May of 2013

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Summer residence

Religion

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Cancelled

Festival

May 09, 2013 0 mins read 408 views
Another five years for eminent members

National Council

May 08, 2013 1 mins read 412 views
The auction experiment

Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB)

May 08, 2013 3 mins read 427 views
Bumthang power cut puts paid to presidential debate

Power

May 08, 2013 1 mins read 441 views
Why we shouldn't privatise health care

Perspective

May 08, 2013 4 mins read 422 views
Thimphu stalled in 3G logjam

Telecom

May 08, 2013 2 mins read 417 views
No let up to liabilities

Rupee crunch

May 08, 2013 2 mins read 372 views
How about a Parents' Day now?

Letter to the editor

May 08, 2013 1 mins read 398 views
Presenting the party presidents

Editorial

May 08, 2013 2 mins read 414 views
Nandalal Rai given audit clearance

The royal audit authority (RAA)

May 08, 2013 2 mins read 439 views
Of style and substance

National Assembly Election

May 08, 2013 3 mins read 428 views
Application deadline extended until midnight

National Assembly Election

May 08, 2013 3 mins read 440 views
PDP convention

Politics

May 08, 2013 0 mins read 460 views
Browned off by brownouts in Bumthang

Power

May 07, 2013 1 mins read 476 views
Party leaders to slug it out in live telecast

National Assembly Election

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 406 views
Stone-crushing plant suspended for eight months

Stone crushing plant

May 07, 2013 1 mins read 460 views
Growing old at Kila Gonpa

Personalities

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 427 views
B-Mobile appreciates loyal customers

Telecom

May 07, 2013 1 mins read 399 views
Police personnel let off on technicality

Tobacco

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 403 views
Forestry red tape stymies sawmill sales

Timber

May 07, 2013 3 mins read 436 views
S/J sees a rash of typhoid cases

Diseases

May 07, 2013 1 mins read 425 views
When numbers decide

Letter to the editor

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 0 views
Even the bested has a role to play

Editorial

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 428 views
Leaving for a bigger cause?

National Assembly Election

May 07, 2013 4 mins read 372 views
New domestic tariff proposed

Power

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 436 views
No rollback on ECB decision

National Assembly Election

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 434 views
NACC delegation in Bhutan

Visitor

May 07, 2013 0 mins read 399 views
Archery federation to choose best eight

Archery

May 06, 2013 1 mins read 452 views
Keeping them apolitical?

National Assembly Election

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 414 views
At the helm in the interim

Governance

May 06, 2013 1 mins read 0 views
Giant Guru statue due for completion this year

Religion

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 444 views
Awaiting experts to examine ceiling collapse

Taktse

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 411 views
Cost overrun could push Punatsangchu I export price to Nu 4 a unit

Energy

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 412 views
Bhutan focuses on pedestrian safety

RSTA

May 06, 2013 1 mins read 421 views
Cement demand will be met by Polymer potential

Industry

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 447 views
When numbers decide

Letter to the editor

May 06, 2013 1 mins read 483 views
And then there were four .

Editorial

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 433 views
The party scene in Trashigang

Politics

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 413 views
Rupee borrowings reduced to 17B

Rupee crunch

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 381 views
BKP: Down but not out

National Assembly Election

May 06, 2013 3 mins read 435 views
4 political parties for primaries

Politics

May 06, 2013 3 mins read 446 views
HIV/Aids Advocacy

Talk

May 06, 2013 0 mins read 0 views
Woman killed in Yotongla crash

Accident

May 06, 2013 0 mins read 502 views
Wizards, the first club champion

Basketball

May 05, 2013 2 mins read 418 views
Gola Bazaar dwellers don't want to go .

Township

May 05, 2013 2 mins read 449 views
Gyalpoizhing beset by a plague of snails

Snail

May 05, 2013 2 mins read 424 views
Phaling progress nipped in the bud

Township

May 05, 2013 2 mins read 424 views
Lets make it count

Letter to the editor

May 05, 2013 1 mins read 422 views
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Recents

Drayang closure to remain permanent

More than two years after promising to review the closure of drayangs, the government has ruled out the possibility of reviving the entertainment venues, signalling a definitive end to an industry that once formed a significant part of the country’s nightlife economy.

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The house that must never be empty

It has been less than a month since Rinchen Yangzom moved into the Bjarpa community house beside Ngangla Lhakhang in Ngangla Trong. For the next three years, this is her home. She cannot leave it for a single day.

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