October of 2012

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College Guesthouse In-Charge : Cause of caretaker's death as yet unknown

Diseased Personalities

Oct 26, 2012 1 mins read 168 views
Women's Participation In 2011 LG Elections: 10 reasons why not

Election

Oct 26, 2012 2 mins read 141 views
Punatsangchu I & II: Hydropower projects seek to reduce impact

Hydropower Project

Oct 26, 2012 3 mins read 151 views
Lingzhi Dzong: Reconstruction likely to begin in the next plan

Lingzhi Dzong

Oct 26, 2012 2 mins read 161 views
The disease called unemployment

Letter to the editor

Oct 26, 2012 1 mins read 133 views
Up in the air

Editorial

Oct 26, 2012 2 mins read 0 views
Gelephu, Sarpang: Still no trace of taxi driver

Missing

Oct 26, 2012 1 mins read 135 views
Liquidity Constraint: Builders hit a brick wall

Rupee crunch

Oct 26, 2012 3 mins read 143 views
NC : Conditions To Re-contest: Still in the grey

National Council

Oct 26, 2012 3 mins read 178 views
Commercial Gas : Two weeks to make the switch

Cylinder Shortage

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 153 views
Man detained for stealing copper

Crime

Oct 25, 2012 0 mins read 128 views
First Buddhist Film Festival starts today

Festival

Oct 25, 2012 1 mins read 143 views
Indian Scientist's 6-Day : Thimphu gets top priority

NEC

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 120 views
Gelephu's promise

Editorial

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 145 views
Gelephu, Sarpang : Still no news of taxi driver

Missing

Oct 25, 2012 1 mins read 384 views
Visitor

Visitors

Oct 25, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
National Accounts Statistics : Debt to GDP ratio is 89 percent

Economic Development

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 144 views
Exacavation Work : 70m-deep hole is spadework .

Hydropower Project

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 144 views
Gelephu Airport : A successful inaugural flight

Gelephu Airport

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 142 views
Donation

Bhutan-Japan

Oct 23, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Dignifying labour practically

Labour Ministry

Oct 23, 2012 1 mins read 152 views
Six years for molesting a six-year-old

Crime

Oct 23, 2012 1 mins read 195 views
Wangduechhoeling Palace, Bumthang: US fund for documentation phase of project

Wangduechhoeling Palace, Bumthang

Oct 23, 2012 2 mins read 147 views
Chungkha, Bongo, Chukha: Money grows on beanstalks

Agriculture

Oct 23, 2012 2 mins read 137 views
Threat from above

Editorial

Oct 23, 2012 2 mins read 156 views
Nancy J Powell: US ambassador donates books

Book

Oct 23, 2012 1 mins read 151 views
2nd Asian Ministerial Conference: The quick and the fed

Conference

Oct 23, 2012 1 mins read 145 views
Ambassador of USA to India Nancy Powell

Ambassador

Oct 23, 2012 0 mins read 138 views
The Thimphu Affirmative: Nine-point action agenda on tiger conservation

Conference

Oct 23, 2012 1 mins read 147 views
Gelephu-Sarpang Highway: The mystery of the missing taxi driver

Missing

Oct 23, 2012 2 mins read 200 views
Kyichu Lhakhang, Paro : A butter lamp that lives up to its name

Religion

Oct 24, 2012 1 mins read 154 views
Vijayadasami

Festival

Oct 24, 2012 0 mins read 162 views
Tsirang Sonam Yargye Association : Farmers hopeful about future

Agriculture

Oct 24, 2012 2 mins read 134 views
New Township, T/Yangtse : Some landowners given thumbs-up to build

Trashiyangtse

Oct 24, 2012 2 mins read 160 views
Reinstate Punakha-Thimphu bus service

Letter to the editor

Oct 24, 2012 0 mins read 162 views
Pedestrian Sunday?

Letter to the editor

Oct 24, 2012 1 mins read 288 views
Drilling home the dignity of labour

Editorial

Oct 24, 2012 2 mins read 168 views
Ease of Doing Business Report : Bhutan drops by six points

Business

Oct 24, 2012 1 mins read 160 views
Oriental Bay Owl: The 686th bird species

Owl

Oct 24, 2012 2 mins read 140 views
Missing: Gelephu-Sarpang Highway : No trace yet of taxi driver

Missing

Oct 24, 2012 1 mins read 188 views
New RSPN office building

RSPN

Oct 24, 2012 0 mins read 131 views
Speed, unlicenced driving kills two

Accident

Oct 22, 2012 1 mins read 143 views
Silver Jubilee: Yabrang School turns 25

Yabrang School

Oct 22, 2012 2 mins read 150 views
Jigmechholing: Student goes missing

Missing

Oct 22, 2012 1 mins read 168 views
Work-Related Mishaps: Second worksite accident in two weeks

Construction

Oct 22, 2012 2 mins read 158 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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