May of 2012

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Replenishing a Rupee-hungry economy

Rupee Crisis

May 24, 2012 2 mins read 291 views
Out of our control

Editorial

May 24, 2012 1 mins read 343 views
A busy month for MPs

Parliament Session

May 24, 2012 2 mins read 313 views
Lease rankles those who lost out

Gelephu Thromde

May 24, 2012 2 mins read 259 views
Equipping hospitals for disaster relief

Health

May 24, 2012 1 mins read 303 views
Neck and neck all the way

Football

May 24, 2012 1 mins read 300 views
National Dress Code : Enforcement is the people's choice

Lhuentse

May 24, 2012 1 mins read 292 views
Mountain Echoes [Day 3] : Third edition ends

Literary Festival

May 23, 2012 2 mins read 268 views
Geddu College Of Business Studies : Makeshifts take no notice of notifications

Gaeddu College

May 23, 2012 2 mins read 278 views
Contractors vent grievances

Meet The Press

May 23, 2012 3 mins read 312 views
A case of reverse discrimination?

My Say

May 23, 2012 1 mins read 268 views
In appreciation

My Say

May 23, 2012 0 mins read 556 views
The petrol predicament

Editorial

May 23, 2012 2 mins read 291 views
33-year-old gets 10 years

Crime - Rape

May 23, 2012 0 mins read 283 views
Changjiji Murder : Two more arrested

Crime - Murder

May 23, 2012 2 mins read 247 views
The Energy Ring : An idea whose time is long overdue

SAARC - Energy

May 23, 2012 1 mins read 306 views
Three ministries top irregularities

RAA

May 23, 2012 3 mins read 312 views
Petrol Price : Highest hike ever

Petrol Proce

May 23, 2012 2 mins read 289 views
Couple caught with tobacco for sale

Crime - Tobacco Control

May 22, 2012 1 mins read 387 views
Mountain Echoes [Day Two] : Discourse on travel writing

Literary Festival

May 22, 2012 3 mins read 296 views
Dzongkha Literature : Threatened by lack of interest in reading, writing

Literary Festival

May 22, 2012 1 mins read 305 views
Sabzi Mandi : The Falakata experience

Vegetable

May 22, 2012 2 mins read 273 views
Mountain Echoes [Day Two] : 50 years of cinema

Literary Festival

May 22, 2012 1 mins read 282 views
Not an `egg'cellent business no more

Poultry

May 22, 2012 1 mins read 297 views
`Farm Fresh' : Complaints about `new' milk in plastic packets

Dairy

May 22, 2012 1 mins read 321 views
Private Diagnostic Service Centres : Four applicants given provisional clearance

Private Diagnostic Service

May 22, 2012 2 mins read 364 views
GNH is where our roots are

My Say

May 22, 2012 2 mins read 279 views
Not a happy state of affairs

Editorial

May 22, 2012 2 mins read 338 views
Vikram Seth : "Rashness . Fools should rush in"

Literary Festival

May 22, 2012 3 mins read 279 views
Thimphu-Babesa Expressway : Four arrested over fatal fight

Crime - Gang Gight

May 22, 2012 1 mins read 330 views
Hydropower Construction : Bhutanese participation boils down to cash

Hydropower - Contractor

May 22, 2012 2 mins read 282 views
German-China Junket : Two saved from being suspended

ACC

May 22, 2012 2 mins read 280 views
Central Monastic Body arrive Thimphu

Picture story:

May 20, 2012 0 mins read 275 views
Druk Drayang wins the day

Sports - Archery

May 20, 2012 1 mins read 306 views
Town Relocation: Khitsang gets green light at long last

Duksum - Trashiyangtse

May 20, 2012 1 mins read 293 views
Substance Abuse: Training counsellors to counsel

Drugs

May 20, 2012 2 mins read 279 views
Oct. 2011-Mar. 2012:Lean season import bill - Nu 30M so far

Hydrop[ower

May 20, 2012 1 mins read 281 views
Will our PM's "rural prosperity" aspirations work in reality?

My Say

May 20, 2012 2 mins read 305 views
Mountain Echoes strikes a chord

Editorial

May 20, 2012 2 mins read 301 views
Kilkhorthang, Damphu, Tsirang: Water woes continue to flow

Sanitation - Tsirang

May 20, 2012 2 mins read 318 views
Mountain Echoes 2012: 3rd edition launched at India House

Literary Festival

May 20, 2012 2 mins read 284 views
Germany, China Junket: Doctors were paid special incentives

ACC - Health

May 20, 2012 2 mins read 240 views
PDP's Second Convention: Wangtse Chirphel is PDP's motto

Politics : PDP

May 20, 2012 2 mins read 291 views
Man charged with minor rape

Crime - Rape

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 339 views
Tsirang-Dagana:Surviving a five-day shutdown

BPC

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 266 views
Controlled Prescription Drugs: 4 busts, 3000 numbers

Crime - drugs

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 303 views
Water, food contamination suspected

Health

May 18, 2012 2 mins read 261 views
Paro Zorig Ga-toen: Weeklong display of arts and crafts

Art Festival

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 318 views
Covering Elections: A special sort of report

ECB

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 309 views
Forged Visas: Local tour operator's license suspended

Tourism

May 18, 2012 2 mins read 304 views
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