April of 2015

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Gearing up for World Cup second round

Football

Apr 30, 2015 2 mins read 481 views
Making do in Sangbaykha dungkhag

Lifestyle

Apr 30, 2015 1 mins read 552 views
Recent quake dislodges boulders on to excavator

Roads

Apr 30, 2015 1 mins read 485 views
What's on National Council's table this session?

National Council (NC)

Apr 30, 2015 2 mins read 545 views
The silver lining behind the dark clouds

Energy

Apr 30, 2015 2 mins read 508 views
Donations for those deserving only: Bhutan4Nepal- Citizens' Initiative

Letter to the editor

Apr 30, 2015 1 mins read 550 views
Fill in the blanks

Editorial

Apr 30, 2015 2 mins read 0 views
International IT event held in Thimphu

Technology

Apr 30, 2015 3 mins read 508 views
Gungtong mapping to begin soon

Gungtongs (vacant households)

Apr 30, 2015 2 mins read 512 views
Thimphu student commits suicide

Death

Apr 30, 2015 1 mins read 545 views
ACC suspends eight business licenses in P/ling

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Apr 30, 2015 2 mins read 517 views
Return of stranded Bhutanese being arranged

Earthquake

Apr 30, 2015 3 mins read 529 views
Fuel price hike

Fuel

Apr 30, 2015 0 mins read 0 views
Coaching using stats

Basketball

Apr 29, 2015 2 mins read 543 views
Getting graduates on board the entrepreneurship programme

Business Opportunity & Initiative Centre (BOiC)

Apr 29, 2015 2 mins read 668 views
Gomdar continues to depend on mandarin orange

Agriculture

Apr 29, 2015 1 mins read 490 views
Work on truncated road resumes

Merak

Apr 29, 2015 1 mins read 526 views
Satellite town status saves Narphung from extinction

Township

Apr 29, 2015 2 mins read 510 views
To serve the needy people of Nepal

Letter to the editor

Apr 29, 2015 1 mins read 529 views
Better late than never

Editorial

Apr 29, 2015 2 mins read 0 views
Independence of constitutional offices

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Apr 29, 2015 2 mins read 510 views
His Majesty grants audience to Desuung trainees

Dessung

Apr 29, 2015 1 mins read 517 views
ACC freezes properties of four individuals

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Apr 29, 2015 2 mins read 531 views
Bhutan's medical team in the thick of action

Earthquake

Apr 29, 2015 3 mins read 536 views
Power tiller

Power tiller

Apr 29, 2015 0 mins read 549 views
New road for Haaps

Roads

Apr 28, 2015 2 mins read 584 views
Most companies fail to measure up

Occupational health and safety (OHS)

Apr 28, 2015 2 mins read 542 views
Tingtibi bird festival in October

Tingtibi bird festival

Apr 28, 2015 2 mins read 570 views
Mistrust between govt. and private sector: MoEA minister

WEF Report

Apr 28, 2015 2 mins read 510 views
Illegal occupancy in Merak

Land

Apr 28, 2015 2 mins read 507 views
Layaps' wait for power goes on . and on

Electrification

Apr 28, 2015 2 mins read 526 views
Unemployment a big curse to the society

Letter to the editor

Apr 28, 2015 1 mins read 558 views
Now is the time to prepare

Editorial

Apr 28, 2015 2 mins read 523 views
Address/delivery system launched on pilot basis in Thimphu

Thimphu thromde

Apr 28, 2015 2 mins read 536 views
24 central schools given official send-off

Central schools

Apr 28, 2015 2 mins read 554 views
Bhutan's relief team in Nepal relocates to epicentre

Earthquake

Apr 28, 2015 3 mins read 561 views
ACC discovers modus operandi of fraudulent land grabbing

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Apr 28, 2015 5 mins read 618 views
The Druk Journal

The Druk Journal

Apr 28, 2015 0 mins read 610 views
Losing weight - Not quite a walk in the park

k2

Apr 24, 2015 1 mins read 494 views
Tashi Gyepa:Part II - A Translation

k2

Apr 24, 2015 3 mins read 581 views
The extinct tele-kiosks of yesterday

k2

Apr 24, 2015 3 mins read 596 views
Tremor interrupts league game

Basketball

Apr 27, 2015 1 mins read 612 views
Garage sale to raise funds for hospital

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Apr 27, 2015 1 mins read 498 views
Not many takers for vocational graduates

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

Apr 27, 2015 4 mins read 475 views
Snow cover needs more studies

Cryosphere

Apr 27, 2015 2 mins read 480 views
Earthquake in Nepal sends a chilling reminder

Letter to the editor

Apr 27, 2015 1 mins read 579 views
A lesson for us all

Editorial

Apr 27, 2015 2 mins read 544 views
Police crack taxi driver murder case

Crime

Apr 27, 2015 2 mins read 531 views
Defence chooses to stay the course

DPT

Apr 27, 2015 2 mins read 508 views
ACC freezes family accounts

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Apr 27, 2015 2 mins read 514 views
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