November of 2020

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Bhutan's electricity export grows but fossil fuel import rises

Trade

Nov 17, 2020 2 mins read 633 views
Three-year-old girl dies of rabies in Samtse

Health

Nov 17, 2020 1 mins read 613 views
MoF to amend TA/DA notice for clarity

Finance

Nov 17, 2020 3 mins read 589 views
Ministry ready to adopt NEAF to access health of school education

Education

Nov 17, 2020 2 mins read 529 views
Danger of wrathful waters in Lhuentse

Perspective

Nov 16, 2020 4 mins read 512 views
MoAF clarifies on hazelnut issues

Letter to the editor

Nov 16, 2020 3 mins read 621 views
Change, the way forward for drayangs

Editorial

Nov 16, 2020 2 mins read 506 views
Local tourists keeping homestay afloat

Tourism

Nov 16, 2020 2 mins read 557 views
Wangdicholing hospital might have to expand

Health

Nov 16, 2020 2 mins read 551 views
Merak women embrace Yathra weaving for self-reliance

Dzongkhag

Nov 16, 2020 1 mins read 569 views
Drayang could open but with reforms

Entertainment

Nov 16, 2020 2 mins read 480 views
Mines and minerals Bill to harmonise conflicting provisions

Mining

Nov 16, 2020 2 mins read 518 views
Thimphu City FC bags 2020 Premier League

Sports

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 536 views
Sephu farmers benefit from electric fencing

Agriculture

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 496 views
Income opportunities glue people in Merak

Dzongkhag

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 458 views
On the Mountain Hazelnut issue

Letter to the editor

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 473 views
A lesson

Editorial

Nov 15, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
Farmers running short of seedlings in Shompangkha

Agriculture

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 436 views
National Assembly finalises winter session agenda

National Assembly

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 494 views
Two quarantined in Gelephu for allegedly border crossing

Crime

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 604 views
Domestic flight to Yonphula picking up

Transport

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 475 views
National credit guarantee scheme yet to pick up

Banks

Nov 15, 2020 3 mins read 512 views
Cracks, slides force Kuengarabten nuns to shift

Disaster

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 492 views
Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck honoured

Award-Grant

Nov 13, 2020 1 mins read 477 views
Cardamoms wait in store for price to improve

Agriculture

Nov 13, 2020 1 mins read 451 views
Ugly road to beautiful Phobjikha

Road

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 451 views
Yak cooperative in Haa focuses on income diversification

Farming

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 483 views
Flood mitigation structures construction at Maochhu begins

Disaster

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 439 views
108: Pictures of Bhutan in many spectral lights

Exhibition

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 496 views
New technology can solve wastewater crisis

Perspective

Nov 13, 2020 3 mins read 493 views
Bhutan comes to Calcutta

Perspective

Nov 13, 2020 6 mins read 504 views
Fire leaves four families homeless

Disaster

Nov 13, 2020 1 mins read 0 views
Dagapela-Dalbari road to complete next month

Road

Nov 13, 2020 1 mins read 428 views
Reaching out to women with disabilities

Crime

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 451 views
Stringent laws alone can neither prevent nor justify any crime

Letter to the editor

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 480 views
Clear and present danger

Editorial

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 526 views
Police investigating mandatory quarantine protocol breach

Crime

Nov 13, 2020 1 mins read 513 views
Safety protocols in place to reopen schools: MoE

Education

Nov 13, 2020 3 mins read 476 views
Shortage of specialists impede health ministry's plans

Politics

Nov 13, 2020 3 mins read 494 views
Glaciers retreating at an alarming rate

Disaster

Nov 13, 2020 3 mins read 510 views
DAHE urges students to check status of consultancy firms

Education

Nov 12, 2020 2 mins read 484 views
DNT president assures all pledges will be fulfilled

Politics

Nov 12, 2020 2 mins read 503 views
Samdrupjongkhar MSS out of containment mode

Health

Nov 12, 2020 2 mins read 484 views
Thanking women's household roles with cheese

Health

Nov 12, 2020 1 mins read 455 views
Wool processing centre encourages highlanders to rear sheep

Farming

Nov 12, 2020 1 mins read 484 views
Is joining the civil service the only option for graduates?

Letter to the editor

Nov 12, 2020 1 mins read 542 views
The consultancy business

Editorial

Nov 12, 2020 2 mins read 516 views
DeSuung National Service to bring water in Guma

Water

Nov 12, 2020 1 mins read 502 views
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