December of 2015

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Pep City champions of the first TCH

Futsal

Dec 30, 2015 1 mins read 404 views
Futsal players receive scholarship to study in India

Futsal

Dec 30, 2015 1 mins read 463 views
MoLHR certifies BPC linemen for their skills

Recognition

Dec 30, 2015 2 mins read 486 views
Drametse elects a new gup

LG

Dec 30, 2015 1 mins read 438 views
Three new candidates eye Gelephu thrompon post

LG

Dec 30, 2015 2 mins read 532 views
Who is cheating whom?

Letter to the editor

Dec 30, 2015 1 mins read 508 views
Lower the demand for drugs

Editorial

Dec 30, 2015 2 mins read 495 views
Phuentsholing Thrompon candidates yet to file documents

Thromde

Dec 30, 2015 1 mins read 433 views
New Austrian resident representative looks to expand links

Cooperation

Dec 30, 2015 2 mins read 527 views
Voith wins Nikachhu's electromechanical works

Hydropower

Dec 30, 2015 2 mins read 450 views
Three initiatives to celebrate the birth of the `Nation's Son'

Launch

Dec 30, 2015 2 mins read 502 views
Ambassador's scholarship

Scholarships

Dec 30, 2015 0 mins read 0 views
Tough issues to be discussed in first Children's Parliament

Bhutan Children's Parliament (BCP)

Dec 29, 2015 3 mins read 430 views
Drug trafficking on the rise

Crime

Dec 29, 2015 1 mins read 474 views
Excessive use of kerosene leads to shortage

Fuel

Dec 29, 2015 1 mins read 422 views
Kholongchhu to raise Nu 33.2B loan

Hydropower

Dec 29, 2015 2 mins read 387 views
ACC neck deep in backlog cases

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Dec 29, 2015 2 mins read 449 views
On the dwindling orange production

Letter to the editor

Dec 29, 2015 1 mins read 405 views
Where the mind is full of love and care

Editorial

Dec 29, 2015 1 mins read 416 views
Tourist dies in Gangtey

Accident

Dec 29, 2015 0 mins read 367 views
Trashigang forest fire yet to be extinguished

Disaster

Dec 29, 2015 1 mins read 386 views
Samkhar tshogpa suspended

LG

Dec 29, 2015 1 mins read 409 views
Paro DT stands by its decision

Taktshang

Dec 29, 2015 1 mins read 404 views
ACC orders RMA to suspend deputy governor

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Dec 29, 2015 1 mins read 414 views
Seven constituencies, a lone thrompon candidate

Election

Dec 29, 2015 3 mins read 487 views
Launch of Initiatives

Launch of Initiatives

Dec 29, 2015 0 mins read 361 views
Bhutan loses to Bangladesh 3-0

SAFF

Dec 28, 2015 1 mins read 414 views
The last of the Chonduri singers

Tradition

Dec 28, 2015 2 mins read 424 views
Revised immigration rules not justified: hoteliers

Hospitality

Dec 28, 2015 3 mins read 439 views
Population and housing census next May

Survey

Dec 28, 2015 2 mins read 413 views
On registering gifts

Letter to the editor

Dec 28, 2015 1 mins read 400 views
Judges call for vital amendment

Editorial

Dec 28, 2015 2 mins read 513 views
Frisking at border gate should be stopped: Thuemis

Thromde

Dec 28, 2015 1 mins read 396 views
Sarpang court directs OAG to move motion for amendment

Judiciary

Dec 28, 2015 2 mins read 464 views
More than 300 drop out from employment programme

Employment

Dec 28, 2015 2 mins read 419 views
80 houses conformed damaged in Lunana

Disaster

Dec 28, 2015 1 mins read 412 views
Contestant to challenge Zomdu results

Thromde

Dec 28, 2015 3 mins read 341 views
Thrompon nomination meeting

Thromde

Dec 28, 2015 0 mins read 361 views
Bhutan out of the SAFF championships

Football

Dec 27, 2015 1 mins read 418 views
CDD - A visual feast

Film review

Dec 27, 2015 2 mins read 386 views
Driver found dead

Accident

Dec 27, 2015 1 mins read 424 views
Proposal for more timber shot down

Timber

Dec 27, 2015 2 mins read 428 views
Zero gift so far this year

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Dec 27, 2015 1 mins read 385 views
Proposed timing for Taktshang monastery will not be implemented

Tourism

Dec 27, 2015 1 mins read 390 views
New procedure after September de-boarding incident

Aviation

Dec 27, 2015 2 mins read 408 views
Trade deficit at Nu 18B until September

Trade

Dec 27, 2015 2 mins read 345 views
Time's too short for thromde election

Letter to the editor

Dec 27, 2015 1 mins read 389 views
Need to create a system that is fair to all

Editorial

Dec 27, 2015 2 mins read 384 views
Windstorm damage 30 houses in Lunana

Disaster

Dec 27, 2015 1 mins read 410 views
Four candidates to contest P/ling thrompon post

Election

Dec 27, 2015 2 mins read 370 views
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