September of 2017

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Bumthang cordyceps fetch the highest price ever

Cordyceps

Sep 04, 2017 1 mins read 274 views
Maintaining small and efficient civil service a challenge: RCSC

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Sep 04, 2017 1 mins read 287 views
ECCD week launched

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Sep 04, 2017 0 mins read 284 views
Bikers from home bag Tour of the Dragon titles

Bikers

Sep 03, 2017 2 mins read 269 views
Forestry can be the next big growth driver for Bhutan

Perspective

Sep 03, 2017 5 mins read 263 views
Man gets a year in prison for possession of cannabis

Crime

Sep 03, 2017 1 mins read 249 views
Primary schools revive football

Football

Sep 03, 2017 2 mins read 240 views
Bad road between Khuruthang and Bajo

Letter to the editor

Sep 03, 2017 0 mins read 279 views
How costly is our development planning?

Editorial

Sep 03, 2017 1 mins read 291 views
Dagana has 175 informal boarders

Schools

Sep 03, 2017 3 mins read 253 views
JDWNRH gets equipment worth Nu 1.7M

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Sep 03, 2017 1 mins read 210 views
Corporatising JDWNRH not to encourage commercialisation: MoH

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Sep 03, 2017 3 mins read 284 views
Graduates from home perform better in BCSE

Graduates

Sep 03, 2017 2 mins read 258 views
Newborn and Birth Defects Surveillance System

Health

Sep 03, 2017 0 mins read 293 views
Let your choice of career decide your courses

k2

Sep 01, 2017 2 mins read 248 views
Helping the underprivileged with EDUCATION

k2

Sep 01, 2017 3 mins read 281 views
Groups for sustainability

Agriculture

Sep 01, 2017 4 mins read 282 views
Zorilla is Trashigang's nyagoe

Strong man (nyagoe)

Sep 01, 2017 2 mins read 303 views
Nyagoe is about strength and balance

Strong man (nyagoe)

Sep 01, 2017 2 mins read 253 views
DPT introduces Sergithag-Tsirangtoed candidate

Politics

Sep 01, 2017 1 mins read 279 views
Build climate-resilient health systems

Perspective

Sep 01, 2017 3 mins read 296 views
Jomotshangkha residents face acute shortage of water

Water

Sep 01, 2017 1 mins read 285 views
Cleaning campaigns give Tsirang a facelift

Cleaning

Sep 01, 2017 1 mins read 260 views
Farmers at the top

Vendors

Sep 01, 2017 1 mins read 348 views
Water bottling plant in Gasa inaugurated

Inauguration

Sep 01, 2017 2 mins read 271 views
Harrow School gives four scholarships to students

Students

Sep 01, 2017 2 mins read 272 views
Good partnership

Letter to the editor

Sep 01, 2017 1 mins read 314 views
Cultured identity?

Editorial

Sep 01, 2017 2 mins read 259 views
Establishment of ECCD challenged

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Sep 01, 2017 1 mins read 310 views
Pakshika warden sentenced a year in prison

Crime

Sep 01, 2017 1 mins read 269 views
Traders should not consider GST benefit as profit

Goods and services tax (GST)

Sep 01, 2017 2 mins read 258 views
First APA meet touted a success

Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA)

Sep 01, 2017 3 mins read 273 views
Pry School football final today

Football

Sep 01, 2017 0 mins read 291 views
Man sentenced for impersonating a reporter

Crime

Sep 13, 2017 1 mins read 286 views
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Recents

Disaster preparedness is our best defence

The National Council this week questioned the government on the country’s disaster preparedness. This is a pertinent issue, especially when extreme weather events are frequent and more intense. Preparedness is therefore the most effective strategy for protecting lives, livelihoods, and development gains.

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