May of 2014

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Hazelnut plantations razed by forest fire

Forest fire

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 586 views
Saving the shrinking Kharul lake

Lake

May 16, 2014 1 mins read 532 views
Daga Trashi Yangtse dzong consecrated

Daga Trashi Yangtse dzong

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 503 views
A farm road that brought villagers back home

Migration

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 638 views
Why FCBL should expand

Perspective

May 16, 2014 4 mins read 643 views
Tourism industry looks forward to a good year ahead

Tourism

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 495 views
Windstorm victims' claims being assessed

Windstorm

May 16, 2014 1 mins read 576 views
Number of graduates seeking jobs will only grow

Employment

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 510 views
Construction irregularities drain resources

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 555 views
Audit recovers Nu 151M

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 580 views
Unhealthy conduct of health worker

Letter to the editor

May 16, 2014 1 mins read 613 views
Reminding representatives of their responsibilities

Editorial

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 546 views
Bhutan and Nepal agrees to update ASA

Aviation

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 623 views
Making NC an "effective and meaningful" player 1243

Parliament

May 16, 2014 2 mins read 563 views
Lyonchhoen congratulates BJP

Elections

May 16, 2014 1 mins read 599 views
Look beyond: HM tells parliamentarians

Parliament

May 16, 2014 4 mins read 574 views
Moenlam Chenmo

Religion

May 16, 2014 0 mins read 0 views
Olakha effluent treatment plant defunct

Pollution

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 534 views
Consider us a part, not apart: Gups

Training

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 540 views
Arson case reaches district court

Crime

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 568 views
Shechen Dharma Society launched

Religion

May 15, 2014 1 mins read 676 views
Supreme Court rules in favour of plaintiff bank

Bank of Bhutan Limited (BOBL)

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 642 views
Factual error in the education story coverage

Letter to the editor

May 15, 2014 1 mins read 567 views
For an informed local government

Editorial

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 548 views
100,000 trained in four years

ICT

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 659 views
Escaped detainee caught

Abscondee

May 15, 2014 1 mins read 0 views
Dungsam to explore hydro projects

Dungsum Cement Corporation Ltd (DCCL)

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 541 views
Eighth body found

Accident

May 15, 2014 2 mins read 559 views
Thongdrel consecration

Consecration

May 15, 2014 0 mins read 500 views
Search for the missing suspended

Accident

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 537 views
Doctors' residency program begins this July

Health

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 551 views
Local leaders nix vegetable market plans

Bajo

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 562 views
No power back up at JDWNRH

Letter to the editor

May 14, 2014 1 mins read 703 views
Gold rush

Editorial

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 610 views
Meat vendors' beef with BCCI

Trade

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 539 views
Cabinet decides to join IRENA

Energy

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 533 views
PM certifies 135 skilled workers

Zorig day

May 14, 2014 1 mins read 530 views
Waiting for the stimulant

Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP)

May 14, 2014 3 mins read 547 views
Two more inbound Indians nabbed with gold

Crime

May 14, 2014 2 mins read 563 views
MPs visit inmates

Visit

May 14, 2014 0 mins read 597 views
MoEA begins final investigation

Mining

May 13, 2014 2 mins read 644 views
Living with the silent killers

Health

May 13, 2014 3 mins read 803 views
Shopkeepers say FCBL kill their business

Shop

May 13, 2014 1 mins read 576 views
`Intrusion' into collection area continues

Cordyceps

May 13, 2014 1 mins read 574 views
Push for state-funded campaign expenses

LG Elections

May 13, 2014 2 mins read 518 views
Thimphu City Corporation: Please do something!

Letter to the editor

May 13, 2014 1 mins read 587 views
A stitch in time

Editorial

May 13, 2014 2 mins read 0 views
Education tops govt. priority list

Visit

May 13, 2014 2 mins read 588 views
Anthrax suspected in death of seven cows

Animal disease

May 13, 2014 1 mins read 577 views
Detainee escapes

Crime

May 13, 2014 1 mins read 552 views
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