November of 2012

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Gelephu, Sarpang: Row, row, row your (own) boat

Gelephu

Nov 06, 2012 2 mins read 162 views
Music brings together Bhutan and France

RAPA

Nov 06, 2012 1 mins read 153 views
What's in a name?

Business

Nov 06, 2012 2 mins read 0 views
The search for flight information

Letter to the editor

Nov 06, 2012 1 mins read 134 views
Other ways of belling

Editorial

Nov 06, 2012 2 mins read 153 views
Two expatriate workers killed, nine injured

Accident

Nov 06, 2012 1 mins read 139 views
External Commercial Borrowing: MIGA, an opportunity

Druk Holding and Investments

Nov 06, 2012 2 mins read 128 views
Good fences don't always make good neighbours

Cordyceps

Nov 06, 2012 2 mins read 137 views
CDG: How some members spread their largesse

Politics

Nov 06, 2012 4 mins read 145 views
Elections 2012: Lower voter turnout expected this time around

Election

Nov 05, 2012 3 mins read 161 views
Lhabab Duechen: Happy Mother's Day, too!

Religion

Nov 05, 2012 3 mins read 132 views
Engineering students bag gold

Education

Nov 05, 2012 1 mins read 147 views
4th Centre, Sarpang: Reading and reaching Bhutan

Education

Nov 05, 2012 2 mins read 126 views
Car hits 12 year-old boy

Accident

Nov 05, 2012 1 mins read 146 views
Dozhong Gonpa, Trongsa: Tiger continues to prey on cattle

Wildlife

Nov 05, 2012 1 mins read 131 views
Pemagatshel Dratshang: Collapsed wall leaves complex vulnerable

Pemagatshel Dratshang

Nov 05, 2012 2 mins read 154 views
Empower traffic police to monitor vehicle emission

Letter to the editor

Nov 05, 2012 1 mins read 169 views
Unfinished business

Editorial

Nov 05, 2012 2 mins read 198 views
Expat Workers: Hoteliers at a loose end

Labour Ministry

Nov 05, 2012 3 mins read 165 views
TICA reviews HR cooperation

Bhutan-Thailand

Nov 05, 2012 1 mins read 182 views
Bhutan Investment Corporation: MoUs for funds signed with Singaporean company

Druk Holding and Investments

Nov 05, 2012 1 mins read 153 views
Samdrupjogkhar and Pemagatshel: No takers yet, farmers worried

Horticulture

Nov 05, 2012 2 mins read 195 views
Elections 2012: Repeat of 2000 cliffhanger on the card

Election

Nov 04, 2012 3 mins read 133 views
26-year-old woman stabbed

Crime

Nov 04, 2012 1 mins read 158 views
Yangtse Gewog : Manam-Chemkhar has just no candidate

Election

Nov 04, 2012 1 mins read 134 views
Laya primary school to be upgraded

School

Nov 04, 2012 1 mins read 152 views
Punakha, Wangdue, Gasa : 5 elected, 1 voted no, 1 ends in draw

Election

Nov 04, 2012 2 mins read 153 views
Automobile workshops can have more services

Letter to the editor

Nov 04, 2012 1 mins read 150 views
Wooing the young voter

Editorial

Nov 04, 2012 2 mins read 140 views
ADC

Religion

Nov 04, 2012 0 mins read 217 views
Understanding GLOF and its risks

Flood

Nov 04, 2012 2 mins read 140 views
The challenges of growing enough food

Agriculture

Nov 04, 2012 1 mins read 160 views
Local government: 17 filled, 25 vacant still

Election

Nov 04, 2012 2 mins read 155 views
Human-wildlife conflict: Livestock kills on the rise

Human-Wildlife Conflict

Nov 04, 2012 2 mins read 163 views
Druk Chirwang Tshogpa: Second new party submits bid to ECB

Politics

Nov 02, 2012 2 mins read 151 views
Centenary Farmers' Market: Auction yard to store onion and garlic

Agriculture

Nov 02, 2012 1 mins read 151 views
Has religion acquired a misogynistic alter ego .

Perspective

Nov 02, 2012 4 mins read 180 views
Soe, Thimphu: Govt. land to be leased for grazing

Land

Nov 02, 2012 2 mins read 180 views
REVIEW: A native son's perspective

Book

Nov 02, 2012 2 mins read 168 views
The making of the Constitution

Perspective

Nov 02, 2012 10 mins read 0 views
Sand Prices: To come down by more than Nu 4,000

Sand

Nov 02, 2012 2 mins read 172 views
Wamrong, Trashigang: Depot yet to supply cylinders

Cylinder Shortage

Nov 02, 2012 1 mins read 152 views
Shumar Gewog: Bitten off more than they could chew?

Agriculture

Nov 02, 2012 2 mins read 192 views
Yenlag Thromde: Rangjung's struggle with its status

Rangjung

Nov 02, 2012 3 mins read 153 views
Lungtenphug Incident: Case still under investigation

Crime

Nov 02, 2012 0 mins read 163 views
Internet-Leased Lines : Bhutan's prices soar above neighbours

Internet

Nov 02, 2012 3 mins read 143 views
Rabid dog in Gelephu town

Livestock

Nov 02, 2012 1 mins read 163 views
Local Government : The third and last poll (for now, at least)

Election

Nov 02, 2012 2 mins read 161 views
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Recents

Learning from the Tading experience

While much of the country debates taxes on fixed deposit interests, GST, and the legality of certain parliamentary decisions, something more quietly transformational is happening in Tading, Samtse. There, residents are reaping the benefits, modest it may be,of smart infrastructure planning and decisive execution.

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