June of 2012

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A long haul back to normalcy

Gasa Road

Jun 22, 2012 3 mins read 318 views
Green cabs to go with green tax

Electric Car

Jun 21, 2012 2 mins read 360 views
Summer Solstice: Stones in sync with the sun for world peace

Ritual

Jun 21, 2012 2 mins read 266 views
Nganglam, Samdrupjongkhar: Fishing officially banned to allow research

Nganglam Fishing

Jun 21, 2012 1 mins read 297 views
Water Supply Project: Finally getting their fair share

Thimphu Thromde

Jun 21, 2012 2 mins read 305 views
Gelephu BNB Case: Co-defendants appeal to HC

Gelephu BNB Case

Jun 21, 2012 3 mins read 276 views
One for the charge of three

My Say

Jun 21, 2012 1 mins read 269 views
Roadhouse blues

Editorial

Jun 21, 2012 2 mins read 369 views
Community Centres: One per gewog plan spills over to 11th FYP

Community Centre

Jun 21, 2012 2 mins read 289 views
Thimphu Tech Park: Waiting on Wipro

Thimphu Tech Park

Jun 21, 2012 1 mins read 289 views
Fishes perish in untold numbers

Fish in Punatshangchu

Jun 21, 2012 1 mins read 264 views
UN Conference: Sustainable development means survival, PM

UN Conferance

Jun 21, 2012 2 mins read 265 views
Damji: Flashflood, mudslides cut off Gasa

Gasa Flood

Jun 21, 2012 1 mins read 261 views
Rio+20 Summit: PM speaks at two major side events

UN - Rio + 20

Jun 20, 2012 2 mins read 420 views
Mongar Town: The speed bump Bobcat

MongarTraffic

Jun 20, 2012 1 mins read 260 views
Residents wait in vain (and pain)

Department of Road

Jun 20, 2012 2 mins read 287 views
NSB not paying Enumerators for BLSS

My Say

Jun 20, 2012 1 mins read 279 views
A pound of flesh from the high end

Editorial

Jun 20, 2012 2 mins read 301 views
Not illegal squatters

Jigmecholing - House Demolish

Jun 20, 2012 3 mins read 268 views
Student Suicide: Police to reopen case .

Crime - sucide

Jun 20, 2012 1 mins read 270 views
2012-13 Fiscal Year: Budget slashed to reduce deficit

Budget

Jun 20, 2012 2 mins read 331 views
Tax Revision Bill: Big cars and booze to cost more

Parliament - Tax Bill

Jun 20, 2012 3 mins read 285 views
Search still on for ambulance and driver

Accident

Jun 19, 2012 1 mins read 341 views
Sexual Harassment: One-year sentence for `hitting on' student

Crime - Sexual Harassement

Jun 19, 2012 1 mins read 284 views
Pedestrain day hampers gypsum exports

Pedestrian Day Samdrupjongkhar

Jun 19, 2012 2 mins read 277 views
Two-Day Training Workshop: The HYCOS early warning project

ICIMOD

Jun 19, 2012 2 mins read 280 views
Druk Gyalpo's Relief Fund Bill: Adopted by all with one voice

Relief Fund Bill

Jun 19, 2012 2 mins read 316 views
Drukair's New Routes: Year-end charter flights to South Korea likely

Druk Air

Jun 19, 2012 1 mins read 332 views
Q&A: Who in the government is accountable?

National Assembly

Jun 19, 2012 1 mins read 307 views
The G20, the Advanced Countries & Global Growth

Perspective

Jun 19, 2012 3 mins read 306 views
A disarryed PD

Pedestrian Day Samtse

Jun 19, 2012 1 mins read 282 views
Pedestrian Day: Mostly kudos with some caveats

Pedestrian Day - Paro

Jun 19, 2012 2 mins read 304 views
Royal Initiative: Growing our own red rice

Agriculture - Royal Initiative

Jun 19, 2012 1 mins read 302 views
Bumdeling, Trashiyangtse: Paddy fields parched for rain

Agriculture - Paddy Field

Jun 19, 2012 2 mins read 260 views
Documents withheld, not seized

My Say

Jun 19, 2012 2 mins read 279 views
Food for thought

Editorial

Jun 19, 2012 2 mins read 0 views
Disaster Management Bill: Unanimously passed with 30 changes

Disaster Management Bill

Jun 19, 2012 1 mins read 325 views
Dolomite Mines & Stone Quarries: Auction bid to boost rupee earnings

Geology and Mines

Jun 19, 2012 2 mins read 295 views
Ferro Silicon Industries: Removal from zero list will have little impact

Trade - Ferro Silicon

Jun 19, 2012 2 mins read 345 views
Draft Land Bill of Bhutan 2012: Kasho to set the tone for discourse

Royal Kasho

Jun 19, 2012 3 mins read 295 views
Bhutan lost its final 3-on-3 basketball match

Basketball

Jun 18, 2012 0 mins read 252 views
Twenty20 Tournament:

Sports - Cricket

Jun 18, 2012 1 mins read 304 views
S/J's Old Faithful: 50-year-old well to the rescue

Samdrupjongkhar Thromde

Jun 18, 2012 1 mins read 279 views
Monsoon crossing: Taking services to people.

Mao River

Jun 18, 2012 2 mins read 274 views
Car Hijack Case: Two conmen come clean

Crime - Car Hijack

Jun 18, 2012 2 mins read 296 views
A categorical denial of the statement attributed to self

My Say

Jun 18, 2012 1 mins read 260 views
This land is our land

Editorial

Jun 18, 2012 2 mins read 290 views
Vegetables: Wholesalers hold off

FCB

Jun 18, 2012 3 mins read 256 views
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