December of 2014

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Preventing mistakes, minimising risks

Audit

Dec 31, 2014 2 mins read 651 views
We have a long journey to go- ACC Chair

Anti Corruption Commission's (ACC)

Dec 31, 2014 2 mins read 591 views
Villagers refuse to vacate government land

Land

Dec 31, 2014 1 mins read 603 views
NLCS issue Zhemgang and Gelephu thrams

Land

Dec 31, 2014 2 mins read 653 views
Ensuring food safety through GAP

Food safety

Dec 31, 2014 2 mins read 652 views
How about moving ministries to other districts?

Letter to the editor

Dec 31, 2014 1 mins read 629 views
Feeding students

Editorial

Dec 31, 2014 2 mins read 708 views
Border town strikes sour mandarin export

Exports

Dec 31, 2014 2 mins read 602 views
Tour guides in excess

Tourism

Dec 31, 2014 3 mins read 629 views
Teacher gets 11 years for rape of a minor

Crime

Dec 31, 2014 1 mins read 729 views
Number of flights to be capped

Aviation

Dec 31, 2014 2 mins read 649 views
State Mining Corporation takes off

Resources

Dec 31, 2014 3 mins read 681 views
Child Care Unit

Child Care Unit

Dec 31, 2014 0 mins read 669 views
Dzongda surrenders kabney, patang for a new post

Ceremony

Dec 30, 2014 2 mins read 650 views
Supplying water to Pachhu homes

Water

Dec 30, 2014 1 mins read 642 views
English paper (II) not yet evaluated

Education

Dec 30, 2014 1 mins read 618 views
Meditation is like perfecting a dance

Religion

Dec 30, 2014 2 mins read 579 views
Garbage- Thimphu city's shame

Letter to the editor

Dec 30, 2014 1 mins read 510 views
Indecision not helping

Editorial

Dec 30, 2014 2 mins read 556 views
World Bank to explore new areas for cooperation

World Bank

Dec 30, 2014 4 mins read 613 views
Financial constraint hits private sector

BCCI

Dec 30, 2014 2 mins read 625 views
Schools find no improvement in feeding program

Education

Dec 30, 2014 4 mins read 602 views
Camp Raven concludes

Camp

Dec 30, 2014 0 mins read 596 views
FCB to open shop in Pemagatshel

Business

Dec 29, 2014 2 mins read 551 views
Gyetsa to conserve black-necked crane habitat

Black-necked cranes

Dec 29, 2014 2 mins read 552 views
Connecting agriculture and tourism

Tourism

Dec 29, 2014 2 mins read 608 views
High Court acquits defendant sentenced for rape

Crime

Dec 29, 2014 2 mins read 588 views
GoI approves Nu 238.8 M for Trashigang

Small development projects (SDP)

Dec 29, 2014 2 mins read 577 views
The due process

Editorial

Dec 29, 2014 2 mins read 674 views
Land fraud case judgment draws close

Land

Dec 29, 2014 1 mins read 636 views
24 central schools to open next year

Education

Dec 29, 2014 3 mins read 604 views
PM urges private sector to prepare for hydropower

Economy

Dec 29, 2014 4 mins read 589 views
Not in a position to accept surrendered secretaries: RCSC

Governance

Dec 29, 2014 4 mins read 607 views
ACC Foundation Day

Anti Corruption Commission's (ACC)

Dec 29, 2014 0 mins read 562 views
The Fourth King and our ecological health

Perpsective

Dec 26, 2014 3 mins read 610 views
More than a thousand Bhutanese attend 6th ADC in Nepal

Religion

Dec 26, 2014 1 mins read 606 views
West Bengal strike strands Bhutanese in P/ling

Security

Dec 26, 2014 2 mins read 588 views
From a farm road to a gewog center road

Road

Dec 26, 2014 1 mins read 554 views
Drop in honey production stings beekeepers

Beekeepers

Dec 26, 2014 2 mins read 550 views
Into the wild

Researchers

Dec 26, 2014 6 mins read 593 views
Portal helps seekers get job

Employment

Dec 26, 2014 1 mins read 546 views
GNH survey begins

GNH

Dec 26, 2014 3 mins read 518 views
Duty-free exports to Bangladesh revised

Trade

Dec 26, 2014 2 mins read 645 views
Youth group trained in milk processing

Business

Dec 26, 2014 2 mins read 641 views
Make space for the unemployed

Letter to the editor

Dec 26, 2014 1 mins read 616 views
For a permanent solution

Editorial

Dec 26, 2014 2 mins read 598 views
Review calls for improvement in passport delivery

G2C (government to citizen)

Dec 26, 2014 2 mins read 630 views
Bajo Lhakhang consecrated

Bajo Lhakhang

Dec 26, 2014 1 mins read 578 views
Indian police nab Alipurduar robbers

Security

Dec 26, 2014 2 mins read 584 views
Will thromdes bring development?

Local government

Dec 26, 2014 5 mins read 619 views
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BCTA suspends permits of over 20 taxi operators

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