May of 2020

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Four get quarantine extension

Health

May 06, 2020 1 mins read 303 views
Bhutan at lower risk of Covid-19

Health

May 06, 2020 3 mins read 303 views
Businesses in Mongar struggle to pay rent

Mongar

May 06, 2020 2 mins read 339 views
Punakha farmers fear poor chili harvest

Agriculture

May 06, 2020 2 mins read 316 views
Mourning over Choeten vandalism

Letter to the editor

May 06, 2020 1 mins read 314 views
Food for thought

Editorial

May 06, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
People continue to flout physical distancing advice

Health

May 06, 2020 1 mins read 297 views
Five investors propose to grow commercial cannabis

Health

May 06, 2020 2 mins read 362 views
FITI launches junior associate certification course

Education

May 06, 2020 1 mins read 347 views
110 small development projects worth Nu 1.732 billion approved

Indo-Bhutan

May 06, 2020 1 mins read 316 views
Jaigaon relaxes lockdown rule, P/ling residents worried

Health

May 06, 2020 2 mins read 287 views
Jomotshangkha decision based on scientific reasons and facts: PM

Health

May 06, 2020 3 mins read 319 views
Missing, and slaughtered cattle worry villagers

Crime

May 05, 2020 1 mins read 377 views
7 arrested for cattle rustling

Crime

May 05, 2020 2 mins read 383 views
Bhutanese return home after India extends lockdown

Health

May 05, 2020 1 mins read 334 views
Income from early chili draws more farmers to grow

Agriculture

May 05, 2020 2 mins read 344 views
Breaching safety protocols must be considered criminal

Editorial

May 05, 2020 1 mins read 323 views
Internal road link to connect Gomtu to P/ling

Infra-settlement

May 05, 2020 1 mins read 327 views
ADB approves USD 20M for Bhutan's Covid-19 response

Award-grant

May 05, 2020 2 mins read 341 views
60% additional data for e-learning

Education

May 05, 2020 3 mins read 309 views
Covid-19 shows expatriates take most jobs in P/ling

Health

May 05, 2020 2 mins read 302 views
BFF incurs financial loss due to Covid-19

Sports

May 04, 2020 1 mins read 334 views
Three people sentenced for cigarette smuggling

Crime

May 04, 2020 1 mins read 348 views
Bumthang initiates cordyceps collection plan

Cordyceps

May 04, 2020 2 mins read 356 views
The backbone of economy

Letter to the editor

May 04, 2020 1 mins read 374 views
The Jomotsangkha lesson

Editorial

May 04, 2020 2 mins read 351 views
Nganglam-Gyalpoizhing highway closed for 14 days

Infra-settlement

May 04, 2020 1 mins read 305 views
Gas leakage shatters an apartment

Disaster

May 04, 2020 2 mins read 374 views
Farmers now focus on growing watermelons

Agriculture

May 04, 2020 1 mins read 328 views
Canine distemper cases rising in Paro

Health

May 04, 2020 2 mins read 290 views
Additional penalties for smugglers crossing the border

Crime

May 04, 2020 3 mins read 301 views
VTOB dedicated Teacher's Day to His Majesty The King

Education

May 03, 2020 3 mins read 294 views
Volunteers build house for homeless man

Volunteers

May 03, 2020 2 mins read 334 views
Why not taxis be allowed to carry three passengers?

Letter to the editor

May 03, 2020 1 mins read 455 views
We must be averse to and fight complacency

Editorial

May 03, 2020 1 mins read 380 views
Resource shortage slows down construction sector

Infra-settlement

May 03, 2020 2 mins read 334 views
Fighting Covid-19 in NYC

Health

May 03, 2020 3 mins read 319 views
Crowding under control at vegetable complex

Phuentsholing

May 03, 2020 1 mins read 323 views
Lhamoizingkha cut-off

Infra-settlement

May 03, 2020 1 mins read 348 views
Start-ups start feeling the Covid-19 heat

Entrepreneurs

May 03, 2020 3 mins read 319 views
Landlords playing their part to help people deal with Covid-19 impact

Trashigang

May 01, 2020 1 mins read 339 views
Taxi drivers lose business, look for alternatives

Transport

May 01, 2020 1 mins read 384 views
What Covid-19 is telling us

Perspective

May 01, 2020 4 mins read 340 views
The 1955 Bumthang salt crises

Perspective

May 01, 2020 5 mins read 352 views
Dangdung BHU inaugurated

Health

May 01, 2020 1 mins read 322 views
Man commits suicide in Trashiyangtse

Bereavement

May 01, 2020 0 mins read 368 views
Vendors along the highway hang on

Trade

May 01, 2020 1 mins read 314 views
Town residents blame old habits as they enforce safety measures

Trashigang

May 01, 2020 2 mins read 318 views
Govt. to arrange flights to bring back 649 Bhutanese

Transport

May 01, 2020 1 mins read 360 views
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The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, and major restructuring of corporate and business taxation.

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