August of 2014

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KTP wins 18th Yangphel open archery tournament

Archery

Aug 31, 2014 1 mins read 416 views
Gewog struggles without BHU

Basic Health Unit (BHU)

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 465 views
Local leaders relent to sign agreement

Compact

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 517 views
The Mongarpa who fought a bear

Wildlife

Aug 31, 2014 1 mins read 501 views
Motithang residents want cell phone tower relocated

Radiation

Aug 31, 2014 3 mins read 476 views
Misinformation could worry parents

Letter to the editor

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 405 views
Exploited labour exposure?

Editorial

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 539 views
`Exorbitant' electricity bills leave Phangkhar aghast

Power

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 460 views
Companies get a rap on the knuckles

Labour

Aug 31, 2014 2 mins read 465 views
Blasting did not cause cracks: Investigation

Mining

Aug 31, 2014 3 mins read 413 views
Eight priority sectors earmarked for gender mainstreaming

Gender

Aug 31, 2014 3 mins read 452 views
New director for SAARC forestry centre

Forest

Aug 31, 2014 0 mins read 443 views
A sports meet for special children

Sports

Aug 29, 2014 1 mins read 428 views
A caretaker to the rescue

Education

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 477 views
What ails entrepreneurial development?

Business Opportunity and Information Centre (BOiC)

Aug 29, 2014 4 mins read 435 views
Local leaders sound off against suppliers

Tender

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 382 views
Social media posting sparks police investigation

Land

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 396 views
More trouble brewing for ferrosilicon business

Industry

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 380 views
High-level consultation on cyber crime

Cyber crime

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 401 views
Apolitical view on BOiC

Letter to the editor

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 393 views
Tackling cyber crime

Editorial

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 383 views
Search and rescue mission on

Crime

Aug 29, 2014 2 mins read 399 views
Investigation exonerates Gidaphu mines and quarries

Mining

Aug 29, 2014 3 mins read 379 views
Corporal punishment not accepted practice

Education

Aug 29, 2014 5 mins read 484 views
Performance Agreement

Performance Agreement

Aug 29, 2014 0 mins read 0 views
Expat players need work permit to avail visa

Football

Aug 28, 2014 1 mins read 417 views
Tour of the Dragon flags off on Sept 6

Cycling

Aug 28, 2014 1 mins read 371 views
The Tango Murals-Michelangelos of Asia

History of Tango

Aug 28, 2014 4 mins read 430 views
Blacked out for 14 days . and counting

Electricity

Aug 28, 2014 2 mins read 416 views
Seven Langthel landowners yet to receive substitute plots

Land

Aug 28, 2014 2 mins read 413 views
The business of media

Letter to the editor

Aug 28, 2014 1 mins read 381 views
The high stakes of a low kidnap

Editorial

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 433 views
The civil service culling process begins

RCSC

Aug 28, 2014 2 mins read 403 views
Govt. urged to finalise guidelines

Wangduephodrang

Aug 28, 2014 2 mins read 353 views
Govt. limited to dialogue in resolving abduction case

Crime

Aug 28, 2014 2 mins read 368 views
Performance agreements are doable : PM

Local government

Aug 28, 2014 3 mins read 379 views
Special olympics

National competition

Aug 28, 2014 0 mins read 423 views
Black-necked crane numbers to Bumdeling have stabilised

Wildlife

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 356 views
One way or the other, the water sources are drying up

Water

Aug 27, 2014 3 mins read 423 views
Suspension order should stay: ACC

Judiciary

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 360 views
Who's to blame MOLHR?

Letter to the editor

Aug 27, 2014 1 mins read 369 views
A big boost to small business

Editorial

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 422 views
Foreign workers recruitment agencies asked to close shop

Foreign workers recruitment agencies (FWRA)

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 392 views
More hydropower spells greater peace and prosperity

Hydropower projects

Aug 27, 2014 2 mins read 364 views
89 class XII students qualify for education loan

Education

Aug 27, 2014 3 mins read 405 views
BOiC opens to business

Business Opportunity and Information Centre (BOiC)

Aug 27, 2014 4 mins read 479 views
ADB resident rep presents credentials

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Aug 27, 2014 0 mins read 402 views
Bhutan makes official request to Japan for 1,450 power tillers

Agriculture

Aug 26, 2014 2 mins read 384 views
Gaselo HSS's egalitarian initiative

School

Aug 26, 2014 2 mins read 332 views
Woman inclusive good governance

Workshop

Aug 26, 2014 2 mins read 445 views
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