May of 2012

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Inaccuracies in Zorig Day coverage?

My Say

May 10, 2012 1 mins read 277 views
They'd rather not say .

Editorial

May 10, 2012 2 mins read 292 views
A sluggish spell for the region

UNESCAP

May 10, 2012 2 mins read 265 views
Damphu Hospital : 4 days and counting without water

Tsirang

May 10, 2012 1 mins read 245 views
Surprise Inspection : Caught in the act (against the Act)

BNCA

May 10, 2012 2 mins read 285 views
The gynecologist promise...

Health

May 10, 2012 3 mins read 241 views
Bhutan Olympic Committee's logo

Olympic

May 09, 2012 0 mins read 330 views
Fire destroys cash and property

Disaster - Fire

May 09, 2012 1 mins read 262 views
Community Forest : Less than half 10th Plan target achieved

Forestry

May 09, 2012 2 mins read 251 views
Chiphen Rigpel Project : Former `Total Solutions' now two years old

Chiphen Rigpel- ICT

May 09, 2012 2 mins read 351 views
Drug Law Amendment : Under the cloud of a difference of opinion

BNCA

May 09, 2012 2 mins read 246 views
Does the BBS speak it or tweak it?

My Say

May 09, 2012 1 mins read 253 views
Shrirampur, Assam : Taxi driver returns

Strike - Assam

May 09, 2012 1 mins read 293 views
New Truck Timing : Move to ease traffic congestion backfires

Phuentsholing Thromde

May 09, 2012 1 mins read 277 views
Either access to information or whistleblowers

RTI

May 09, 2012 2 mins read 240 views
Missing Boy Update : Police clueless about abduction case

Crime - Abduction

May 09, 2012 1 mins read 280 views
Phuentsholing : Customs stops beer consignment

Custom

May 09, 2012 3 mins read 274 views
How to start a private college?

Education

May 08, 2012 2 mins read 261 views
Waste Management : Makeshift garbage pit's grown like Frankenstein's monster

Waste Management

May 08, 2012 2 mins read 280 views
RMA should reconsider foreign travel allowance

My Say

May 08, 2012 1 mins read 271 views
No bar on bars

Editorial

May 08, 2012 2 mins read 299 views
One committee formed to probe another

Mongar Dzongkhag - Corruption

May 08, 2012 1 mins read 263 views
Domestic Abuse Affair : Taiwanese couple stonewalls Bhutanese embassy

Domestic Abuse

May 08, 2012 2 mins read 252 views
Umsang, Chumey, Bumthang : Absent fathers, present patrimony

Civil Registration

May 08, 2012 2 mins read 278 views
Fire Guted Two houses in Changzamtog

Fire

May 08, 2012 0 mins read 266 views
Bhutan overwhelmed with 19 goals in two matches

AFC Cup

May 07, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Bhutan overwhelmed with 19 goals in two matches

AFC Cup

May 07, 2012 0 mins read 253 views
Cege takes action against students involved

Gaeddu College

May 07, 2012 2 mins read 361 views
Samkhar, Trashigang : Cowsheds held up by tardy cement supplier

Tashigang - dairy

May 07, 2012 2 mins read 289 views
Rupee Crunch : Nganglam fetches fuel from afar

Rupee Crunch

May 07, 2012 2 mins read 287 views
Leaving the paper trail

Editorial

May 07, 2012 2 mins read 287 views
Chief Election Commissioner attents SAARC conference

ECB

May 07, 2012 0 mins read 273 views
2-day Assam strike freezes traffic

Transport

May 07, 2012 0 mins read 322 views
Bhutan Innovation & Technology Centre : An embryo for entrepreneurs

IT Park

May 07, 2012 2 mins read 291 views
Private diagnostic health centres await green signal

Health - Private clinic

May 07, 2012 2 mins read 296 views
Poaching: Matching penalty to trophy price

Wildlife Poaching

May 07, 2012 2 mins read 309 views
Renovating a lhakhang, reviving a tradition

Religion - Chorten Nyingpo

May 06, 2012 2 mins read 266 views
Commercial Farming : May 19 ready or not, here it comes!

Agriculture - Commercial farming

May 06, 2012 3 mins read 261 views
Rupee Crunch : Gomtu gets used to new dispensation

Rupee Crisis - Gomtu

May 06, 2012 2 mins read 278 views
Deny not what freedom the Constitution provides

My Say

May 06, 2012 1 mins read 284 views
The grand green project

Editorial

May 06, 2012 2 mins read 269 views
RICBL and BOBL won Award

Financial Institution

May 06, 2012 0 mins read 261 views
1st National Zorig Day : Celebration cut abruptly short

Zoring Chusum

May 06, 2012 1 mins read 266 views
Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa : Next step getting set to register

Politics

May 06, 2012 2 mins read 236 views
Tarayana fair

Tarayana

May 04, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Bangkok case unresolved still

Crime - Abuse

May 04, 2012 1 mins read 306 views
Gaeddu College of Business Studies : Dust has settled but the air is still unclear

Gaeddu College of Business Studies

May 04, 2012 2 mins read 333 views
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Recents

A historic National Day

Some historic events are planned, others unfold as if by destiny, arriving at the opportune time for a profound reason. Today, as His Majesty the King addresses the nation from the Wangduechhoeling Palace grounds in Bumthang, we witness not merely a historic occasion, but a deeply symbolic moment for the country.

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A cup of coffee, entirely Bhutanese

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