August of 2015

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Decision on domestic air services still pending

Aviation

Aug 31, 2015 3 mins read 480 views
Short-term nuns hope to return in bigger groups

Religion

Aug 31, 2015 1 mins read 485 views
Temporary bridge to connect school

Flood

Aug 31, 2015 1 mins read 566 views
S Jongkhar- Trashigang highway blocked at five places

Roads

Aug 31, 2015 1 mins read 456 views
Cleanliness should be a priority at the hospital

Letter to the editor

Aug 31, 2015 1 mins read 505 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 566 views
Rumour mill makes mega farm butchery

Projects

Aug 31, 2015 2 mins read 493 views
Seized goods auction gets Nu 6.66 million

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Aug 31, 2015 2 mins read 531 views
Briefing drayang employees

Labour

Aug 31, 2015 0 mins read 492 views
How to get a six-pack

k2

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 578 views
O? Ye Dharma! The Tendrel Verse

k2

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 551 views
When the wild comes barging in

k2

Aug 28, 2015 3 mins read 466 views
Losing streak continues for national squad

Football

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 505 views
Bhutan could soon be pork self-sufficient

Livestock

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 550 views
Farmers await land substitution

Land

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 534 views
A Bhutanese supermodel

Model

Aug 30, 2015 2 mins read 475 views
Goenshari primary school in dire need of maintenance

Education

Aug 30, 2015 2 mins read 441 views
Election of Children's Parliament could happen sometime next month

Bhutan Children's Parliament (BCP)

Aug 30, 2015 2 mins read 451 views
Provident fund and pension confusion

Letter to the editor

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 504 views
Robbing the system

Editorial

Aug 30, 2015 2 mins read 458 views
Bloggers discuss various issues in their first meet

Media

Aug 30, 2015 3 mins read 439 views
Dzongkhag evacuates villagers

Landslide

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 535 views
Bhutan Post to introduce e-ticket system

Bhutan Post

Aug 30, 2015 3 mins read 514 views
Powerful flood renders school inaccessible

Flood

Aug 30, 2015 1 mins read 502 views
Auction

Auction

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

Football

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 518 views
Educating mothers

Health

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 461 views
Road disintegrates less than a month after being blacktopped

Roads

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 469 views
Yuan and dollar: A case of an exchange rate diplomacy

Perspective

Aug 28, 2015 3 mins read 498 views
Two truckloads of marijuana uprooted

Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA)

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 475 views
PM meets people of Bumthang

PM visits

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 469 views
Recent publications of the Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH research

Perspective

Aug 28, 2015 4 mins read 545 views
First private commercial cattle farm in Trashigang

Livestock

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 467 views
Land fraud case enters evidence hearing

Land

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 466 views
Election officials take stock of voter education programmes

ECB

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 514 views
Demand for vehicle rises despite tax

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan Limited (STCBL)

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 443 views
Civil service to undergo major structural changes

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 538 views
Our organic dream

Letter to the editor

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 461 views
The buck stops with parents

Editorial

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 492 views
New Drukair CEO to be announced next week

Drukair

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 439 views
Helpline calls for emergencies rising

Health Help Centre (HHC)

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 430 views
Substance abuse responsible for mental disorder in youth

Youth

Aug 28, 2015 1 mins read 452 views
Millions of INR lost to money laundering

INR (Indian Rupee)

Aug 28, 2015 2 mins read 487 views
Accident kills one, injures 4

Accident

Aug 28, 2015 0 mins read 503 views
Utility vans for central schools

Central School

Aug 27, 2015 1 mins read 590 views
Veterinary hospital opens in P/ling

Government of India (GoI)

Aug 27, 2015 1 mins read 634 views
Bazam washed away in a flashflood

Flood

Aug 27, 2015 1 mins read 453 views
Japan commits USD 2M for horticulture farming

AID

Aug 27, 2015 1 mins read 456 views
Critical need to upgrade skills for EMTs

Health

Aug 27, 2015 2 mins read 536 views
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