September of 2017

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12hrs Assam Strike

Border

Sep 18, 2017 0 mins read 383 views
Bhutan hopes for top three spots in SAFF U-18

South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

Sep 17, 2017 2 mins read 358 views
Children's imagination captured in artwork

Art exhibition

Sep 17, 2017 3 mins read 351 views
Hotel associations sign MoU to enhance cooperation

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

Sep 17, 2017 1 mins read 351 views
Beekeepers' cooperative in Bumthang seeks ISO certification

Beekeepers

Sep 17, 2017 2 mins read 379 views
Certainly, we could do better

Editorial

Sep 17, 2017 2 mins read 347 views
DPT declares Nyishu-Sephu candidate

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Sep 17, 2017 1 mins read 412 views
Community challenged to rear sheep in Bumthang

National Sheep Breeding Centre

Sep 17, 2017 2 mins read 353 views
Shooting boulders kills one, injures three

Accident

Sep 17, 2017 0 mins read 391 views
Cultural events to mark 30 years of Bhutan-Korea relations

Bhutan-Korea

Sep 17, 2017 1 mins read 381 views
GNH certification tool for business to be launched

Gross National Happiness (GNH)

Sep 17, 2017 2 mins read 363 views
Wangduephodrang dzong rises to glory stronger

Wangduephodrang dzong

Sep 17, 2017 3 mins read 407 views
World style to replace Yangphel archery format

Archery

Sep 15, 2017 3 mins read 449 views
Mentally ill, neglected and homeless

Perspective

Sep 15, 2017 3 mins read 554 views
Sensors installed to deter choeten vandalism in Mongar

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Sep 15, 2017 1 mins read 339 views
Vermicompost plant fetches good money in Samtse

Project

Sep 15, 2017 2 mins read 479 views
BoB makes payment and loan application convenient

Bank of Bhutan Limited (BoBL)

Sep 15, 2017 2 mins read 396 views
PPP rules to enhance economic investment

Public Private Partnership (PPP)

Sep 15, 2017 2 mins read 364 views
DRA to review medicines that people claim help quit addiction

Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA)

Sep 15, 2017 2 mins read 362 views
Wildlife rehabilitation centre in want of space

Wildlife

Sep 15, 2017 2 mins read 375 views
Develop Clock Tower Square for better

Letter to the editor

Sep 15, 2017 1 mins read 401 views
Assessing the state of democracy

Editorial

Sep 15, 2017 2 mins read 421 views
Day looks at vices of democracy

Launch

Sep 15, 2017 1 mins read 360 views
ECB shifts its focus on 2018 elections

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Sep 15, 2017 2 mins read 320 views
Team formed to inspect cars in Gelephu region

Royal Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Sep 15, 2017 1 mins read 331 views
PHPA rolls out online system for efficiency and transparency

Hydro projects

Sep 15, 2017 3 mins read 345 views
Lack of funds hinder patient evacuation

Health

Sep 15, 2017 3 mins read 351 views
AKRSU calls off strike

Border

Sep 15, 2017 0 mins read 371 views
Police arrest three more in gold smuggling case

Crime

Sep 14, 2017 1 mins read 349 views
Works in full swing to develop Dhamdum Industrial Park

Dhamdum Industrial Park (DIP)

Sep 14, 2017 2 mins read 405 views
Booster pump improves water supply in Changjiji

Water

Sep 14, 2017 1 mins read 344 views
Municipality's job to maintain roads

Letter to the editor

Sep 14, 2017 1 mins read 402 views
Make space for farmers

Editorial

Sep 14, 2017 1 mins read 382 views
Ambassador presents credentials to the UN Secretary General

Ambassadors

Sep 14, 2017 0 mins read 411 views
Five charged for illegal transfer of tsatong land in Thimphu

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Sep 14, 2017 2 mins read 430 views
Six burglaries in three towns in three days

Crime

Sep 14, 2017 1 mins read 391 views
OAG charges eight in land grabbing case

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) charged a Thimphu dzongkhag's revenue clerk, and seven others including the former Chang Gup Naku and the incumbent Gup, Kanjur for all...

Sep 15, 2017 2 mins read 388 views
Bhutan sets high health targets for 2020

Health

Sep 14, 2017 3 mins read 353 views
Mapping encourages community participation

Seminar

Sep 13, 2017 1 mins read 378 views
Transport Utd beats Ugyen Academy in BOB national league title

Football

Sep 13, 2017 2 mins read 400 views
Trongsa begins segregating waste

Waste

Sep 13, 2017 2 mins read 359 views
Samtse residents await Druk Bindu Hydropower project to begin

Hydro projects

Sep 13, 2017 2 mins read 500 views
Mongar records 10 suicide cases in 18 months

Suicide

Sep 13, 2017 1 mins read 561 views
Attention policy makers

Letter to the editor

Sep 13, 2017 1 mins read 342 views
Operation drugs

Editorial

Sep 13, 2017 2 mins read 405 views
Dekiling township lacks budget

Township

Sep 13, 2017 1 mins read 352 views
Possible influenza outbreak in Tsirang

Health diseases

Sep 13, 2017 1 mins read 407 views
Police to inspect all vehicles at check posts

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Sep 13, 2017 1 mins read 388 views
Economic prospects dim for next six months

Economy

Sep 13, 2017 1 mins read 386 views
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