December of 2014

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HM grants land kidu to 9,339 in Pemagatshel

HM grants

Dec 21, 2014 2 mins read 408 views
Burglary

Crime

Dec 21, 2014 0 mins read 0 views
New multi sports hall for Trashigang

Sports

Dec 19, 2014 2 mins read 532 views
Winter basketball championship underway

Sports

Dec 19, 2014 1 mins read 407 views
Zhemgang students happy with Children's festival

Youth

Dec 19, 2014 2 mins read 408 views
Plans for new public library begins

Library

Dec 19, 2014 1 mins read 464 views
Bumthang gets SDP funds

Budget

Dec 19, 2014 1 mins read 425 views
Hot stone bath biz in Bangay Bazaar

Entrepreneurship

Dec 19, 2014 2 mins read 444 views
Unused govt. land will be taken back, says NLC

Land

Dec 19, 2014 2 mins read 435 views
From driving to dairy to National Order of Merit

Profile

Dec 19, 2014 3 mins read 435 views
Are laws applicable only to the innocent and underprivileged

Letter to the editor

Dec 19, 2014 1 mins read 358 views
Need to strengthen border security

Editorial

Dec 19, 2014 1 mins read 386 views
Blacktopping of first GC road in Trashigang begins

Road

Dec 19, 2014 2 mins read 428 views
Early border meeting to discuss robberies and abductions

Border

Dec 19, 2014 2 mins read 477 views
Accidental and leaked letters muddle secretaries' issue

Committee of secretaries (CoS)

Dec 19, 2014 4 mins read 386 views
YDF website

YDF website

Dec 19, 2014 0 mins read 402 views
Conservation works on Gasa dzong in full swing

Heritage

Dec 18, 2014 1 mins read 379 views
His Majesty's Address to the Nation on the 107th National Day

National Day

Dec 18, 2014 6 mins read 444 views
Sumthrang revives its mask dances

Culture

Dec 18, 2014 2 mins read 382 views
How many more abductions will it take to get the govt's attention?

Letter to the editor

Dec 18, 2014 1 mins read 400 views
Need to bolster local economy

Editorial

Dec 18, 2014 2 mins read 381 views
Electric flourmill eases farmers' workload

Electric flourmill

Dec 18, 2014 1 mins read 433 views
HM confers the first reinstituted Lungmar to PM

National Day

Dec 18, 2014 1 mins read 385 views
Opposition wants secretaries reinstated

Government

Dec 18, 2014 1 mins read 398 views
Multi Sports Hall

Multi Sports Hall

Dec 18, 2014 0 mins read 421 views
Spadework for Gasa town done

Township

Dec 17, 2014 1 mins read 422 views
Not so resourceful resource centres

Letter to the editor

Dec 17, 2014 1 mins read 385 views
Looking straight into our soul

Editorial

Dec 17, 2014 2 mins read 420 views
Soelras come as blessings to farmers

National Day

Dec 17, 2014 1 mins read 398 views
Student kidnapped from Gelephu

Crime

Dec 17, 2014 1 mins read 459 views
Improving women's participation

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Dec 17, 2014 2 mins read 377 views
Health ministry launches first outdoor public gym at Lungtenzampa

Health

Dec 17, 2014 1 mins read 414 views
Educationists awarded at Thimphu's National Day celebrations

National Day

Dec 17, 2014 2 mins read 397 views
HM recognises individual service to nation

National Day

Dec 17, 2014 3 mins read 389 views
Historic National Day celebration in Trashigang

National Day

Dec 17, 2014 5 mins read 442 views
Milk processing unit opens in Tsamang

Milk

Dec 17, 2014 0 mins read 378 views
Spike in Kanglung commerce

Business

Dec 16, 2014 1 mins read 397 views
Two women at a man's work

Labour

Dec 16, 2014 1 mins read 416 views
Expat worker dies in mudslide mishap

Accident

Dec 16, 2014 1 mins read 443 views
Farm road to make nye and tshachu more accessible

Road

Dec 16, 2014 1 mins read 425 views
More cultural guides than needed

Letter to the editor

Dec 16, 2014 1 mins read 441 views
The 107th National Day

Editorial

Dec 16, 2014 1 mins read 460 views
Samtse-Chamarchi gate opens to traffic

Border

Dec 16, 2014 1 mins read 411 views
Fuel becomes cheaper by almost Nu 2

Fuel

Dec 16, 2014 1 mins read 371 views
`Race against waste' fills seven truckloads

Environment

Dec 16, 2014 2 mins read 417 views
Rumours of leaked questions being investigated

Education

Dec 16, 2014 2 mins read 412 views
Will there be a gender swing at the next elections?

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Dec 16, 2014 4 mins read 374 views
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