May of 2015

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Illegal sale of alcohol in drayangs

National Assembly

May 27, 2015 2 mins read 363 views
Preparing trainers to take on substance abuse

Training

May 27, 2015 2 mins read 369 views
Two more convicted in Lhakhang Karpo case

Lhakhang Karpo

May 27, 2015 3 mins read 375 views
Thromde should stop experimenting on the expressway

Letter to the editor

May 27, 2015 1 mins read 380 views
Big budget, high hopes

Editorial

May 27, 2015 2 mins read 405 views
Council decries lack of tourism policy

National Council

May 27, 2015 3 mins read 377 views
Poor coordination blamed for unemployment

Employment

May 27, 2015 3 mins read 357 views
Council questions hydropower policy

National Council

May 27, 2015 2 mins read 367 views
Doelma Nyishu Tsachi Thongdroel

Religion

May 27, 2015 0 mins read 398 views
Suspected arsonist in custody

Crime

May 26, 2015 1 mins read 415 views
Sunkosh project to cost Nu 200B

Hydropower

May 26, 2015 2 mins read 399 views
Govt. pokes holes in opposition's budget allocation `analysis'

Politics

May 26, 2015 4 mins read 394 views
Govt. to send 400 more Bhutanese to Kuwait this year

National Assembly

May 26, 2015 2 mins read 398 views
For the record

Letter to the editor

May 26, 2015 1 mins read 511 views
More or less about service delivery

Editorial

May 26, 2015 2 mins read 424 views
His Majesty meets highlanders of Merak

His Majesty the King

May 26, 2015 2 mins read 359 views
Redrawing the map at a micro level

National Council

May 26, 2015 4 mins read 447 views
Record Nu 45.5B outlay for next fiscal year

Budget

May 26, 2015 3 mins read 368 views
Minor gets four and half years prison term

Crime

May 26, 2015 0 mins read 381 views
Personalise your exercise routine

k2

May 22, 2015 1 mins read 457 views
Rinchen Terzod - The Treasure of Jewels

k2

May 22, 2015 2 mins read 379 views
The Punakha imprints of Drukpa Kunley

k2

May 22, 2015 4 mins read 408 views
India Bhutan Friendship Tennis Championship underway

Tennis

May 25, 2015 1 mins read 366 views
Phaling is starved of vegetable

Agriculture

May 25, 2015 1 mins read 379 views
Slow going on Nganglam-Gyalpoizhing highway

Roads

May 25, 2015 1 mins read 387 views
Local leaders don't want dungkhag to be relocated

Gelephu

May 25, 2015 2 mins read 387 views
Mangdechu project designed to withstand major quake

Hydropower

May 25, 2015 2 mins read 435 views
Much ado about zero tolerance

Letter to the editor

May 25, 2015 1 mins read 434 views
Prioritising sports

Editorial

May 25, 2015 2 mins read 445 views
Dough fat racket unearthed

Office of consumer protection (OCP)

May 25, 2015 2 mins read 399 views
Deliberations on jabmi bill to continue

National Assembly

May 25, 2015 2 mins read 417 views
Council weighs in on election issues

National Council

May 25, 2015 3 mins read 386 views
Indo-Bhutan trade transcends diplomatic ties

Indo-Bhutan trade

May 25, 2015 3 mins read 372 views
Men arrested for drugs possession

Drugs

May 25, 2015 0 mins read 375 views
FC Terton are the YTPL 2015 champions

Football

May 24, 2015 1 mins read 390 views
Laya's fodder shortage being addressed

Livestock

May 24, 2015 1 mins read 370 views
Panbang - Nganglam highway almost ready

Roads

May 24, 2015 2 mins read 399 views
An action plan for a national and natural resource

Biodiversity

May 24, 2015 2 mins read 433 views
Reading awareness programme for Thimphu schools

Event

May 24, 2015 1 mins read 394 views
Looming deadline leaves plot-owners worried

Housing

May 24, 2015 2 mins read 367 views
Investigation into Lhamoizingkha case is ongoing - BoBL

Letter to the editor

May 24, 2015 1 mins read 377 views
Zero Tolerance Day impact

Editorial

May 24, 2015 2 mins read 380 views
Thousand butter lamps lit for late former MPs

National Assembly

May 24, 2015 1 mins read 378 views
The helping hands project

Interplast

May 24, 2015 3 mins read 384 views
Trade deficit at Nu 9B in the first quarter of 2015

Statistics

May 24, 2015 2 mins read 340 views
18 more immigration officials suspended

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

May 24, 2015 2 mins read 400 views
Parliament

Parliament

May 24, 2015 0 mins read 0 views
23-man squad announced for Hong Kong match

Football

May 22, 2015 1 mins read 373 views
Man sentenced to three years

Crime

May 22, 2015 1 mins read 361 views
India to refund Nu 1.943B for 2014 in excise duty

government of India (GoI)

May 22, 2015 2 mins read 389 views
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Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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