November of 2016

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SASEC project in Pasakha to miss deadline

SASEC project

Nov 04, 2016 2 mins read 384 views
Takins adapting well in Sakteng

Wildlife

Nov 04, 2016 2 mins read 316 views
Of love, laughter and understanding

Film review

Nov 04, 2016 1 mins read 352 views
Miracles from doctors

Perspective

Nov 04, 2016 7 mins read 365 views
Let's make Bhutan a "Fab Country"

Perspective

Nov 04, 2016 4 mins read 354 views
The dust menace in Wangdue

Pollution

Nov 04, 2016 2 mins read 353 views
Villagers seek land replacement

Disaster

Nov 04, 2016 1 mins read 349 views
Researchers fill gap about Bhutan's seismic history

Research

Nov 04, 2016 2 mins read 362 views
Second Medical and Health Sciences Int'l conference today

Medical

Nov 04, 2016 3 mins read 363 views
Lottery and dangers associated with domestic buyers

Letter to the editor

Nov 04, 2016 0 mins read 312 views
A sticky solution

Editorial

Nov 04, 2016 2 mins read 386 views
Local fisheries meet 70 percent of freshwater fish demand

Fisheries

Nov 04, 2016 2 mins read 406 views
Thromde to relocate Lungtenzampa fuel station

Fuel station

Nov 04, 2016 3 mins read 363 views
PDP wins North Thimphu

By-election

Nov 04, 2016 2 mins read 376 views
Police introduce sticker notice to address double parking

Traffic

Nov 03, 2016 2 mins read 335 views
Yogurt production rescues farmers' group

Dairy

Nov 03, 2016 2 mins read 372 views
Ambassador presents credentials to Republic of Korea President

Diplomacy

Nov 03, 2016 1 mins read 395 views
Damaged Reotala bridge hampers business

Bridge

Nov 03, 2016 1 mins read 354 views
Civil servants must be unbiased and operative

Letter to the editor

Nov 03, 2016 1 mins read 404 views
Keeping them where they are

Editorial

Nov 03, 2016 1 mins read 408 views
Six policy issues on NC's agenda

National Council (NC)

Nov 03, 2016 2 mins read 395 views
Govt. creates Jobs Plan for youth

Employment

Nov 03, 2016 2 mins read 380 views
Monthly paper lottery offers Nu 1.5M+ in winnings

Lottery

Nov 03, 2016 2 mins read 379 views
By-election

By-election

Nov 03, 2016 0 mins read 384 views
Centre established to showcase local construction materials

Construction

Nov 02, 2016 3 mins read 362 views
Exhibition on Tashi Gomangs on Saturday

Culture

Nov 02, 2016 2 mins read 386 views
P'ling general hospital introduces early dengue detection test

Dengue

Nov 02, 2016 1 mins read 472 views
A new irrigation channel for Dangdung by next year

Agriculture

Nov 02, 2016 2 mins read 390 views
Dealing with rising cases of HIV/AIDS

Letter to the editor

Nov 02, 2016 1 mins read 383 views
Studying for the test

Editorial

Nov 02, 2016 2 mins read 427 views
Supreme Court to assess businessman Vs BNB loan case appeal

Judiciary

Nov 02, 2016 2 mins read 380 views
Highlanders seek intervention to address issues facing herders

Livestock

Nov 02, 2016 2 mins read 421 views
OAG prosecutes Druk PNB and 14 individuals in INR racket

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Nov 02, 2016 4 mins read 596 views
Chukha-Damchu bypass will be ready by June 2017

Road

Nov 02, 2016 2 mins read 391 views
Lottery

Lottery

Nov 02, 2016 0 mins read 0 views
Let's kill the deadly scourge

Editorial

Nov 01, 2016 1 mins read 407 views
180 golfers participating in India House golf tournament

Golf

Nov 01, 2016 2 mins read 477 views
11 black-necked cranes arrive in Phobjikha

Black-necked cranes

Nov 01, 2016 2 mins read 372 views
Dangdung, Wengkhang enjoy higher paddy yields this year

Agriculture

Nov 01, 2016 2 mins read 387 views
School club looks after eighth century choeten

Heritage

Nov 01, 2016 1 mins read 374 views
Total public debt at Nu 164.75 billion

Debt

Nov 01, 2016 3 mins read 445 views
Major changes to curriculum being considered

Education

Nov 01, 2016 4 mins read 428 views
His Majesty The King in Sephu

His Majesty The King

Nov 01, 2016 1 mins read 381 views
Meager salary blamed for guards leaving in droves

Security service

Nov 13, 2016 3 mins read 394 views
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ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

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Recents

Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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