October of 2013

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Decoating the sugared tariff pills

Letter to the editor

Oct 15, 2013 1 mins read 322 views
Of momos and making a living

Editorial

Oct 15, 2013 2 mins read 352 views
Japanese ear surgery 3-day camp concludes

Ear surgery

Oct 15, 2013 3 mins read 343 views
Bear-mauled girl in stable condition

Wildlife

Oct 15, 2013 1 mins read 373 views
Paro paddy harvest inundated

Cyclone

Oct 15, 2013 3 mins read 361 views
Rural food security improving

Food

Oct 15, 2013 1 mins read 334 views
Growing towards food self reliance

Food

Oct 15, 2013 3 mins read 352 views
BDBL field office

Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL)

Oct 15, 2013 0 mins read 393 views
Despite hike, still the lowest tariff by far in the region

Power

Oct 14, 2013 3 mins read 336 views
Patients flock to reopened physiotherapy unit

Health

Oct 14, 2013 2 mins read 296 views
For want of a road.

Road

Oct 14, 2013 2 mins read 366 views
In separation lies the advantage?

Dzongkhag Tshogdu

Oct 14, 2013 3 mins read 360 views
Warmth from Down Under

Geysers

Oct 14, 2013 1 mins read 379 views
Reaping season: It's all about rice

Agriculture

Oct 14, 2013 3 mins read 333 views
Political parties' position post-election

Letter to the editor

Oct 14, 2013 1 mins read 0 views
Victim to weather

Editorial

Oct 14, 2013 2 mins read 365 views
Inconsistent decision cost dearly

Hydropower

Oct 14, 2013 3 mins read 329 views
Review of students' nutrition level

Education

Oct 14, 2013 3 mins read 339 views
Paddy harvest at mercy of rain

Agriculture

Oct 14, 2013 3 mins read 368 views
Handwashing day

Handwashing day

Oct 14, 2013 0 mins read 343 views
Ear surgery

Ear surgery

Oct 14, 2013 0 mins read 330 views
One killed, two injured

Accident

Oct 13, 2013 1 mins read 0 views
Nine-day drupchen in Singye dzong to end with wang

Religion

Oct 13, 2013 2 mins read 372 views
Bumthang's Oktoberfest

Tourism

Oct 13, 2013 2 mins read 332 views
On the health minister's plate

Ministers

Oct 13, 2013 4 mins read 337 views
Home minister assures construction loan

Relocation

Oct 13, 2013 2 mins read 378 views
Citrus project nurses Drujeygang orchards back to life

Horticulture

Oct 13, 2013 2 mins read 364 views
Denchukha Delight!

Personalities

Oct 13, 2013 2 mins read 326 views
Senior citizen CSO to provide free legal service to needy

Public Benefit Organisation (PBO)

Oct 13, 2013 3 mins read 335 views
Make archery a safer game

Letter to the editor

Oct 13, 2013 1 mins read 324 views
Sugaring the pill

Editorial

Oct 13, 2013 2 mins read 364 views
Two ministers `meet the people' in a park

Ministers

Oct 13, 2013 2 mins read 314 views
Farmers harvest in haste in fear of Phailin

Cyclone

Oct 13, 2013 2 mins read 327 views
Revised domestic power rates announced

Power

Oct 13, 2013 3 mins read 357 views
Dechenphug Tshechu today

Tshechu

Oct 13, 2013 0 mins read 358 views
First CSO fair - An informative event

Civil Society Organisations (CSO)

Oct 11, 2013 2 mins read 372 views
Work on Tobrang farmroad flagged off

Road

Oct 11, 2013 2 mins read 353 views
Entrepreneurs begin again

Perspective

Oct 11, 2013 4 mins read 371 views
The great family festival of Himali Hindu communities

Perspective

Oct 11, 2013 4 mins read 371 views
Damthang LSS goes back to school

Earthquake

Oct 11, 2013 2 mins read 339 views
Long overdue water inventory underway

Resource

Oct 11, 2013 3 mins read 341 views
Rescued gecko's egg hatches

Wildlife

Oct 11, 2013 1 mins read 340 views
Funds flow with system back on track

Finance ministry

Oct 11, 2013 1 mins read 296 views
Second phase awaits fund approval

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Oct 11, 2013 2 mins read 375 views
Awaiting job opportunities from the government

Letter to the editor

Oct 11, 2013 1 mins read 336 views
Political parties' position post-election

Editorial

Oct 11, 2013 2 mins read 390 views
Delineating plans from pledges

Dzongkhag Tshogdu

Oct 11, 2013 2 mins read 358 views
Power tiller promise .

Agriculture

Oct 11, 2013 3 mins read 363 views
Where parties are at

Politics

Oct 11, 2013 5 mins read 430 views
Slump in stone crushing trade

NRDCL

Oct 10, 2013 2 mins read 350 views
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Compassion in practice: Building a win-win healthcare system

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