November of 2014

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Panbang - Where winter heralds vegetables

Agriculture

Nov 04, 2014 2 mins read 380 views
`Contributions' made without donors' consent

Funds

Nov 04, 2014 1 mins read 420 views
An altitude allowance ambiguity in Sakteng

Bhutan civil service rules (BCSR)

Nov 04, 2014 2 mins read 429 views
Let the women decide

Letter to the editor

Nov 04, 2014 1 mins read 447 views
More to the convenience of voters

Editorial

Nov 04, 2014 2 mins read 427 views
Local government push for state funded LG campaign funds

Local leaders

Nov 04, 2014 3 mins read 467 views
Some PHPA staff shift to completed colony

Housing

Nov 04, 2014 2 mins read 449 views
Ease of doing business - down, not up

Ranking

Nov 04, 2014 3 mins read 449 views
Include absentee in-person voting: DNT

Druk Nyamrup tshogpa (DNT)

Nov 04, 2014 3 mins read 382 views
HRH Gyaltshab in Lhuentse

Inauguration

Nov 04, 2014 0 mins read 442 views
King's cup is back again

Football

Nov 03, 2014 2 mins read 420 views
Alleged rapist found innocent

Crime

Nov 03, 2014 1 mins read 468 views
Bangay bazaar is open for business

Horticulture

Nov 03, 2014 1 mins read 441 views
Harvest . with a little help from the local deities

Rituals

Nov 03, 2014 2 mins read 466 views
The dogs, the evolving threats

Letter to the editor

Nov 03, 2014 1 mins read 393 views
Reservations about reservation for women

Editorial

Nov 03, 2014 2 mins read 570 views
Fund-raising walk for Tshalumaphay retreat centre

Nunnery

Nov 03, 2014 1 mins read 427 views
G2C system to be revamped

G2C (government to citizen)

Nov 03, 2014 2 mins read 460 views
Women's quota among Election Act amendments proposed

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Nov 03, 2014 3 mins read 442 views
State mining corp. to kill "rat-hole miners"

DHI

Nov 03, 2014 3 mins read 422 views
Hydropower and its implications

Hydropower projects

Nov 03, 2014 0 mins read 436 views
Indians top big bore shooting

Sports

Nov 02, 2014 1 mins read 474 views
The gungtong issue investigated

Study

Nov 02, 2014 2 mins read 563 views
Taktse will be yenlag throm

ta

Nov 02, 2014 1 mins read 398 views
No rice harvest for Nimshong chiwog this year

Water

Nov 02, 2014 2 mins read 383 views
Residents against move to relocate dzongkhag administration

Zhemgang

Nov 02, 2014 2 mins read 432 views
Man survives bear attack

Accident

Nov 02, 2014 1 mins read 0 views
Private sector wants a piece of the hydropower pie

Hydropower projects

Nov 02, 2014 4 mins read 387 views
B-wallet service deceiving

Letter to the editor

Nov 02, 2014 1 mins read 409 views
Making civil service attractive

Editorial

Nov 02, 2014 1 mins read 441 views
"This phase is the return of Asia" : Prof Kishore Mahbubani

Geopolitics

Nov 02, 2014 3 mins read 448 views
Truckers attacked at Santabari

Security

Nov 02, 2014 1 mins read 653 views
A welfare scheme to boost civil service morale

RCSC

Nov 02, 2014 2 mins read 471 views
Giving an out-of-court settlement a go

Mining

Nov 02, 2014 2 mins read 476 views
Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji Wangchuck in Trashigang

Visit

Nov 02, 2014 0 mins read 464 views
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Recents

NC revisits reservations to the CRPD

The National Council today unanimously supported the already adopted reservations on Articles 23, 27, and 29 of the Amendment to the Reservations to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

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