October of 2018

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As we await the new government

Editorial

Oct 28, 2018 1 mins read 525 views
RBP and RTC win volleyball championship

Volleyball

Oct 31, 2018 1 mins read 437 views
Pest and brown spot disease infest paddy fields in Saling

Agriculture

Oct 31, 2018 2 mins read 376 views
Private papers receive 50 percent subsidy

Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA)

Oct 31, 2018 2 mins read 401 views
Busy tailors of Thimphu

Tailoring

Oct 31, 2018 1 mins read 447 views
Karuna shelter, home for the dogs

Dogs

Oct 31, 2018 2 mins read 495 views
HC acquits Lt Ugyen Dorji in desuung case

Crime

Oct 31, 2018 2 mins read 417 views
HC alters military court decision, acquits three

Crime

Oct 31, 2018 2 mins read 393 views
House rents in Thimphu

Letter to the editor

Oct 31, 2018 1 mins read 429 views
Coronation of the People's King

Editorial

Oct 31, 2018 2 mins read 451 views
NA elects Speakers from ruling party

National Assembly

Oct 31, 2018 2 mins read 462 views
Interim budget likely to affect GDP growth: IMF

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Oct 31, 2018 2 mins read 389 views
Drukjyegang lhakhang's reconstruction to resume soon

Drukjyegang lhakhang

Oct 30, 2018 2 mins read 416 views
Arekha MSS hosts youth ethics banking incentives programme

Schools

Oct 30, 2018 2 mins read 455 views
Wildlife affects rice production in Radhi

Agriculture

Oct 30, 2018 2 mins read 438 views
Waste collection alternatives

Letter to the editor

Oct 30, 2018 1 mins read 404 views
False information

Editorial

Oct 30, 2018 2 mins read 0 views
HC acquits RBA officer in DeSuung embezzlement case

Crime

Oct 30, 2018 2 mins read 395 views
HC reverses military court judgment

Crime

Oct 30, 2018 2 mins read 418 views
National Assembly to elect Speakers today

National Assembly

Oct 30, 2018 2 mins read 422 views
Cabinet ministers to receive Dakyen on November 7

Cabinet

Oct 30, 2018 2 mins read 360 views
Lhabab Duechhen

Religion

Oct 30, 2018 0 mins read 0 views
National U-15 boys knocked out of SAFF championship

South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

Oct 29, 2018 1 mins read 391 views
The Lhop widows who keep their culture alive

Lhops (Doyaps)

Oct 29, 2018 3 mins read 406 views
CCTV cameras and their benefits

Letter to the editor

Oct 29, 2018 1 mins read 375 views
The highlanders

Editorial

Oct 29, 2018 2 mins read 382 views
Thimphu thromde provides waste segregation bins to Greener Way

Waste

Oct 29, 2018 1 mins read 372 views
Private diagnostic centres told not to function as medical clinic

Health

Oct 29, 2018 1 mins read 416 views
Customers unhappy with LPG service

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Oct 29, 2018 2 mins read 382 views
Interim government dissolves

Interim government

Oct 29, 2018 2 mins read 361 views
Dr Lotay Tshering is Prime Minister

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering

Oct 29, 2018 1 mins read 0 views
Dr Lotay Tshering is Prime Minister

Kasho

Oct 29, 2018 1 mins read 382 views
Highway opens

Road

Oct 29, 2018 0 mins read 499 views
Team Trongsa wins two-day super league

Football

Oct 28, 2018 1 mins read 378 views
Namdu Dorji, the helicopter baby

Babies

Oct 28, 2018 4 mins read 362 views
Maintenance begins on Samtse-Dorokha road

Road

Oct 28, 2018 1 mins read 395 views
High Court convicts three officers

Crime

Oct 28, 2018 2 mins read 478 views
DPT elects Pema Gyamtsho as OL, files nomination for speaker and deputy speaker

National Assembly

Oct 28, 2018 2 mins read 381 views
DNT to announce ministerial portfolios soon

Cabinet

Oct 28, 2018 3 mins read 363 views
No after-care for rescued animals

Animals

Oct 26, 2018 3 mins read 448 views
Laya CS faces infrastructure constraints

Schools

Oct 26, 2018 2 mins read 362 views
Ancestry of the Bhutanese People

Perspective

Oct 26, 2018 3 mins read 463 views
Gynaecology camp benefits women in Tsirang

Health

Oct 26, 2018 2 mins read 362 views
Trashigang to replace its old water distribution network in town

Water

Oct 26, 2018 2 mins read 398 views
Business of growing cabbage in Punakha

Agriculture

Oct 26, 2018 2 mins read 471 views
Relocation of the workshops in SJ underway

Workshop

Oct 26, 2018 2 mins read 355 views
NEC confident to phase out ozone-depleting substance HCFCs by 2025

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Oct 26, 2018 2 mins read 399 views
Focusing on developing CSIs

Cottage and Small Industries (CSI)

Oct 26, 2018 2 mins read 406 views
87,901 taxpayers filed their taxes in 2017

Revenue and custom

Oct 26, 2018 2 mins read 380 views
How can we make people make better use of social media?

Letter to the editor

Oct 26, 2018 1 mins read 417 views
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