lower risk of Covid-19

Health

May 06, 2020 3 mins read 271 views
Businesses in Mongar struggle to pay rent

Mongar

May 06, 2020 2 mins read 311 views
Punakha farmers fear poor chili harvest

Agriculture

May 06, 2020 2 mins read 293 views
Mourning over Choeten vandalism

Letter to the editor

May 06, 2020 1 mins read 289 views
Food for thought

Editorial

May 06, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
People continue to flout physical distancing advice

Health

May 06, 2020 1 mins read 273 views
Five investors propose to grow commercial cannabis

Health

May 06, 2020 2 mins read 331 views
FITI launches junior associate certification course

Education

May 06, 2020 1 mins read 310 views
110 small development projects worth Nu 1.732 billion approved

Indo-Bhutan

May 06, 2020 1 mins read 291 views
Jaigaon relaxes lockdown rule, P/ling residents worried

Health

May 06, 2020 2 mins read 257 views
Jomotshangkha decision based on scientific reasons and facts: PM

Health

May 06, 2020 3 mins read 291 views
Missing, and slaughtered cattle worry villagers

Crime

May 05, 2020 1 mins read 343 views
7 arrested for cattle rustling

Crime

May 05, 2020 2 mins read 336 views
Bhutanese return home after India extends lockdown

Health

May 05, 2020 1 mins read 291 views
Income from early chili draws more farmers to grow

Agriculture

May 05, 2020 2 mins read 309 views
Breaching safety protocols must be considered criminal

Editorial

May 05, 2020 1 mins read 298 views
Internal road link to connect Gomtu to P/ling

Infra-settlement

May 05, 2020 1 mins read 295 views
ADB approves USD 20M for Bhutan's Covid-19 response

Award-grant

May 05, 2020 2 mins read 309 views
60% additional data for e-learning

Education

May 05, 2020 3 mins read 267 views
Covid-19 shows expatriates take most jobs in P/ling

Health

May 05, 2020 2 mins read 270 views
BFF incurs financial loss due to Covid-19

Sports

May 04, 2020 1 mins read 301 views
Three people sentenced for cigarette smuggling

Crime

May 04, 2020 1 mins read 317 views
Bumthang initiates cordyceps collection plan

Cordyceps

May 04, 2020 2 mins read 321 views
The backbone of economy

Letter to the editor

May 04, 2020 1 mins read 346 views
The Jomotsangkha lesson

Editorial

May 04, 2020 2 mins read 323 views
Nganglam-Gyalpoizhing highway closed for 14 days

Infra-settlement

May 04, 2020 1 mins read 277 views
Gas leakage shatters an apartment

Disaster

May 04, 2020 2 mins read 346 views
Farmers now focus on growing watermelons

Agriculture

May 04, 2020 1 mins read 303 views
Canine distemper cases rising in Paro

Health

May 04, 2020 2 mins read 254 views
Additional penalties for smugglers crossing the border

Crime

May 04, 2020 3 mins read 272 views
VTOB dedicated Teacher's Day to His Majesty The King

Education

May 03, 2020 3 mins read 266 views
Volunteers build house for homeless man

Volunteers

May 03, 2020 2 mins read 289 views
Why not taxis be allowed to carry three passengers?

Letter to the editor

May 03, 2020 1 mins read 424 views
We must be averse to and fight complacency

Editorial

May 03, 2020 1 mins read 349 views
Resource shortage slows down construction sector

Infra-settlement

May 03, 2020 2 mins read 303 views
Fighting Covid-19 in NYC

Health

May 03, 2020 3 mins read 293 views
Crowding under control at vegetable complex

Phuentsholing

May 03, 2020 1 mins read 292 views
Lhamoizingkha cut-off

Infra-settlement

May 03, 2020 1 mins read 325 views
Start-ups start feeling the Covid-19 heat

Entrepreneurs

May 03, 2020 3 mins read 292 views
Landlords playing their part to help people deal with Covid-19 impact

Trashigang

May 01, 2020 1 mins read 311 views
Taxi drivers lose business, look for alternatives

Transport

May 01, 2020 1 mins read 354 views
What Covid-19 is telling us

Perspective

May 01, 2020 4 mins read 308 views
The 1955 Bumthang salt crises

Perspective

May 01, 2020 5 mins read 315 views
Dangdung BHU inaugurated

Health

May 01, 2020 1 mins read 290 views
Man commits suicide in Trashiyangtse

Bereavement

May 01, 2020 0 mins read 330 views
Vendors along the highway hang on

Trade

May 01, 2020 1 mins read 285 views
Town residents blame old habits as they enforce safety measures

Trashigang

May 01, 2020 2 mins read 300 views
Govt. to arrange flights to bring back 649 Bhutanese

Transport

May 01, 2020 1 mins read 321 views
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