January of 2012

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New town, old problem

Housing

Jan 26, 2012 2 mins read 406 views
Orong students almost recovered

Education-School

Jan 26, 2012 2 mins read 440 views
By the bottle, instead of pegs

Letter to the editior

Jan 26, 2012 1 mins read 464 views
Disease of civilisation

Editorial

Jan 26, 2012 2 mins read 446 views
Only one bids to build education city

Education

Jan 26, 2012 2 mins read 391 views
In search of a giant panda

Wildlife

Jan 26, 2012 1 mins read 384 views
Private papers want Dzongkha out

Media

Jan 26, 2012 3 mins read 455 views
Lifeline project claims 20 so far

Dantak

Jan 26, 2012 2 mins read 385 views
Poor response for Infosys training

Computer

Jan 25, 2012 1 mins read 490 views
Decade-long construction freeze lifted

Gelephu

Jan 25, 2012 2 mins read 455 views
Register instead of calling it illegal

Letter to the editior

Jan 25, 2012 1 mins read 397 views
The medical university

Editorial

Jan 25, 2012 2 mins read 468 views
2012 living standard survey starts in March

National Statistical Bureau's (NSB)

Jan 25, 2012 2 mins read 418 views
Tourist guide held for knifing incident

Crime

Jan 25, 2012 1 mins read 410 views
Bird fecal tests negative of H5N1

Animal Husbandary Disease

Jan 25, 2012 2 mins read 396 views
Kudung of Dungse Rinpoche to arrive on February 1

Diseased Religious Personalities

Jan 25, 2012 2 mins read 439 views
Rhododendrons burning up in Chajeyna

Environment

Jan 24, 2012 2 mins read 492 views
Celebrating Chunipai Losar

Celebration

Jan 24, 2012 1 mins read 531 views
Devotees kill fish with kindness

Compassion

Jan 24, 2012 2 mins read 436 views
Lifestyle diseases creep into rural areas

Health-Diseases

Jan 24, 2012 3 mins read 391 views
Lessons to take from the tobacco Act

Editorial

Jan 24, 2012 2 mins read 453 views
Setting records straight in Lauri

Land

Jan 24, 2012 3 mins read 421 views
Not yet happy more than happy

GNH

Jan 24, 2012 2 mins read 434 views
Questions abound about medical university

Medical College

Jan 24, 2012 5 mins read 447 views
A decade after, land acquired for Motanga

Land

Jan 23, 2012 2 mins read 458 views
More than half repatriated

Labour Ministry

Jan 23, 2012 2 mins read 436 views
Cross check and verify facts

Letter to the editior

Jan 23, 2012 1 mins read 472 views
Under the scanner

Editorial

Jan 23, 2012 2 mins read 395 views
Businesswoman detained for child battery

Crime

Jan 23, 2012 1 mins read 441 views
Australia reaffirms support to endorse Bhutan to UNSC

Bhutan-Australia

Jan 23, 2012 2 mins read 477 views
Bird flu detected in wild birds

Animal Husbandary Disease

Jan 23, 2012 2 mins read 478 views
New tobacco Act will benefit 19

Act

Jan 23, 2012 2 mins read 442 views
Government must control spread of bird flu from infected dzongkhags

Animal Husbandary Disease

Jan 22, 2012 2 mins read 476 views
Maya's leg saved

Compassion

Jan 22, 2012 3 mins read 438 views
Bird flu contained, surveillance stepped up

Animal Husbandary Disease

Jan 22, 2012 1 mins read 433 views
Devotee attacked, suffers superficial cut on neck

Crime

Jan 22, 2012 1 mins read 443 views
Need something more serious than "professional help"

Letter to the editior

Jan 22, 2012 2 mins read 386 views
The mining policy paradox

Editorial

Jan 22, 2012 2 mins read 403 views
Australia committed to its scholarship programs

Bhutan-Australia

Jan 22, 2012 2 mins read 451 views
Speaker can stand for assembly's proposals

National Assembly

Jan 22, 2012 2 mins read 430 views
Dignity kits yet to reach the affected

RENEW

Jan 22, 2012 3 mins read 399 views
Nine bills adopted in 13 days

National Assembly

Jan 20, 2012 2 mins read 395 views
60 days wang, 40,000 devotees, an odd couple

Wang

Jan 20, 2012 1 mins read 426 views
Satellite monitoring recommended

Lake

Jan 20, 2012 2 mins read 411 views
Keep an eye on Karma

Lake

Jan 20, 2012 1 mins read 427 views
A long hard look at happiness (in all its shapes and sizes)

PERSPECTIVE

Jan 20, 2012 3 mins read 449 views
Mutig Choegho - The Pearl Cloak

Textile

Jan 20, 2012 3 mins read 386 views
House constructed without approval

Housing

Jan 20, 2012 2 mins read 432 views
Poultry owners cluck for a chicken feed mill

Animal Husbandary

Jan 20, 2012 2 mins read 483 views
Bhutan establishes diplomatic relations with Mongolia and Vietnam

Diplomatic relations

Jan 20, 2012 0 mins read 389 views
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Your Body, Your First Responsibility

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Urgent call to skill our youth

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Beyond the statistics

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An auspicious beginning

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Recents

Drayang closure to remain permanent

More than two years after promising to review the closure of drayangs, the government has ruled out the possibility of reviving the entertainment venues, signalling a definitive end to an industry that once formed a significant part of the country’s nightlife economy.

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The house that must never be empty

It has been less than a month since Rinchen Yangzom moved into the Bjarpa community house beside Ngangla Lhakhang in Ngangla Trong. For the next three years, this is her home. She cannot leave it for a single day.

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