May of 2012

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Sherig Century Celebrations: The blazing trail of the of Bhutanese education - Part II

Perspective - Sherig Centuary

May 18, 2012 5 mins read 382 views
Barpang, Mongar: Snake stung child doing good

Barpang Mongar

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 360 views
Peljorling B, Sipsoo, Samtse: One killed in tusker attack

Human Wildlife Conflict

May 18, 2012 2 mins read 368 views
Mangdechhu Hydropower: Third project takes off

Hydropower

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 417 views
Employment Services: Reaching out to the jobseeker

Employment

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 423 views
Referral Hospitals: Dedicated wards for burn patients by next year

Health

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 447 views
Rangtse PS, Haa: The class outside the `classroom'

Education

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 433 views
Police Surveillance: Rigorous checks on all capital roads

Traffoc

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 434 views
The Rupee Crunch: Reconciling theory with reality

Perspective - Rupee Crunch

May 18, 2012 5 mins read 446 views
Paro International Airport: No space to expand apron

Civil Aviation

May 18, 2012 3 mins read 481 views
Vegetable import restriction deprives choices

My Say

May 18, 2012 1 mins read 401 views
The paternity suit

Editorial

May 18, 2012 2 mins read 452 views
Marriage Certificate: Tying the knot has to wait .

High Court

May 18, 2012 2 mins read 426 views
Preserving manuscripts

Culture

May 18, 2012 0 mins read 441 views
PDP convention today

PDP

May 18, 2012 0 mins read 445 views
Sabzi Mandi : Our source of all things green

Vegetable

May 18, 2012 4 mins read 455 views
Eyes say yes, tests say no

RENEW

May 18, 2012 3 mins read 380 views
Basketball Match

Picture Story

May 17, 2012 0 mins read 443 views
Weather Research Forecast :Latest software to be used across SAARC

SAARC - Weather

May 17, 2012 2 mins read 409 views
11th National Design Competition : Weaves (and designs) on show

National Design Competition

May 17, 2012 2 mins read 481 views
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BITC

May 17, 2012 2 mins read 478 views
Is there a shortage or not?

Cement

May 17, 2012 2 mins read 478 views
A return to the roots

Editorial

May 17, 2012 2 mins read 527 views
21st Meet The Press : Bhutan's four pillars still stand .

Meet the Press

May 17, 2012 3 mins read 464 views
Australian volunteers to assist Bhutan

Volunteer

May 17, 2012 1 mins read 467 views
To turn back the rural to urban tide

Five year Plan

May 17, 2012 2 mins read 430 views
Health appeals to ACC to not suspend doctors

ACC

May 17, 2012 1 mins read 398 views
Meet The Press : Rupee crunch not quite over .

Meet the Press - Rupee crisis

May 17, 2012 2 mins read 399 views
Local Vegetable Production : The plan to double home grown vegetables

Agriculture - Vegetable

May 16, 2012 3 mins read 506 views
National team, twice beaten

Sports - Basketball

May 16, 2012 1 mins read 476 views
Philuma, Orong, S/J : Long overdue unpaid labour

BPC

May 16, 2012 2 mins read 466 views
Eastern Bhutan Program : Growing vegetables out of season

Agriculture - Vegetable

May 16, 2012 2 mins read 510 views
A three-in-one tax instead of a flat `green' one for vehicles

My Say

May 16, 2012 1 mins read 563 views
What can be substituted

Editorial

May 16, 2012 2 mins read 477 views
Choki Traditional Art School : 12th Foundation Day celebrated

Craft

May 16, 2012 1 mins read 464 views
Man held for attempted rape of baby girl

Crime - Rape

May 16, 2012 1 mins read 430 views
Private TV License : Two applicants make final cut

Private TV License

May 16, 2012 2 mins read 420 views
Currency Swap : RBI to release USD 2B into SAARC pool

SAARC

May 16, 2012 2 mins read 396 views
Friendly Basketball Match

Picture Story

May 15, 2012 0 mins read 450 views
Pralang, Tang, Bumthang : Politics on the paddy field

Bumthang

May 15, 2012 2 mins read 432 views
Kangpara Road : Game changer for chili growers

Kangpara Road

May 15, 2012 2 mins read 457 views
Will dialling 113 get anything done?

My Say

May 15, 2012 1 mins read 429 views
Even a concrete jungle needs lungs

Editorial

May 15, 2012 2 mins read 433 views
Damchen Impex : Two youth nabbed for B&E

Crime - Theft

May 15, 2012 1 mins read 406 views
The role of a reporter: To be au fait with the field

Media

May 15, 2012 2 mins read 495 views
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Where tradition meets treatment

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No amount of money can replace you

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You’re not what you think you are

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Sundays at Le Méridien

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Fighting online scams

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༉ ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ ལུང་ཕྱོགས་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་ལངམ་སྦེ་མེད་པའི་ དཀའ་ངལ་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ཁུངས་མང་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ས་མཚམས་ཕྱི་ཁ...

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National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

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Recents

GMC was a masterstroke

The conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted the global economy and fueled uncertainties, has led investors to question whether oil-rich nations remain a safe haven. As the conflict drags on, investors are seeking to diversify away from Gulf nations, especially Dubai while navigating geopolitical tensions and global volatility.

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