December of 2015

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Giving corruption the shove

Letter to the editor

Dec 22, 2015 1 mins read 330 views
Dealing with our sad societal sickness

Editorial

Dec 22, 2015 1 mins read 378 views
Dungna Central School was education ministry's mistake: PM

Central school

Dec 22, 2015 2 mins read 364 views
Chiphen Rigpel ends today

ICT

Dec 22, 2015 2 mins read 371 views
Former dungpa admits to 45 of 70 charges

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Dec 22, 2015 1 mins read 432 views
Standardizing chadi etiquettes

Culture

Dec 22, 2015 3 mins read 378 views
Civil service system to be overhauled

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Dec 22, 2015 3 mins read 397 views
Farm Machinery

Agriculture

Dec 22, 2015 0 mins read 0 views
Next Ambassador of India to Bhutan appointed

India's next ambassador to Bhutan will be Jaideep Sarkar, it was announced by India's external affairs ministry, yesterday.
Mr Sarkar is currently the Indian...

Dec 22, 2015 1 mins read 361 views
HAIKU camp to engage students gainfully

Camp

Dec 21, 2015 2 mins read 416 views
Ice makes highway prone to accident

Accident

Dec 21, 2015 1 mins read 391 views
Construction of biogas plants gains momentum

Energy

Dec 21, 2015 2 mins read 395 views
Young people come to save village tradition

Tshechu

Dec 21, 2015 2 mins read 367 views
1,229 choetens to be repaired by 2016 end

Culture

Dec 21, 2015 1 mins read 341 views
Entitlement for participating civil servants in host dzongkhags

Letter to the editor

Dec 21, 2015 1 mins read 413 views
Hazards on the road

Editorial

Dec 21, 2015 2 mins read 370 views
Actions underway to prevent suicides

Health

Dec 21, 2015 3 mins read 390 views
Tango University consecrated

Tango University

Dec 21, 2015 1 mins read 360 views
Favouritism found implicit in recruitment

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Dec 21, 2015 3 mins read 370 views
Mining industry, a repository of corrupt practices

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Dec 21, 2015 4 mins read 380 views
Assam strike

Assam strike

Dec 21, 2015 0 mins read 0 views
BoB wins DHI league

Football

Dec 20, 2015 1 mins read 414 views
Two died, one injured in accident

Accident

Dec 20, 2015 1 mins read 365 views
First 'crowd funded' novel launched

Literary

Dec 20, 2015 2 mins read 393 views
Bad business for Bumthang hotels this year

Tourism

Dec 20, 2015 2 mins read 320 views
The hypocrisy syndrome we all suffer from

Letter to the editor

Dec 20, 2015 1 mins read 363 views
Educating women to enhance participation

Editorial

Dec 20, 2015 2 mins read 364 views
Human wildlife conflict worsens in Khaptoe

Agriculture

Dec 20, 2015 2 mins read 362 views
Phuentsholing MP refutes allegation of influencing decision

Contention

Dec 20, 2015 2 mins read 0 views
Phuentsholing MP refutes allegation of influencing decision

Contention

Dec 20, 2015 2 mins read 364 views
Chukha shopkeepers fear losing space

Chukha shopkeepers

Dec 20, 2015 1 mins read 355 views
What determines a high-end destination?

Tourism

Dec 20, 2015 5 mins read 321 views
Trilateral cooperation likely for Kuri -I

Hydropower

Dec 20, 2015 2 mins read 329 views
Mercury dips the lowest in Haa and Paro

Weather

Dec 20, 2015 0 mins read 341 views
Queen's Cup enters knockout round

Basketball

Dec 18, 2015 1 mins read 392 views
IFAD invests in linking farmers to commercial markets

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Dec 18, 2015 1 mins read 374 views
Bongo without a GAO for two years

LG

Dec 18, 2015 2 mins read 406 views
Bhutan has most of the global White-bellied Heron population

Conservation

Dec 18, 2015 3 mins read 416 views
High-value mountain products promote sustainable livelihoods

Perspective

Dec 18, 2015 4 mins read 392 views
Plugging lope holes in insurance claims

Accident

Dec 18, 2015 2 mins read 348 views
Making most of the National Day gathering

Agriculture

Dec 18, 2015 1 mins read 392 views
President Obama congratulates Bhutan on National Day

National Day

Dec 18, 2015 1 mins read 398 views
Thromde election date to be announced on Friday

LG

Dec 18, 2015 2 mins read 362 views
Dasho Neten relishes retired life fighting garbage

Profile

Dec 18, 2015 4 mins read 369 views
Men caught smuggling musk-pods

Crime

Dec 18, 2015 1 mins read 342 views
All Bhutanese children must be given an equal opportunity

Letter to the editor

Dec 18, 2015 1 mins read 404 views
Need to build strong civil service

Editorial

Dec 18, 2015 2 mins read 365 views
Education over quota to bring women into politics

Gender

Dec 18, 2015 2 mins read 360 views
The cost of maximizing tourism benefits

Tourism

Dec 18, 2015 6 mins read 343 views
ACC forwards 17 more cases to OAG

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Dec 18, 2015 3 mins read 410 views
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Recents

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Building up Bhutan's arbitral future together

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