August of 2012

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Zero Tolerance Policy: Expulsion: the last resort

Corporal punishment

Aug 06, 2012 4 mins read 449 views
Dorji Wangchuk: First trucker then, first gÙ¾b today

Award

Aug 05, 2012 3 mins read 364 views
SMS Voting: No personal information collected

The Bhutan Infocomm and Media Authority (BICMA)

Aug 05, 2012 2 mins read 379 views
Understand an indisciplined child first

Letter to the editor

Aug 05, 2012 2 mins read 471 views
Thimphu's water problem

Editorial

Aug 05, 2012 2 mins read 400 views
Workshop Rent Hike: Landlords reject lessees' plea

Private Sector

Aug 05, 2012 2 mins read 384 views
Zhung Dratshang: Sharecroppers feel hard done by

Zhung Dratshang (Central Monastic Body)

Aug 05, 2012 3 mins read 401 views
Thimphu Thromde: Whose water is it anyway?

Water

Aug 05, 2012 4 mins read 375 views
Gasa: Nu 109M to reopen Gasa

Road

Aug 03, 2012 2 mins read 358 views
Mid-Sept to Mid-Nov. 2012: Flight frequency to increase

Drukair

Aug 03, 2012 1 mins read 363 views
Orong HSS: In danger of running out of rations

Orong Higher Secondary School

Aug 03, 2012 2 mins read 426 views
Automobile owners pollute Punatshangchhu

Environment

Aug 03, 2012 2 mins read 363 views
An assessment of Bhutanese democracy

Perspective

Aug 03, 2012 11 mins read 391 views
Driver charged for rape

Crime

Aug 03, 2012 1 mins read 386 views
Gelephu-Trongsa Highway: Tarala block temporarily open to traffic

Landslide

Aug 03, 2012 1 mins read 409 views
Potatoes fetch high prices

Potatoes

Aug 03, 2012 2 mins read 343 views
YHSS Caretaker Assault Case: HC upholds lower court verdict

Crime

Aug 03, 2012 1 mins read 372 views
Thimphu Dzongkhag: Two-storey limit in rural areas

Housing

Aug 03, 2012 2 mins read 393 views
In want of technical training graduates

Employment

Aug 03, 2012 2 mins read 374 views
Graduates 2012: The mismatch persists

Employment

Aug 03, 2012 2 mins read 366 views
Think before decrying pedestrian day

Letter to the editor

Aug 03, 2012 2 mins read 362 views
Give a dog a bad nam

Editorial

Aug 03, 2012 2 mins read 379 views
It's mailboxes' turn

Bhutan Post

Aug 03, 2012 2 mins read 354 views
Retirement on the rise

NPPF

Aug 03, 2012 1 mins read 395 views
Green signal for three private colleges

Private colleges

Aug 03, 2012 2 mins read 364 views
Zero Tolerance: Corporal punishment replacement?

Corporal punishment

Aug 03, 2012 5 mins read 405 views
Delinquent monitoring system launched

RBP

Aug 03, 2012 0 mins read 367 views
Local mangoes arrive in Thimphu

Mangoes

Aug 03, 2012 0 mins read 387 views
Kuensel and its errors

Letter to the editor

Aug 02, 2012 1 mins read 421 views
597 vacancies in civil service

RCSC

Aug 02, 2012 2 mins read 357 views
Draft Mineral Policy: A second shot at the screening test

Mines

Aug 02, 2012 2 mins read 404 views
Financial Inclusion Policy: Given the GNH go-ahead

Financial Inclusion Policy

Aug 02, 2012 1 mins read 365 views
Three arrested for prostitution

Crime

Aug 02, 2012 2 mins read 414 views
Nothing's changed, only numbers

Editorial

Aug 02, 2012 2 mins read 434 views
Koila, Phuntshothang: Three houses buried under mud

Landslide

Aug 02, 2012 2 mins read 407 views
Bajothangu: 7 sheds razed, 18 rendered homeless

Fire

Aug 02, 2012 2 mins read 376 views
Tang, Bumthang: Landowner plays spoilsport

Road

Aug 02, 2012 1 mins read 352 views
Speeding cars hit two students

Accident

Aug 02, 2012 1 mins read 409 views
Stolen sutra recovered

Crime

Aug 02, 2012 1 mins read 376 views
Archery Competition: Sherab Zam loses game, wins hearts

Olympics

Aug 01, 2012 1 mins read 417 views
Deer strays into city, dies of shock

Wildlife

Aug 01, 2012 1 mins read 382 views
Thimphu Flood: Rain, incomplete repair work and litter to blame

Monsoon

Aug 01, 2012 1 mins read 337 views
The People's Voice: How reliable is the BBS public opinion poll?

The Bhutan Infocomm and Media Authority (BICMA)

Aug 01, 2012 2 mins read 376 views
How accurate are polls?

Editorial

Aug 01, 2012 2 mins read 422 views
Apple Export: Hike in floor price forestall sale

Apple

Aug 01, 2012 3 mins read 350 views
Making hay while rain falls

Hydropower

Aug 01, 2012 2 mins read 353 views
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A Special Audit Report by the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has identified significant procurement, planning, and governance failures in the Bhutan Integrated Taxation System (BITS 1.0), concluding that the project failed to achieve its intended objectives and resulted in substantial wasteful and avoidable expenditure of public funds.

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