August of 2006

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Bhutan wins three silver, 10 bronze

Sport

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 421 views
Road timing

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Aug 29, 2006 0 mins read 455 views
Mock election

Election Commission

Aug 29, 2006 0 mins read 474 views
Bumthaps rush potato harvest to Phuntsholing

Agriculture/ Crops/Mushroom

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 429 views
Dzongdas: increasing responsibilities

Home Affairs

Aug 29, 2006 2 mins read 380 views
Samdrup Jongkhar to dismantle illegal settlements

Dzongkhags

Aug 29, 2006 3 mins read 474 views
A healing touch

Superstition and supernatural

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 537 views
Media's role in economic development

Media

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 436 views
Lightening kills woman

Accident

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 438 views
The Teej festival

Festival (A-Z)

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 455 views
In the spirit of Dasho Nishoka

Bhutan- Japan

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 432 views
A silly reason

Kuensel

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 462 views
Buying raffle made mandatory

Kuensel

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 424 views
Unsafe road

Letters to the Editor

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 423 views
Clarification

Letters to the Editor

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
Disappointed

Kuensel

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 477 views
What are we eating?

Editorial

Aug 29, 2006 2 mins read 426 views
Police detain car dealer's wife

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Aug 29, 2006 2 mins read 406 views
Incountry graduates outnumbered

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Aug 29, 2006 2 mins read 349 views
Khothagpa village ordered to share water

Dzongkhags

Aug 29, 2006 1 mins read 361 views
PCS: teething problems

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Aug 29, 2006 2 mins read 412 views
Without a point, without a score

Sport

Aug 25, 2006 1 mins read 403 views
Bronze for Bhutan in boxing

Sport

Aug 25, 2006 0 mins read 413 views
Campaign

Election Commission

Aug 25, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
Eastern potato farmers happy with prices

Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB)

Aug 25, 2006 1 mins read 392 views
Allotment of Kuensel shares begins

Kuensel

Aug 25, 2006 1 mins read 523 views
Apple prices down

Exports

Aug 25, 2006 2 mins read 372 views
Street hawking: A running business

Business

Aug 25, 2006 4 mins read 392 views
The great mars hoax

Science/ Technology

Aug 25, 2006 1 mins read 430 views
Thimphu to combat tobacco black market

Narcotics/Drugs

Aug 25, 2006 1 mins read 416 views
More pesticides in edibles?

Science/ Technology

Aug 25, 2006 2 mins read 420 views
A Buddhist democracy

Government Department

Aug 25, 2006 2 mins read 404 views
Clarification

Letters to the Editor

Aug 25, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
PCAL Clarifies

Letters to the Editor

Aug 25, 2006 1 mins read 378 views
On the campaign trail

Editorial

Aug 25, 2006 2 mins read 470 views
Man sentenced for attempted rape

Judiciary

Aug 25, 2006 1 mins read 431 views
Reinstate-ment a surprise: ministry

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Aug 25, 2006 3 mins read 394 views
Chasing the dollar

Bhutan - Trade

Aug 25, 2006 3 mins read 364 views
Shifting gear: quality of education

Education-Policy/Planning/Conference Workshop

Aug 25, 2006 2 mins read 455 views
Best archers from the league round

Sport

Aug 22, 2006 1 mins read 406 views
Katsho kids are U-12 champions

Sport

Aug 22, 2006 1 mins read 373 views
Bhutan football team out of SAF Games

Sport

Aug 22, 2006 1 mins read 371 views
Stream destroys paddy land

Landslides and Floods

Aug 22, 2006 1 mins read 437 views
Sensitising the grass root level on corruption

Anti-corruption

Aug 22, 2006 1 mins read 389 views
Planning Samdrup Jongkhar town

Dzongkhags

Aug 22, 2006 2 mins read 416 views
Exporters want new LC clause amended

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Aug 22, 2006 1 mins read 400 views
Doha stalemate should not hamper acceding countries

WTO (World Trade Organisation)

Aug 22, 2006 3 mins read 403 views
Time out for the multilateral trading system

WTO (World Trade Organisation)

Aug 22, 2006 3 mins read 422 views
Samdrup Jongkhar park: for the elderly

Dzongkhags

Aug 22, 2006 1 mins read 396 views
Thimphu city corporation: extra responsibilities

City Corporation

Aug 22, 2006 1 mins read 398 views
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Recents

Best Class X results of the past three years

The Class X results declared today are the best of the past five years. This is the first time in five years that the pass percentage of the Bhutan Council for School Examination and Assessment (BCSEA) has increased drastically compared to the previous year.

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