November of 2014

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Spate of shop burglaries on Gelephu-Sarpang highway

Crime

Nov 21, 2014 1 mins read 375 views
Falling just shy of the one CC/gewog target

Connectivity

Nov 21, 2014 1 mins read 372 views
Engage constructively in social issues to put our values into action

Perpsective

Nov 21, 2014 4 mins read 474 views
Education sector comes under scrutiny

National Assembly

Nov 21, 2014 3 mins read 388 views
Govt. to appraise privatisation of television

BICMA

Nov 21, 2014 1 mins read 385 views
Govt. wants to make country self-reliant by 2018: PM

PDP government

Nov 21, 2014 2 mins read 400 views
Consultation foregone

Letter to the editor

Nov 21, 2014 1 mins read 431 views
Growing at GNH not GDP

Editorial

Nov 21, 2014 2 mins read 421 views
Govt. approves State Mining Corporation

Mining

Nov 21, 2014 2 mins read 383 views
Man fights off bear

Wildlife

Nov 21, 2014 1 mins read 425 views
Dolomite mining comes under RAA scanner

Dolomite mining

Nov 21, 2014 5 mins read 408 views
Championing the central school initiative

Education

Nov 21, 2014 4 mins read 406 views
A cleaner sober symposium

National Clean and Sober Day

Nov 21, 2014 0 mins read 367 views
Water treatment plant

Water treatment plant

Nov 21, 2014 0 mins read 412 views
Pune FC beats Ugyen Academy 1-0

Football

Nov 20, 2014 1 mins read 423 views
Tuskers damage crops in Samteling

Wildlife

Nov 20, 2014 1 mins read 372 views
Dismantling of two under-construction buildings begins at Wamrong

Construction

Nov 20, 2014 2 mins read 388 views
Headhunter rumours do the rounds in Nganglam

Khekpa

Nov 20, 2014 2 mins read 439 views
Lhak-Sam becomes member of global HIV programme

Civil society organizations (CSO)

Nov 20, 2014 2 mins read 468 views
Asia-Pacific region reaffirms women empowerment

Gender

Nov 20, 2014 2 mins read 386 views
What it takes to be a woman entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship

Nov 20, 2014 2 mins read 377 views
Appointments to important posts

Letter to the editor

Nov 20, 2014 2 mins read 428 views
The central school comeback

Editorial

Nov 20, 2014 2 mins read 427 views
Is our education system conducive to entrepreneurship?

Education

Nov 20, 2014 1 mins read 411 views
BOiC approves Bumthang dairy farm project

Business Opportunity and Information Centre (BOiC)

Nov 20, 2014 2 mins read 530 views
India to expedite alternate route to Pasakha

Visitor

Nov 20, 2014 2 mins read 395 views
Legislators and judiciary divided on age of consent

National Assembly

Nov 20, 2014 4 mins read 372 views
Tobacco Cessation Workshop

Workshop

Nov 20, 2014 0 mins read 358 views
Assam Electricity lose again

Football

Nov 19, 2014 1 mins read 413 views
World Toilet Day workshop

World Toilet Day

Nov 19, 2014 2 mins read 403 views
Don't close school, parents appeal

School

Nov 19, 2014 2 mins read 395 views
Man convicted of minor rape appeals to higher court

Crime

Nov 19, 2014 1 mins read 375 views
Now, OAG's `dozen' against former councillor

Land case

Nov 19, 2014 3 mins read 403 views
Whose negligence was it?

Letter to the editor

Nov 19, 2014 1 mins read 380 views
In the interest of the herders

Editorial

Nov 19, 2014 2 mins read 405 views
Societal norms, main cause for violence against women and girls

Beijing 20+

Nov 19, 2014 2 mins read 361 views
NC passes LG entitlement bill

National Council

Nov 19, 2014 2 mins read 407 views
His Holiness the Je Khenpo confers scarf on Japanese monk

Je Khenpo

Nov 19, 2014 1 mins read 427 views
Minister accepts blame for delay and promises fast implementation

National Council

Nov 19, 2014 3 mins read 388 views
GoI approves 303 SDPs

Small development projects (SDP)

Nov 19, 2014 2 mins read 382 views
B-Coop shop opening

B-Coop shop

Nov 19, 2014 0 mins read 394 views
Ugyen Academy shocks Abahani Limited

Football

Nov 18, 2014 1 mins read 496 views
Three-month sentence for principal in corporal punishment case

Crime

Nov 18, 2014 1 mins read 444 views
8-km farm road incomplete after three years

Road

Nov 18, 2014 2 mins read 495 views
Not many takers for kushu thara

Handicraft

Nov 18, 2014 2 mins read 434 views
LDCs to push for more funding

Conference

Nov 18, 2014 2 mins read 383 views
Equal benefits for LG tshogpas: NC

National Council

Nov 18, 2014 2 mins read 365 views
DHI's response to the suggestions

Letter to the editor

Nov 18, 2014 2 mins read 360 views
The consensual sex clause

Editorial

Nov 18, 2014 2 mins read 450 views
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Recents

Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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