May of 2015

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Central schools dominate discussions during OL's Trongsa visit

Visit

May 13, 2015 2 mins read 440 views
Pema Thangyig - The Biography of Guru Rinpoche

k2

May 29, 2015 2 mins read 466 views
Don't Play With Drugs. They Can Really Mess You Up

k2

May 29, 2015 3 mins read 440 views
Making an impact in a man's world

k2

May 29, 2015 2 mins read 585 views
We got game

k2

May 29, 2015 3 mins read 408 views
Yanmar league concludes

Football

May 31, 2015 1 mins read 419 views
Drug use up in Wangdue

Law & Order

May 31, 2015 1 mins read 481 views
Collaring elephants to conserve them

Wildlife

May 31, 2015 2 mins read 430 views
Two dead in accident

Accident

May 31, 2015 1 mins read 0 views
Court dismisses charges of bribery and inferior quality of sand

Lhakhang Karpo

May 31, 2015 3 mins read 419 views
Of the people, by the people

Letter to the editor

May 31, 2015 1 mins read 450 views
The tobacco habit rebounds

Editorial

May 31, 2015 2 mins read 407 views
Prime Minister leaves for Belgium today

PM visits

May 31, 2015 1 mins read 437 views
Council seeks to put a leash on politicking

National Council

May 31, 2015 2 mins read 403 views
Tobacco ban fails to inhibit young smokers

Tobacco ban

May 31, 2015 4 mins read 485 views
Airport preparedness for quakes

Aviation

May 31, 2015 4 mins read 434 views
World Record attempt

World Record attempt

May 31, 2015 0 mins read 439 views
Man sentenced for sex act video

Crime

May 29, 2015 1 mins read 469 views
Valuing Bhutan's natural capital

Training

May 29, 2015 2 mins read 379 views
Cordycep collection continues to tangle boundary issues

Cordyceps

May 29, 2015 3 mins read 455 views
Minister quizzed on east-west highway issues

National Assembly

May 29, 2015 1 mins read 441 views
Lagthram issue thaws development freeze

Construction

May 29, 2015 2 mins read 384 views
Night duty allowance for nurses

National Assembly

May 29, 2015 2 mins read 466 views
12th National Job Fair outsourced to private sector agency

Employment

May 29, 2015 2 mins read 399 views
How Inclusive is Bhutan's Growth? Part 2 of 2

Perspective

May 29, 2015 5 mins read 411 views
Is the sale of expired goods in Trashigang still common?

Shops

May 29, 2015 2 mins read 454 views
Dam blasting exonerated of damage to dzongs blame

Hydropower

May 29, 2015 3 mins read 387 views
"OAG is, by nature, the legal pulse of the ongoing government": AG

Interview

May 29, 2015 3 mins read 421 views
Sharing information

Letter to the editor

May 29, 2015 1 mins read 0 views
Giving the young a voice

Editorial

May 29, 2015 2 mins read 432 views
Unit to process imported meat only

National Council

May 29, 2015 2 mins read 396 views
His Majesty meets the people of Sakteng

His Majesty the King

May 29, 2015 2 mins read 381 views
BOiC's legality may be subjected to SC scrutiny

National Council

May 29, 2015 4 mins read 372 views
When all one's eggs is energy export

Hydropower

May 29, 2015 4 mins read 413 views
World No Tobacco Day

World No Tobacco Day

May 29, 2015 0 mins read 0 views
Numbers matter?

Football

May 28, 2015 2 mins read 415 views
First Bhutanese awarded the White Coat

Award

May 28, 2015 1 mins read 439 views
Armyworms infest maize in Tsirang

Army worms

May 28, 2015 1 mins read 400 views
To break the silence

Health

May 28, 2015 2 mins read 419 views
READ Bhutan opens seventh centre in Haa

Rural Education and Development (READ)

May 28, 2015 1 mins read 469 views
Highway to Lhamoizingkha nearing completion

Roads

May 28, 2015 2 mins read 405 views
Frequency of the public transport service should increase

Letter to the editor

May 28, 2015 1 mins read 368 views
An urban dilemma

Editorial

May 28, 2015 2 mins read 421 views
Bank seizes tipper trucks from loan defaulters

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

May 28, 2015 2 mins read 370 views
Committee members responsible for tendering lapses: OAG

Lhakhang Karpo

May 28, 2015 3 mins read 382 views
Parliament for children

Democracy

May 28, 2015 3 mins read 393 views
Inauguration

Inauguration

May 28, 2015 0 mins read 0 views
Players throng court despite warnings

Basketball

May 27, 2015 2 mins read 398 views
Gelephu airport opened

Aviation

May 27, 2015 2 mins read 380 views
The march of the army worms

Army worms

May 27, 2015 1 mins read 432 views
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