May of 2020

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Convertible currency earnings hit

Finance

May 15, 2020 3 mins read 287 views
Cabbies ask for a cap on taxi numbers

Transport

May 15, 2020 1 mins read 319 views
e-litigation to keep justice alive

Judiciary

May 15, 2020 1 mins read 293 views
WOW: a large scale-farming project

Agriculture

May 15, 2020 2 mins read 314 views
The Covid-19 pandemic is an effect of collective karma humans accumulated

Perspective

May 15, 2020 5 mins read 292 views
Farmers in Gelephu struggle to export Areca nut

Farming

May 15, 2020 2 mins read 291 views
Increasing poultry farms demand on day-old chicks

Farming

May 15, 2020 2 mins read 328 views
Goenshari focuses on vegetable cultivation

Agriculture

May 15, 2020 1 mins read 279 views
Techies dreaming big for Bhutan

Technology

May 15, 2020 2 mins read 281 views
Illegal lottery business concerns authorities

Crime

May 15, 2020 2 mins read 325 views
Law enforcers interpreting law may cause ambiguity than clarity

Letter to the editor

May 15, 2020 2 mins read 295 views
Kidu raises food for thought

Editorial

May 15, 2020 2 mins read 286 views
His Majesty returns from the tour of South

Royal

May 15, 2020 1 mins read 338 views
Open schools only if public health measures are in place: MoH minister

Education

May 15, 2020 1 mins read 297 views
Kidu rescuing families from desperate situations

Kidu

May 15, 2020 2 mins read 321 views
Health ministry to reinforce testing, tracing and treatment

Health

May 15, 2020 3 mins read 320 views
About 6,500 Bhutanese return home

Health

May 14, 2020 1 mins read 313 views
Man charged with rape, incest and battery

Crime

May 14, 2020 1 mins read 353 views
Tarphel changing fast

Cordyceps

May 14, 2020 1 mins read 296 views
Are we serious about our national language?

Letter to the editor

May 14, 2020 2 mins read 285 views
A cruel irony

Editorial

May 14, 2020 2 mins read 347 views
HV/MV industries get demand charge concession

Health

May 14, 2020 2 mins read 316 views
Revamp or dissolve: OD exercise damns DAMC

Agriculture

May 14, 2020 2 mins read 299 views
MoEA launches a system to improve ease of doing business

Trade

May 14, 2020 2 mins read 289 views
Govt. prepares to reopen schools

Education

May 14, 2020 2 mins read 305 views
19 Covid-19 cases

Health

May 14, 2020 3 mins read 356 views
Nyalazam bridge handed over

Briefly

May 14, 2020 0 mins read 350 views
CCTV to boost safety in Trongsa town

Trongsa

May 13, 2020 1 mins read 288 views
Residents nervous of foreign vehicle entry

Transport

May 13, 2020 2 mins read 284 views
Solving the youth unemployment conundrum

Perspective

May 13, 2020 5 mins read 303 views
Taxi drivers want to stick with odd-even rule

Transport

May 13, 2020 2 mins read 276 views
Tsirang farmers try watermelons on commercial scale

Agriculture

May 13, 2020 2 mins read 306 views
Risking the health of the public

Letter to the editor

May 13, 2020 1 mins read 288 views
Are we doing enough?

Editorial

May 13, 2020 1 mins read 310 views
Govt. comfortable with capital budget

Finance

May 13, 2020 2 mins read 292 views
Stimulating the agriculture sector for enhanced production

Agriculture

May 13, 2020 2 mins read 278 views
Seven sentenced for "breach of public order and tranquility"

Crime

May 13, 2020 1 mins read 290 views
In science, we should trust: TAG team

Health

May 13, 2020 3 mins read 289 views
Build Bhutan to employ 7,000 in the construction sector

Labour

May 13, 2020 3 mins read 292 views
Tracing Druk Trace

Technology

May 12, 2020 2 mins read 308 views
Normalcy returns to Gelephu despite close to red zone

Health

May 12, 2020 1 mins read 305 views
Ensuring safety of truckers conveying essentials

Transport

May 12, 2020 1 mins read 279 views
Teachers walk door-to-door to conduct lessons

Education

May 12, 2020 2 mins read 299 views
Back to square one with physical book

Letter to the editor

May 12, 2020 1 mins read 289 views
A good time to reflect on our tourism policy

Editorial

May 12, 2020 2 mins read 293 views
Enough space for physical distancing in Parliament

National Assembly

May 12, 2020 1 mins read 284 views
Wangdue's livestock and agriculture expects boost this year

Agriculture

May 12, 2020 2 mins read 305 views
Local chilli demand drops

Agriculture

May 12, 2020 2 mins read 301 views
Covid-19 triggers agriculture and forest policy changes

Health

May 12, 2020 3 mins read 281 views
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