June of 2012

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Bhutan Development Bank: No more commercial ventures

BDBL

Jun 18, 2012 2 mins read 542 views
The kasho that was read at the National Council yesterday

Royal Kasho

Jun 18, 2012 1 mins read 534 views
Gyalpoizhing Land Case: Hours of heated exchange to no avail

National Assembly

Jun 18, 2012 3 mins read 505 views
3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China

Basketball

Jun 17, 2012 0 mins read 502 views
Stray arrow kills an archer

Archery

Jun 17, 2012 1 mins read 553 views
Unidentified mushroom poisons 12

Mushroom

Jun 17, 2012 1 mins read 548 views
Driver's licence seized for impudence

Traffic

Jun 17, 2012 3 mins read 561 views
Cooking Gas Cylinder : Nowhere near enough to go around

LPG

Jun 17, 2012 2 mins read 536 views
Our special children need our support

My Say

Jun 17, 2012 1 mins read 531 views
Rewarding the defaulter

Editorial

Jun 17, 2012 2 mins read 538 views
Rupee Crunch : Are the hydropower projects too hot to handle?

Rupee Shortage

Jun 15, 2012 3 mins read 586 views
Health : When small's not necessarily beautiful

Health - Nutrition

Jun 17, 2012 3 mins read 492 views
Wangringmo Bridge : Comes unstuck 2 months after construction

Wangringmo Bridge

Jun 17, 2012 2 mins read 533 views
Question & Answer Session: From asparagus exports by air to the PM's absence

National Assembly

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 496 views
The Mrs-taken order

Perspective

Jun 15, 2012 3 mins read 557 views
Temporary Flood Protection: An embankment that's built and broken every year

Setikhari Flood

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 560 views
Punatshangchu I: Local supply to meet project demand

Punatshangchu I

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 509 views
Corporal punishment . (PART TWO) : When the shoe is on the other foot

Perspective

Jun 15, 2012 4 mins read 565 views
Stiff sentences handed down to serial rapists

Crime - Rape

Jun 15, 2012 1 mins read 516 views
Trowa Theatre Land: From a lease to a sale

Towa Theatre Land

Jun 15, 2012 3 mins read 617 views
Barber Shop: A saloon in Lhuentse would do very nicely

Lhuentse - Barber Shop

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 729 views
BNB (Gelephu) Case: Convicted employees to appeal to High Court

BNB Gelephu case

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 577 views
Kidnap Case: A second version of the `abduction'

Crime - Abduction

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 529 views
Anti-graft agencies come under scanner

National Assembly

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 526 views
Pension Scheme: Members wish to benefit too

National Assembly

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 484 views
Product certification exercise is in the public interest

Perspective

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 632 views
Inching in on corruption

Editorial

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 540 views
Vegetable/Fruit Imports: Govt. picks up FCB tab

FCB

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 500 views
Rupee Shortage: FCB retail shops to control rising prices

FCB

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 578 views
Batpalathang & Yonphula: Cracks unearthed on both runways

Civil Aviation

Jun 15, 2012 2 mins read 522 views
Lhuentse HSS Investigation: School diet found below standards

Education - Lhuentse HSS

Jun 15, 2012 4 mins read 540 views
Rupee inflows

Rupee Shortage

Jun 15, 2012 1 mins read 520 views
Thimphu Fleet : Many more buses and a few new routes

City Bus

Jun 14, 2012 2 mins read 454 views
Worst hit gewog last to get paid

Disaster - Earthquake

Jun 14, 2012 2 mins read 495 views
Sept. Quake Victims : 8 months on, reconstruction yet to take off

Disaster - Earthquake

Jun 14, 2012 2 mins read 527 views
Bhutan National Legal Institute : Seed money for three more schools to start law clubs

Bhutan National Legal Institute

Jun 14, 2012 1 mins read 534 views
Penal Interest Clause : Confusion's over with

National Assembly

Jun 14, 2012 2 mins read 513 views
Hemp - The answer to our problems?

My Say

Jun 14, 2012 2 mins read 471 views
FCB's first time flop show

Editorial

Jun 14, 2012 2 mins read 564 views
Amankora robbers caught

Amankora

Jun 14, 2012 1 mins read 599 views
Unresolved Irregularities : Whittled down from Nu 50M to Nu 5M

National Assembly

Jun 14, 2012 2 mins read 518 views
Nganglam, Pemagatshel : Continuous rain triggers artificial lake burst

Dungsam Cement

Jun 14, 2012 1 mins read 519 views
New Student Newspaper : Bilingual college rag `pcEyes' launched

Paro College of Education

Jun 14, 2012 1 mins read 515 views
Jigmecholing, Gelephu : Illegal squatters lose power

Jigmecholing Illigal squatters

Jun 14, 2012 2 mins read 471 views
Ferrosilicon out of zero duty list

Trade Ferro Sillicon

Jun 14, 2012 3 mins read 558 views
Disproportionate Assets Case : Police investigates their own

RBP

Jun 13, 2012 1 mins read 512 views
Omtekha-Matalungchu : Longstanding dispute settled

Omtekha-Matalungchu Irrigation Channel

Jun 13, 2012 1 mins read 503 views
3 years post-Act : A million collected in tax

Tobacco

Jun 13, 2012 2 mins read 507 views
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Millions spent, three incinerators sit idle

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Informal trade undercuts formal businesses in Phuentsholing

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“As a public broadcaster, BBS needs particularly strong protection for editorial independence”

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Leopards co-exist with growing tiger population, nationwide study finds

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Punakha hits record 39.5°C as experts warn of warmer climate

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Damcha– A Promise Beyond the Blackboard

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Between Homes: Voices of Bhutanese living between home and elsewhere

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Dining in the Sun: Inside Solé

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Beyond the statistics

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An auspicious beginning

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Are we prepared for a major earthquake?

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A year of reckoning

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Projecting growth

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Recents

Addressing the engineer shortage

Bhutan is entering one of the most ambitious periods of development in its history. Hydropower projects are expanding, major infrastructure investments are taking shape, and the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is expected to open new avenues for economic growth. However, a major constraint could undermine these ambitions: shortage of engineers.

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