October of 2013

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The relation between taxes and innovation

Perspective

Oct 23, 2013 2 mins read 381 views
Empower women with skills for economic development

Gender

Oct 23, 2013 2 mins read 339 views
More than 15 percent of Kangyur translated into English

Religion

Oct 23, 2013 3 mins read 432 views
Lhakhang caught en route progress

Lhakhang

Oct 23, 2013 2 mins read 367 views
Media is not good at covering slow changes

Personalities

Oct 23, 2013 3 mins read 379 views
Change PCS/ BCSR Orders?

Letter to the editor

Oct 23, 2013 1 mins read 367 views
Letters from yesteryears

Editorial

Oct 23, 2013 2 mins read 374 views
Misina's mail finally despatched

Bhutan Post

Oct 23, 2013 2 mins read 406 views
Con monk caught

Crime

Oct 23, 2013 0 mins read 354 views
Drowned body recovered

Accident

Oct 23, 2013 1 mins read 396 views
Man survives arrow shot

Accident

Oct 23, 2013 1 mins read 359 views
Is democracy discriminatory?

Politics

Oct 23, 2013 3 mins read 411 views
OAG finds no case against three suspects

Crime

Oct 23, 2013 2 mins read 337 views
UN day today

UN

Oct 23, 2013 0 mins read 348 views
A competition that's in a mess

Football

Oct 22, 2013 2 mins read 371 views
Sight for sore eyes

Vision

Oct 22, 2013 2 mins read 400 views
First black-necked crane `couple' touchdown in Phobjikha

Black-necked crane (BNC)

Oct 22, 2013 2 mins read 386 views
Dead letter boxes

Letter box

Oct 22, 2013 2 mins read 431 views
The message that accompanied the walk

Personalities

Oct 22, 2013 2 mins read 336 views
True Rates for Valuation must be exercised by the Govt.

Letter to the editor

Oct 22, 2013 2 mins read 354 views
Teacher trouble

Editorial

Oct 22, 2013 2 mins read 350 views
Biogas project falls just short of target

Energy

Oct 22, 2013 2 mins read 412 views
Bhutan Telecom comes up to speed

Telecom

Oct 22, 2013 2 mins read 372 views
Mangdechhu's Nu 122.27M overburden

Hydropower Project

Oct 22, 2013 2 mins read 388 views
Rs 420M received for 11th Plan

Budget

Oct 22, 2013 1 mins read 370 views
FAO to sign agreement

FAO

Oct 22, 2013 0 mins read 350 views
National Order of Merit

National Order of Merit

Oct 21, 2013 1 mins read 358 views
Candidates get go ahead for by election

Election

Oct 21, 2013 2 mins read 363 views
Yonphula airport shuts down earlier than planned

Aviation

Oct 21, 2013 2 mins read 407 views
Jobs and jobseekers coexist in a paradox

Employment

Oct 21, 2013 3 mins read 402 views
To improve health services, privatise

Letter to the editor

Oct 21, 2013 1 mins read 396 views
Customer is king?

Editorial

Oct 21, 2013 2 mins read 423 views
Task force assembled to combat land degradation

National Action Plan (NAP)

Oct 21, 2013 2 mins read 370 views
Opening up renewable energy to private sector

Energy

Oct 21, 2013 2 mins read 384 views
Last day of display for Thimphu

Religion

Oct 21, 2013 2 mins read 352 views
Fallout of delay

Budget

Oct 21, 2013 3 mins read 456 views
High teacher dropout rate

Education

Oct 21, 2013 3 mins read 396 views
Ethics, Education and Human Development

Education

Oct 21, 2013 0 mins read 401 views
Reinforcing core values of business

Training

Oct 20, 2013 2 mins read 424 views
"A lone person with huge responsibility"

Politics

Oct 20, 2013 2 mins read 352 views
LG officials hope for better benefits

Local government

Oct 20, 2013 2 mins read 380 views
The Japanese persimmon/pear experiment

Horticulture

Oct 20, 2013 2 mins read 420 views
Is Hansen's disease making a comeback?

Diseases

Oct 20, 2013 3 mins read 452 views
How fair?

Letter to the editor

Oct 20, 2013 1 mins read 422 views
Conduct unbecoming the occasion

Editorial

Oct 20, 2013 2 mins read 401 views
25MW of renewable energy by 2025

Energy

Oct 20, 2013 2 mins read 342 views
Teenage stabbed to death

Crime

Oct 20, 2013 1 mins read 385 views
Unruly crowds or mismanagement?

Religion

Oct 20, 2013 3 mins read 371 views
The walk from Wangdue

Move for Health

Oct 20, 2013 3 mins read 427 views
BDBL opens field offices

Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL)

Oct 20, 2013 0 mins read 347 views
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