December of 2014

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Mediation training for Tshogpas

Training

Dec 07, 2014 0 mins read 316 views
Women top civil service exam

RCSC

Dec 05, 2014 3 mins read 322 views
UNV recognises volunteers for their contribution

At the celebration of International Volunteer Day in Thimphu yesterday, volunteers were recognised in three categories - Volunteer of the Year, Youth...

Dec 06, 2014 1 mins read 353 views
Adapting to change: pumping irrigation water from river

Climate

Dec 05, 2014 2 mins read 353 views
NC going overboard in criticism of mining sector?

Perpsective

Dec 05, 2014 5 mins read 352 views
My teaching is my autobiography

Interview

Dec 05, 2014 4 mins read 346 views
Roadwork boosts air travel

Aviation

Dec 05, 2014 1 mins read 345 views
SAARC election bodies chart out plans

SAARC election

Dec 05, 2014 2 mins read 421 views
Chenari farmers hit by `falling' oranges

Horticulture

Dec 05, 2014 1 mins read 364 views
Dagor's unfulfilled plea for a farm road

Road

Dec 05, 2014 1 mins read 334 views
Govt. volte-face on pre-financing

National Assembly

Dec 05, 2014 2 mins read 366 views
Crane killed in suspected stray dog attack

Black-necked cranes

Dec 05, 2014 1 mins read 351 views
Staff and families to move from Thimphu to project sites

Hydropower projects

Dec 05, 2014 3 mins read 405 views
A request from parents for evaluators

Letter to the editor

Dec 05, 2014 1 mins read 363 views
Making the budget accountable

Editorial

Dec 05, 2014 2 mins read 399 views
Keeping the council's continuity intact

National Council

Dec 05, 2014 3 mins read 336 views
A thromde a dzongkhag

Parliament

Dec 05, 2014 3 mins read 377 views
The house has its way

National Assembly

Dec 05, 2014 3 mins read 357 views
Man stabbed

Crime

Dec 05, 2014 0 mins read 0 views
The cranes are back in strength to Gyetsa

Black-necked cranes

Dec 04, 2014 2 mins read 370 views
Need to make a difference for the differently abled

Disability

Dec 04, 2014 1 mins read 354 views
JDWNRH to introduce palliative care unit

JDWNRH

Dec 04, 2014 2 mins read 379 views
Bhutan cleanest in South Asia

Corruption Perception Index (CPI)

Dec 04, 2014 1 mins read 363 views
Policeman in mufti allegedly attempts rape

Crime

Dec 04, 2014 2 mins read 338 views
The paradoxes we live with

Letter to the editor

Dec 04, 2014 2 mins read 360 views
To enable the disabled

Editorial

Dec 04, 2014 2 mins read 366 views
Replace or compensate all land cases by next month

National Council

Dec 04, 2014 2 mins read 354 views
No uniformity in procurement rules: PAC

Parliament

Dec 04, 2014 2 mins read 335 views
Five die in tractor mishap at Meretsemo

Accident

Dec 04, 2014 1 mins read 382 views
Soft loans from European Investment Bank for key sectors

European Investment Bank (EIB)

Dec 04, 2014 2 mins read 343 views
Roadblock at Dochula

Road

Dec 04, 2014 0 mins read 334 views
High Court awards disputed land to NA speaker

Land

Dec 03, 2014 1 mins read 354 views
Life terms for repeat chorten vandals

Crime

Dec 03, 2014 1 mins read 366 views
Waiting for word on approach road repair

Road

Dec 03, 2014 2 mins read 342 views
Committee recommends reporting pregnancies in minors

National Assembly

Dec 03, 2014 3 mins read 357 views
Welcome services that don't work

Letter to the editor

Dec 03, 2014 1 mins read 376 views
It takes just a game to lose it all

Editorial

Dec 03, 2014 1 mins read 356 views
The census of a child born out of wedlock

Census

Dec 03, 2014 2 mins read 347 views
Opposition grills govt. on southern border security

National Assembly

Dec 03, 2014 2 mins read 309 views
Council wrangles over legality of centre

National Council

Dec 03, 2014 3 mins read 337 views
National Council advises nationalisation

National Council

Dec 03, 2014 4 mins read 328 views
Driver detained

Crime

Dec 03, 2014 0 mins read 348 views
Sheikh Jamal are new King's Cup champions

Football

Dec 02, 2014 1 mins read 334 views
Uneasy lies the head at Ura MSS

Education

Dec 02, 2014 3 mins read 355 views
PHPA II's afforestation program

Hydropower projects

Dec 02, 2014 1 mins read 365 views
Bhutanese learn Choekey from . a Japanese

Linguistics

Dec 02, 2014 3 mins read 379 views
Inflation down to 7 percent

National Statistical Bureau's (NSB)

Dec 02, 2014 2 mins read 364 views
Where are the children with (dis)abilities in our GNH society?

Letter to the editor

Dec 02, 2014 2 mins read 395 views
The climate clock is ticking

Editorial

Dec 02, 2014 2 mins read 393 views
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