December of 2015

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Ten years on: Did the PCS (really) fail?

Perspective

Dec 04, 2015 5 mins read 373 views
Reading for Happiness

Perspective

Dec 04, 2015 3 mins read 385 views
Bhutan's ICT global ranking improves

ICT

Dec 04, 2015 3 mins read 392 views
Ease land leasing and access to credit for employment: Council

National Council

Dec 04, 2015 3 mins read 341 views
Vacancies aplenty for trained teachers, projects assessment

National Assembly

Dec 04, 2015 2 mins read 398 views
Who are the stakeholders?

Letter to the editor

Dec 04, 2015 1 mins read 364 views
How effectively do we stop preventable tragedies?

Editorial

Dec 04, 2015 2 mins read 520 views
"My documents were verified"

Local Government

Dec 04, 2015 1 mins read 339 views
World Bank gives USD 3.8M as climate aid

Climate

Dec 04, 2015 2 mins read 360 views
A major shake up in the tourism sector?

Tourism

Dec 04, 2015 2 mins read 331 views
Govt. asks Bangladesh to limit buses and trucks to border

Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA)

Dec 04, 2015 4 mins read 410 views
Pre-vocational building

Inauguration

Dec 04, 2015 0 mins read 403 views
Bridging the gap through sports

Football

Dec 03, 2015 2 mins read 387 views
BAFRA lifts Maggi ban

Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA)

Dec 03, 2015 1 mins read 386 views
Land price soars as project takes shape

Development

Dec 03, 2015 2 mins read 382 views
Council questions employment programmes' efficacy

National Council

Dec 03, 2015 3 mins read 391 views
RBP clarifies on the zebra crossing rule

Letter to the editor

Dec 03, 2015 2 mins read 403 views
Planning our drainage system

Editorial

Dec 03, 2015 2 mins read 468 views
NA decides to withdraw enterprise bill

Parliament

Dec 03, 2015 2 mins read 430 views
Doctors' career path reformed

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Dec 03, 2015 2 mins read 370 views
Thrompons may miss out on new LG entitlements

Local Government

Dec 03, 2015 2 mins read 383 views
Parents could be held for negligent homicide

Fire accident

Dec 03, 2015 1 mins read 402 views
Truckers fear BBIN agreement will drive them out of game

Transport

Dec 03, 2015 3 mins read 425 views
Commerce Secretary Level Meeting

Meeting

Dec 03, 2015 0 mins read 394 views
Free trade is compatible with GNH

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Dec 02, 2015 3 mins read 402 views
History and imagination blend to tease viewers' heart

Film review

Dec 02, 2015 1 mins read 354 views
Assembly likely to re-ratify UN anti-corruption convention

National Assembly

Dec 02, 2015 2 mins read 362 views
Five Bhutanese awarded New Zealand development scholarships

Scholarships

Dec 02, 2015 1 mins read 431 views
"I have decided not to re-contest"

Q&A

Dec 02, 2015 3 mins read 372 views
Inclusion matters

Letter to the editor

Dec 02, 2015 2 mins read 377 views
Fighting choeten vandalism

Editorial

Dec 02, 2015 2 mins read 382 views
Selling foods on street is informal, not illegal: DNT

Business

Dec 02, 2015 2 mins read 430 views
Saving energy and cost

Sustainable and Efficient Industrial Development (SEID)

Dec 02, 2015 2 mins read 419 views
BNB on B-Wallet

Bhutan National Bank Ltd. (BNBL)

Dec 02, 2015 1 mins read 382 views
10 choetens vandalized

Crime

Dec 02, 2015 1 mins read 410 views
Plastic ban to return in S/Jongkhar

Environment

Dec 02, 2015 2 mins read 437 views
Shingkhar-Gorgan highway to complete in 2017

Roads

Dec 02, 2015 3 mins read 425 views
Gakidling gup terminated

Gup

Dec 02, 2015 0 mins read 371 views
Wangtsa wants Haa thromde boundary re-deliberated

Thromde

Dec 01, 2015 2 mins read 415 views
"I can make a difference"

Q&A

Dec 01, 2015 2 mins read 376 views
Get tested, know your HIV status

Health

Dec 01, 2015 2 mins read 382 views
Officials discuss heron conversation strategy

Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Dec 01, 2015 1 mins read 396 views
Drukair to launch scheduled operations to Gelephu

Aviation

Dec 01, 2015 2 mins read 403 views
BoB clarifies on M-BoB complaint

Letter to the editor

Dec 01, 2015 1 mins read 390 views
Yes, we can!

Editorial

Dec 01, 2015 2 mins read 433 views
Wetland in Paro thromde will be protected, assures PM

PM visits

Dec 01, 2015 3 mins read 374 views
5,000 MW only by 2020

Hydropower

Dec 01, 2015 2 mins read 370 views
Plug undercutting or reform daily tourism tariff: Council

National Council

Dec 01, 2015 3 mins read 504 views
Light to moderate rain expected

Hydromet services

Dec 01, 2015 0 mins read 354 views
BTF uses e-headgear to achieve fairness

Taekwondo

Dec 31, 2015 1 mins read 348 views
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