September of 2015

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Democracy Day

Democracy Day

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BNB CEO says ipad "gifts" justified

Bhutan National Bank Ltd. (BNBL)

Sep 11, 2015 2 mins read 315 views
Water wastage is money going down the drain

Water

Sep 11, 2015 2 mins read 337 views
Our only power - hydropower

Perspective

Sep 11, 2015 5 mins read 333 views
Dekiling elects new gup

LG

Sep 11, 2015 1 mins read 329 views
High level advocacy programme to sensitise students

Students

Sep 11, 2015 2 mins read 364 views
Advocacy on NCDs begins in Trashigang

Health

Sep 11, 2015 2 mins read 308 views
Over 100 percent cost escalation for roads and bridges

Roads

Sep 11, 2015 2 mins read 354 views
"I was just a facilitator"

Award

Sep 11, 2015 2 mins read 310 views
Joint Indo-Bhutan initiatives- A future with many promises

Letter to the editor

Sep 11, 2015 1 mins read 288 views
Keeping board members happy

Editorial

Sep 11, 2015 2 mins read 357 views
NFE instructor accused of corporal punishment

Complaint

Sep 11, 2015 2 mins read 367 views
The long wait to open a One Stop Crisis Centre

Health

Sep 11, 2015 3 mins read 405 views
Hydropower targets reprioritised

Hydropower

Sep 11, 2015 2 mins read 330 views
Gov't cancels tender, renews Google Apps contract

ICT

Sep 11, 2015 4 mins read 345 views
More questions on BOiC-BDBL merger

Finance

Sep 11, 2015 4 mins read 347 views
Accident kills one

Accident

Sep 11, 2015 0 mins read 0 views
City's preparation for the big day is in full swing

Thromde

Sep 10, 2015 2 mins read 309 views
Tang road to be blacktopped after 36 years

Roads

Sep 10, 2015 2 mins read 351 views
Making rice more nutritious for school children

Nutrition

Sep 10, 2015 1 mins read 325 views
Villagers suspect bear or tiger behind livestock deaths

Conflict

Sep 10, 2015 2 mins read 337 views
Members demand more clarification on pension

Letter to the editor

Sep 10, 2015 1 mins read 348 views
Bringing youth in focus

Editorial

Sep 10, 2015 2 mins read 355 views
Regulator yet to fill critical post

Aviation

Sep 10, 2015 3 mins read 328 views
Children's Parliament election on Saturday

Democracy

Sep 10, 2015 2 mins read 329 views
Man convicted for minor rape to appeal to High Court

Crime

Sep 10, 2015 1 mins read 375 views
When fathers don't claim their children

Census

Sep 10, 2015 4 mins read 358 views
An action plan to reduce suicide rate

Suicide

Sep 10, 2015 2 mins read 375 views
Lets face it

RENEW

Sep 10, 2015 0 mins read 351 views
National team told to improve

Football

Sep 09, 2015 2 mins read 345 views
DCCL accused of refusing Bhutanese trucks to ferry cement to India

Dungsam Cement Corporation Limited (DCCL)

Sep 09, 2015 1 mins read 388 views
Bringing yaks back to Tang

Tradition

Sep 09, 2015 2 mins read 309 views
Thai ambassador bids farewell to Bhutan

Diplomacy

Sep 09, 2015 1 mins read 373 views
Trashiyangtse proposes better money for traditional dancers

Tradition

Sep 09, 2015 2 mins read 348 views
Growth rate of current expenditure outstripping domestic revenue

Letter to the editor

Sep 09, 2015 1 mins read 352 views
A modern spectre?

Editorial

Sep 09, 2015 2 mins read 388 views
Legalising the collection of putishing

Plant

Sep 09, 2015 2 mins read 324 views
Civil service administrative tribunal yet to be established

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Sep 09, 2015 2 mins read 306 views
MoAF scores big on farm mechanisation

Agriculture

Sep 09, 2015 3 mins read 350 views
Fire kills two, destroys 12 makeshift huts

Disaster

Sep 09, 2015 1 mins read 353 views
Consultative meeting

Consultative meeting

Sep 09, 2015 0 mins read 300 views
Accident kills one, injures five

Accident

Sep 08, 2015 1 mins read 434 views
Farmers learn new cropping

Agriculture

Sep 08, 2015 2 mins read 319 views
Reviving Sunday vegetable markets in Trashigang

Agriculture

Sep 08, 2015 2 mins read 291 views
Jobseekers get trained to find employment

Training

Sep 08, 2015 2 mins read 310 views
Revamping central and autonomous schools

Education

Sep 08, 2015 3 mins read 323 views
E-ticket system of public transport

Letter to the editor

Sep 08, 2015 1 mins read 476 views
Recognising Lyonpodep Sangay Ngedup

Editorial

Sep 08, 2015 2 mins read 414 views
Medical council stops private practice

Health

Sep 08, 2015 3 mins read 324 views
Former health minister Sangay Ngedup honoured

Award

Sep 08, 2015 2 mins read 369 views
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Cost of complacent breathing

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A common destiny, a collective future

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A historic National Day

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The true measure of public service

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Sir, your advice to the younger generation?

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The never-ending tourism debate

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