August of 2015

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Decision on domestic air services still pending

Aviation

Aug 31, 2015 3 mins read 408 views
Short-term nuns hope to return in bigger groups

Religion

Aug 31, 2015 1 mins read 413 views
Temporary bridge to connect school

Flood

Aug 31, 2015 1 mins read 495 views
S Jongkhar- Trashigang highway blocked at five places

Roads

Aug 31, 2015 1 mins read 387 views
Cleanliness should be a priority at the hospital

Letter to the editor

Aug 31, 2015 1 mins read 449 views
Paying for services

Editorial

Aug 31, 2015 1 mins read 0 views
Tapping the regional organic market

Lemon grass

Aug 31, 2015 2 mins read 500 views
Rumour mill makes mega farm butchery

Projects

Aug 31, 2015 2 mins read 442 views
Seized goods auction gets Nu 6.66 million

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Aug 31, 2015 2 mins read 470 views
Briefing drayang employees

Labour

Aug 31, 2015 0 mins read 437 views
How to get a six-pack

k2

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 524 views
O? Ye Dharma! The Tendrel Verse

k2

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 491 views
When the wild comes barging in

k2

Aug 28, 2015 3 mins read 406 views
Losing streak continues for national squad

Football

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 451 views
Bhutan could soon be pork self-sufficient

Livestock

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 486 views
Farmers await land substitution

Land

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 470 views
A Bhutanese supermodel

Model

Aug 30, 2015 2 mins read 409 views
Goenshari primary school in dire need of maintenance

Education

Aug 30, 2015 2 mins read 389 views
Election of Children's Parliament could happen sometime next month

Bhutan Children's Parliament (BCP)

Aug 30, 2015 2 mins read 399 views
Provident fund and pension confusion

Letter to the editor

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 455 views
Robbing the system

Editorial

Aug 30, 2015 2 mins read 398 views
Bloggers discuss various issues in their first meet

Media

Aug 30, 2015 3 mins read 363 views
Dzongkhag evacuates villagers

Landslide

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 461 views
Bhutan Post to introduce e-ticket system

Bhutan Post

Aug 30, 2015 3 mins read 451 views
Powerful flood renders school inaccessible

Flood

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 446 views
Auction

Auction

Aug 30, 2015 0 mins read 0 views
A bittersweet relationship

Football

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 440 views
Educating mothers

Health

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 401 views
Road disintegrates less than a month after being blacktopped

Roads

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 405 views
Yuan and dollar: A case of an exchange rate diplomacy

Perspective

Aug 28, 2015 3 mins read 442 views
Two truckloads of marijuana uprooted

Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA)

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 399 views
PM meets people of Bumthang

PM visits

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 414 views
Recent publications of the Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH research

Perspective

Aug 28, 2015 4 mins read 486 views
First private commercial cattle farm in Trashigang

Livestock

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 387 views
Land fraud case enters evidence hearing

Land

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 404 views
Election officials take stock of voter education programmes

ECB

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 460 views
Demand for vehicle rises despite tax

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan Limited (STCBL)

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 384 views
Civil service to undergo major structural changes

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 473 views
Our organic dream

Letter to the editor

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 401 views
The buck stops with parents

Editorial

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 426 views
New Drukair CEO to be announced next week

Drukair

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 380 views
Helpline calls for emergencies rising

Health Help Centre (HHC)

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 360 views
Substance abuse responsible for mental disorder in youth

Youth

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 412 views
Millions of INR lost to money laundering

INR (Indian Rupee)

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 412 views
Accident kills one, injures 4

Accident

Aug 28, 2015 0 mins read 450 views
Utility vans for central schools

Central School

Aug 27, 2015 1 mins read 531 views
Veterinary hospital opens in P/ling

Government of India (GoI)

Aug 27, 2015 1 mins read 542 views
Bazam washed away in a flashflood

Flood

Aug 27, 2015 1 mins read 388 views
Japan commits USD 2M for horticulture farming

AID

Aug 27, 2015 1 mins read 408 views
Critical need to upgrade skills for EMTs

Health

Aug 27, 2015 2 mins read 481 views
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