May of 2013

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Search still on for excavator operator

Missing

May 13, 2013 1 mins read 375 views
PDP launches campaign from Punakha

National Assembly Election

May 13, 2013 2 mins read 416 views
MDG goals - Still a long way to go

Health

May 13, 2013 2 mins read 398 views
The cracks in the ground rules

Politics

May 13, 2013 4 mins read 488 views
7th De-suung training ends

De-suung

May 13, 2013 0 mins read 379 views
Rhododendron festival ends

Festival

May 12, 2013 1 mins read 499 views
The Bumthang briefing

National Assembly Election

May 12, 2013 1 mins read 374 views
The role of religion - Apolitical but not apathetic

Visitor

May 12, 2013 3 mins read 405 views
"I feel very confident about the members"

Personalities

May 12, 2013 4 mins read 349 views
630 quintals of sugar missing from FCB depot

Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB)

May 12, 2013 1 mins read 423 views
Radhipas due for a four-way split-up

National Assembly Election

May 12, 2013 1 mins read 437 views
Kalimpong minor rape case turns murky

Crime

May 12, 2013 1 mins read 505 views
Changlimithang launch to DNT campaign

National Assembly Election

May 12, 2013 1 mins read 363 views
Looking forward to some real debates

Letter to the editor

May 12, 2013 1 mins read 400 views
The price of power

Editorial

May 12, 2013 2 mins read 468 views
41-year-old missing man found dead

Missing

May 12, 2013 1 mins read 527 views
Kholongchu project not vote worthy

National Assembly Election

May 12, 2013 1 mins read 389 views
The DNT pledges

National Assembly Election

May 12, 2013 3 mins read 411 views
The DCT manifesto

National Assembly Election

May 12, 2013 3 mins read 433 views
Civil Service Awards

RCSC

May 12, 2013 0 mins read 407 views
Pelkhil boys and Mothithang girls qualify

Basketball

May 10, 2013 1 mins read 371 views
Game time today

Basketball

May 10, 2013 1 mins read 460 views
NGO's inflated Internet bill under investigation

Internet

May 10, 2013 1 mins read 406 views
Revision proposal draws flak from consumers

Power

May 10, 2013 3 mins read 434 views
A snapshot of the draft 11th Plan

Planning

May 10, 2013 6 mins read 373 views
Army of worms attacks Mongar maize fields

Pest

May 10, 2013 2 mins read 397 views
Bookstores to submit sales inventory

Bhutan infocomm and media authority (BICMA)

May 10, 2013 1 mins read 513 views
Wheels set in motion for power price hike

DGPC

May 10, 2013 2 mins read 401 views
2nd debate discusses national issues

National Assembly Election

May 10, 2013 2 mins read 336 views
DPT campaign starts from "historical" dzongkhag

Politics

May 10, 2013 2 mins read 422 views
An error in interpretation of laws?

Letter to the editor

May 10, 2013 2 mins read 441 views
The chinks in the ECB armour

Editorial

May 10, 2013 2 mins read 426 views
New chairperson lists order of business

National Council

May 10, 2013 2 mins read 436 views
Loopholes in the scrutiny process?

National Assembly Election

May 10, 2013 4 mins read 430 views
Family planning

Family planning

May 10, 2013 0 mins read 0 views
Football

Football

May 09, 2013 0 mins read 0 views
KHSS boys and girls made it to finals

Basketball

May 09, 2013 0 mins read 418 views
PDP officially confirms 12 more

National Assembly Election

May 09, 2013 4 mins read 387 views
Teenage pregnancy more prevalent in rural Bhutan

Survey

May 09, 2013 3 mins read 469 views
New trends in tourist arrivals

Tourism

May 09, 2013 2 mins read 536 views
2 detained for illegal transaction of controlled substance

Crime

May 09, 2013 1 mins read 436 views
Volunteers cremate unclaimed body

Crime

May 09, 2013 1 mins read 370 views
Power restored for the time being

Power

May 09, 2013 1 mins read 383 views
What would it take to get NHDC and Traffic police working?

Letter to the editor

May 09, 2013 1 mins read 432 views
Out on the hustings

Editorial

May 09, 2013 2 mins read 417 views
Only 21 of 90 Thai scholarships taken up

BCCI

May 09, 2013 2 mins read 409 views
Highland villages relive political discord

National Assembly Election

May 09, 2013 2 mins read 492 views
PDP holds its annual convention

Politics

May 09, 2013 2 mins read 451 views
Three veterans vie for NC chair

National Council

May 09, 2013 4 mins read 470 views
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Recents

Dungkar Dzong-an icon of Bhutan’s transformation

The Dungkar Dzong in Pangbisa, Paro, is a vivid living monument to the era of transformation in Bhutan. The structure represents Bhutan’s architectural splendour at its best. In function, it is an icon of change, an expression of times to come. The concept is an ingenuous demonstration of how a proud past welcomes an exciting future.

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The dhamngoi zomdu (candidate selection meetings) for Thrompon candidates will begin for the fourth local government elections of Thimphu and Phuentsholing Thromde Tshogdes, scheduled for July 15, according to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB).

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