April of 2012

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Intra-departmental Volleyball : Education secretariat wins championship

Sports - Vollyball

Apr 30, 2012 1 mins read 482 views
Autsho, Lhuentse : 700 acres of pine forest razed

Forest Fire

Apr 30, 2012 1 mins read 491 views
Rural Electrification : Unpaid workers equals unfinished work

BPC -Rural Electification

Apr 30, 2012 2 mins read 566 views
Two die in vehicle mishap

Accident

Apr 30, 2012 1 mins read 539 views
Crank caller finds himself in hot water

Crime - Crank Call

Apr 30, 2012 1 mins read 499 views
Getting the story straight . from the victim's mouth

Crime - Assult

Apr 30, 2012 2 mins read 502 views
Self-reliance via unity of purpose

My Say

Apr 30, 2012 1 mins read 512 views
Time to invest in public transport service

Editorial

Apr 30, 2012 2 mins read 496 views
Bhutan Post : More buses to ease public transport

Tshering Pamo

Apr 30, 2012 1 mins read 522 views
Buddhism without borders

Centre for Bhutan Studies

Apr 30, 2012 1 mins read 597 views
Mountain Echoes : Third edition from May 20-24

Literary festival

Apr 30, 2012 1 mins read 475 views
Haa to Samtse : Rupee crisis hurts remote areas

Prime Minister visit

Apr 30, 2012 2 mins read 641 views
Vegetable Growers : Local farmer's time to make hay

Agriculture - Vegetable

Apr 30, 2012 2 mins read 460 views
Inter-school Basketball Competition : Pelkhil boys and Kelki girls win

Sports - Basketball

Apr 29, 2012 1 mins read 545 views
Dantak Open Mountain Bike Race : 100km, 82 cyclists, Nu 170,000

Dantak

Apr 29, 2012 1 mins read 508 views
Changzamtog Hotel Murder Case : September 2010 suspect killer caught in Samtse

Crime - Murder

Apr 29, 2012 1 mins read 487 views
Three serial burglars nabbed in Thimphu

Crime - Buglary

Apr 29, 2012 1 mins read 473 views
Circulation Audit : For the want of proper records .

Media - Circulation Audit

Apr 29, 2012 2 mins read 458 views
Letter to Phuentsholing Thromdey

My Say

Apr 29, 2012 1 mins read 411 views
The green, green grassroots of home

Editorial

Apr 29, 2012 2 mins read 481 views
Cent per cent coverage (with some surprising exceptions)

Telecommunication

Apr 29, 2012 2 mins read 507 views
Ministry of Economic Affairs : A website that means business

G2B

Apr 29, 2012 2 mins read 454 views
RICB GI supervisor faces 5-year imprisonment

Crime - embezzling

Apr 29, 2012 1 mins read 475 views
Missing Boy : Tashi flies home today

Crime - Missing

Apr 29, 2012 2 mins read 431 views
Mineral Policy : Need to mix principle with pragmatism

Minig

Apr 29, 2012 3 mins read 449 views
Inter-School Competition : Pelkhil do a double

Sports - Basketball

Apr 27, 2012 1 mins read 485 views
Shingnyer, Ura, Bumthang : The Dorji Dradey endeavour

Livestock - Ura Bumthang

Apr 27, 2012 2 mins read 448 views
Rupee Crunch : Shooting the Ngultrum in the foot

INR Crunch

Apr 27, 2012 2 mins read 483 views
Gelephu & Tsirang : 16-hour outage mystery remains

BPC

Apr 27, 2012 1 mins read 496 views
Rupee Crunch : Labelling Nu as mere paper inappropriate, irresponsible

INR Crisis

Apr 27, 2012 2 mins read 481 views
Memorandum of Understanding : The sky's the limit!

Civil Aviation

Apr 27, 2012 2 mins read 416 views
90 gewog centers on high Internet bandwidth

ICT

Apr 27, 2012 1 mins read 439 views
Shock victim recovering .

Accident

Apr 27, 2012 1 mins read 481 views
Bowonijora, Pasakha : Contractor set upon by armed assailants

Crime - assult

Apr 27, 2012 1 mins read 488 views
Dorokha, Samtse : Accident kills two teachers

Accident

Apr 27, 2012 1 mins read 464 views
Health Human Resource getting the basics right

Perspective

Apr 27, 2012 4 mins read 493 views
What ails our education system and what remedies thereof

Perspective

Apr 27, 2012 3 mins read 488 views
Rupee Crunch : Less easy terms for vehicle and housing loans

INR crunch

Apr 27, 2012 2 mins read 474 views
Consumer Price Index : Inflation climbs to 9.4 percent in first quarter

NSB- Consumer price Index

Apr 27, 2012 1 mins read 460 views
Cement : Deflection alleged for shortage

PCAL - Cement

Apr 27, 2012 3 mins read 496 views
Meeting 21st Century Challenges

My Say

Apr 27, 2012 1 mins read 486 views
(Rupee) reality bites

Editorial

Apr 27, 2012 2 mins read 477 views
Missing Boy : Better late than never

Crime - abduction

Apr 27, 2012 2 mins read 458 views
Drug availability : How 96 percent was arrived at

Health - Drug shortage

Apr 27, 2012 4 mins read 502 views
Rupee crisis : A home grown plan to replace imports

Agriculture: Rupee Crisis

Apr 27, 2012 3 mins read 521 views
Intra education ministry tournament

Sports - Vollyball

Apr 26, 2012 0 mins read 503 views
Inter-School Competition : Double semifinals for Yangchenphug

Sports- Basketball

Apr 26, 2012 1 mins read 487 views
National Skills Competition : Putting training to the test

VTI - skill

Apr 26, 2012 1 mins read 498 views
New 4-star training hotel for students

Royal Institute of Tourism and Hospitality

Apr 26, 2012 1 mins read 479 views
Young Volunteers In Action : Children of a lesser living

YDF

Apr 26, 2012 2 mins read 481 views
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