May of 2012

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AOG files case against three doctors

ACC

May 15, 2012 1 mins read 337 views
Nganglam HSS : Mysterious ailment lays pupils low

Nganglam HSS

May 15, 2012 2 mins read 292 views
GoI Line Of Credit : Delegation asked to justify increase in demand

Rupee Crisis

May 15, 2012 1 mins read 318 views
Vegetable Vendors : Rupee issue last date now first week of June

Agriculture

May 15, 2012 3 mins read 277 views
US University Teams : American students show Bhutanese students the basics

Sports - Basketball

May 14, 2012 2 mins read 297 views
Chumey, Bumthang : A job handed down generations

Trongsa Dratshang

May 14, 2012 2 mins read 281 views
High-End Indian Tourists : 3,000 plus expected from May to July

Tourism

May 14, 2012 1 mins read 331 views
Norwegian Grant : Nu 288M to boost energy sector

Grant

May 14, 2012 2 mins read 304 views
Ula farm road suspended by gup alone

My Say

May 14, 2012 1 mins read 290 views
The veggie challenge

Editorial

May 14, 2012 2 mins read 322 views
Affordable Housing : Plan to build in town abandoned

NHDC

May 14, 2012 3 mins read 266 views
Himalayan Wood Owl : Bird Sherub brings up an orphan owlet.

Ornithology

May 14, 2012 2 mins read 302 views
Bank of Bhutan : Deals on wheels

Banking

May 14, 2012 1 mins read 246 views
Damage Assessment : 3 days of frost, 328 acres of fields

Bumthang

May 14, 2012 1 mins read 314 views
Orong High School : Second probe into `incident' ordered

Samdrupjongkhar

May 14, 2012 3 mins read 306 views
Wamrong fire victims, victims again

Womrong Fire

May 13, 2012 1 mins read 296 views
Kangpara, Trashigang : Tsazo is almost extinct now

Craft

May 13, 2012 2 mins read 280 views
Damchen Gas Station : Two men rob Olakha outlet at knifepoint

Crime

May 13, 2012 1 mins read 305 views
Restore agricultural farm system

My Say

May 13, 2012 1 mins read 288 views
A timely wake-up call

Editorial

May 13, 2012 2 mins read 303 views
International Nurse's Day : Honouring our care-givers

Health

May 13, 2012 2 mins read 301 views
Rupee Crunch : Through `unofficial' lens

Rupee Crunch

May 13, 2012 1 mins read 246 views
Tightening belts without losing weight

Rupee Crunch

May 13, 2012 2 mins read 275 views
Vegetable Import : Vendors make final bid for Rupee

Agriculture - Vegetable

May 13, 2012 4 mins read 295 views
Customs considers beer consignment this time

Alcohol - Import

May 11, 2012 2 mins read 281 views
Forest Fires : People are the biggest culprits

Forest Fire

May 11, 2012 2 mins read 330 views
Menbi Gewog : Lhuentse's rice bowl to get new irrigation canal

Agriculture - Irrigation

May 11, 2012 1 mins read 325 views
Tang & Chumey : Cold snap nips potato crop in the bud

Agriculture - Potato

May 11, 2012 2 mins read 294 views
Thimphu Tech Park : Negotiations in final stages with two global companies

ICT - Tech Park

May 11, 2012 2 mins read 324 views
Incurable disease kills 25 dogs and counting

Rabbis

May 11, 2012 2 mins read 282 views
Paro Police Station : Escape through lavatory ventilator

Crime - Escape

May 11, 2012 1 mins read 343 views
Thimphu District Court : More and more knots tied behind notary doors

Court - Marriage Certificate

May 11, 2012 2 mins read 309 views
ABSD: Highlights within the last quarter

ABSD

May 11, 2012 1 mins read 289 views
Sherig century celebrations : The blazing trail of Bhutanese education

Perspective

May 11, 2012 8 mins read 321 views
Nuns and monks learn book-keeping

Religious Organization

May 11, 2012 2 mins read 312 views
Subsidised Public Quota : Exceptions to the commercial rule

Kerosene

May 11, 2012 3 mins read 344 views
CF story headline a damper to program

My Say

May 11, 2012 1 mins read 307 views
The vegetable reversal

Editorial

May 11, 2012 2 mins read 298 views
A month later, PM says he didn't mean ban

Agriculture - Vegetable

May 11, 2012 3 mins read 262 views
Rupe borrowings at INR 12B

INR

May 11, 2012 0 mins read 251 views
Task Force Report : Vehicles at the core of Rupee shortage

INR Shortage

May 11, 2012 2 mins read 277 views
Political Parties : The politically correct thing to say

Politics

May 11, 2012 4 mins read 273 views
Still in league round

Archery

May 10, 2012 0 mins read 323 views
Man sentenced to 20 years for homicide

Crime _ Homicide

May 10, 2012 2 mins read 287 views
Auction Yard, S/J : Gloomy outlook for ginger growers

Agriculture - Ginger

May 10, 2012 2 mins read 284 views
Customer Service Centre : Thimthrom's `one-stop shop'

Thimphu Thromde

May 10, 2012 1 mins read 317 views
Two-Day Dialogue : The irony of the anonymous informant

Media

May 10, 2012 2 mins read 297 views
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