November of 2015

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Royal Centre for Disease Control inaugurated

Health

Nov 12, 2015 2 mins read 443 views
Safety for guides, first or last?

Tourism

Nov 12, 2015 3 mins read 407 views
Digitalizing online admission procedures

Letter to the editor

Nov 12, 2015 1 mins read 454 views
After the celebrations

Editorial

Nov 12, 2015 2 mins read 419 views
Japanese Ambassador bids farewell

Japanese Ambassador

Nov 12, 2015 1 mins read 0 views
Council calls for specifications in Jabmi bill

National Council

Nov 12, 2015 2 mins read 406 views
NA lock horns over nomenclature

National Assembly

Nov 12, 2015 2 mins read 399 views
Cabinet decides to close down BOiC

State owned enterprise (SoE)

Nov 12, 2015 2 mins read 397 views
Lyonchoen to address Idea Conclave

PM visits

Nov 12, 2015 0 mins read 368 views
Collaring the Manas tigers

Tiger

Nov 11, 2015 2 mins read 369 views
Bajo town gets a facelift

Bajo town

Nov 11, 2015 2 mins read 372 views
Wetland fallow for want of water

Land

Nov 11, 2015 2 mins read 405 views
An unforgettable moment

Letter to the editor

Nov 11, 2015 1 mins read 411 views
Welcoming a new beginning

Editorial

Nov 11, 2015 2 mins read 450 views
E-portal for thromde education services launched

Education

Nov 11, 2015 1 mins read 416 views
Welfare scheme to support civil servants financially

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Nov 11, 2015 2 mins read 442 views
Nation celebrates the news of Royal heir

His Majesty the King

Nov 11, 2015 3 mins read 410 views
His Majesty The King's address to the nation on November 11

His Majesty the King

Nov 11, 2015 7 mins read 496 views
NRDCL hands over forests plantations

Natural Resource Development Corporation Limited (NRDCL)

Nov 10, 2015 1 mins read 382 views
One Gewog One Product to empower communities

One Gewog One Product (OGOP)

Nov 10, 2015 2 mins read 461 views
Tribute

Fourth Druk Gyalpo

Nov 10, 2015 6 mins read 487 views
Paro airport arrival terminal inaugurated

Aviation

Nov 10, 2015 3 mins read 404 views
The Great Fourth

Perspective

Nov 10, 2015 5 mins read 429 views
Biggest golden butter lamp lit at Dochula Druk Wangyal lhakhang

Tribute

Nov 10, 2015 2 mins read 444 views
Celebrating the historic moment

Letter to the editor

Nov 10, 2015 1 mins read 401 views
Thanking the King most noble

Editorial

Nov 10, 2015 2 mins read 447 views
Celebrating a king's life

Fourth Druk Gyalpo

Nov 10, 2015 19 mins read 408 views
Golden Mahseer hatchery to benefit Rukha and Lawa Lamga chiwogs

Bridge

Nov 08, 2015 2 mins read 462 views
Sertog installed on Mila Repa temple at Rigzinling

Religion

Nov 08, 2015 1 mins read 390 views
Apple export earnings drop almost threefold

Export

Nov 08, 2015 1 mins read 420 views
"Timeless Treasures": a real treasure

Book launch

Nov 08, 2015 3 mins read 390 views
Pedestrian too should respect zebra crossing rule

Letter to the editor

Nov 08, 2015 1 mins read 409 views
The perfect gift

Editorial

Nov 08, 2015 2 mins read 0 views
Three men arrested for choeten vandalism

Crime

Nov 08, 2015 1 mins read 446 views
High prevalence of Thiamin deficiency in school children

Health Conference

Nov 08, 2015 3 mins read 417 views
Inner development courses for civil servants

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Nov 08, 2015 3 mins read 429 views
Celebrating the past, living the present, and looking beyond

Bhutan Post

Nov 08, 2015 3 mins read 400 views
Queen's Project

Queen's Project

Nov 08, 2015 0 mins read 400 views
Pet craze, a growing culture

k2

Nov 06, 2015 4 mins read 462 views
Thimphu to get 18 new city buses

City buses

Nov 06, 2015 2 mins read 447 views
Hawkers told to go

Business

Nov 06, 2015 1 mins read 402 views
Single engine helicopter is safe: govt

Aviation

Nov 06, 2015 2 mins read 413 views
Highway turned farm road

Highway

Nov 06, 2015 2 mins read 396 views
Blame the hail and rain

Agriculture

Nov 06, 2015 2 mins read 439 views
First batch of 13 cranes lands in Phobjikha

Wildlife

Nov 06, 2015 1 mins read 389 views
Four types of commemorative coins released

The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Nov 06, 2015 1 mins read 430 views
A gem of a King

Perspective

Nov 06, 2015 4 mins read 490 views
Two sentenced in drug case

Crime

Nov 06, 2015 1 mins read 455 views
Enrolment decreasing in Choekhorling

Education

Nov 06, 2015 1 mins read 409 views
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