August of 2011

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Tshochasa Stone Quarry : Through, save for a key clearance or two

Stones

Aug 25, 2011 2 mins read 339 views
Mineral Development Policy : Make friends with the PM

Internet

Aug 25, 2011 1 mins read 349 views
Uprooting longstanding teachers

Letter to the editior

Aug 25, 2011 2 mins read 316 views
The big cat and poverty

Editorial

Aug 25, 2011 2 mins read 353 views
Police Officer Poisoning Case reaches high court

Judiciary

Aug 25, 2011 2 mins read 355 views
Bhutan-Bangladesh : Four new routes to facilitate third country trade

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Aug 25, 2011 2 mins read 360 views
Mineral Development Policy : Unlikely to clear the GNH test

Geology and Mines

Aug 25, 2011 2 mins read 377 views
Queen's Endowment For Cultural Studies : 15 undergraduate slots on offer

Education-Scholarship

Aug 25, 2011 1 mins read 310 views
Home Ministry Circular : Geydrungs make a quick comeback

Home Affair

Aug 24, 2011 2 mins read 379 views
Search still on

Accident

Aug 24, 2011 0 mins read 341 views
Architecture student wins gold

Award

Aug 24, 2011 1 mins read 334 views
Aggressive urbanisation in Haa Katsho

Letter to the editior

Aug 24, 2011 1 mins read 363 views
The digital parent

Editorial

Aug 24, 2011 2 mins read 362 views
Gup

Home Affair

Aug 24, 2011 0 mins read 361 views
Pulling the plug on Bhutan Lottery

Lottery

Aug 24, 2011 1 mins read 334 views
Update: Shingkhar-Gorgan Highway : Government to go ahead

Environment

Aug 24, 2011 4 mins read 328 views
Southern Road : Caught up in bureaucracy

Road

Aug 24, 2011 3 mins read 324 views
Yangphel Archery : Enters the quarterfinals

Archery

Aug 23, 2011 1 mins read 353 views
3rd Annual Drukpa Council : To restore practices fallen into disuse

Buddhism

Aug 23, 2011 2 mins read 298 views
Pasakha School Relocation : Nu 60M spent, 70 percent work complete

Education-School

Aug 23, 2011 2 mins read 356 views
Pay hikes for some, zip for others

Editorial

Aug 23, 2011 2 mins read 321 views
Forests retreat where roads advance

Editorial

Aug 23, 2011 2 mins read 347 views
LG Election Complaint : Court dismisses complaint against gup elect

Election

Aug 23, 2011 1 mins read 329 views
Dzongkhag Tshogdu : Housing crunch first on the list of issues

Housing

Aug 23, 2011 1 mins read 456 views
His Majesty fields questions

Graduates

Aug 23, 2011 2 mins read 315 views
Samrang Gewog : Local leaders after two decades

Election

Aug 23, 2011 2 mins read 372 views
National Orientation Program : His Majesty meets the graduates

Graduates

Aug 23, 2011 2 mins read 353 views
Unhappy with official policy on Thimphu senior teachers' transfer

Letter to Editor - My say

Aug 31, 2011 2 mins read 336 views
Symbol released by committee

Royal Wedding

Aug 31, 2011 1 mins read 453 views
Poised to meet 2013 deadline

Daga Tashiyangtse Dzong

Aug 31, 2011 2 mins read 329 views
Twice a week from next March

Civil Avaition

Aug 31, 2011 1 mins read 301 views
Retail depositors find haven in two new banks

Commercial Banks

Aug 31, 2011 2 mins read 305 views
Follow `Right of Way' rule for roundabouts

Letter to Editor

Aug 31, 2011 1 mins read 365 views
The quacks among the `docs'

Editorial

Aug 31, 2011 2 mins read 302 views
Truck runs over 3-year-old

Vehicle Accident

Aug 31, 2011 1 mins read 323 views
Three traditional healers arrested in August

Sexual Abuse

Aug 31, 2011 1 mins read 328 views
Animal Saving Trust : Towards legislation against cruelty

Animal Saving Trust

Aug 31, 2011 2 mins read 324 views
Development cooperation : Danish assistance ends

Bhutan- Denmark

Aug 31, 2011 2 mins read 322 views
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Recents

A year of reckoning

As we enter the Fire Male Horse Year, our nation stands at a defining crossroads. The year 2025 delivered strong macroeconomic signals and renewed optimism on paper.

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Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, and major restructuring of corporate and business taxation.

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