October of 2015

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195 community centres established

ICT

Oct 22, 2015 2 mins read 371 views
TVET: A different road to work

Letter to the editor

Oct 22, 2015 2 mins read 357 views
Educating ourselves on child pornography

Editorial

Oct 22, 2015 2 mins read 421 views
HPV vaccination programme to be extended until 2020

Health

Oct 22, 2015 2 mins read 364 views
Tourist dies in accident at Chelela

Accident

Oct 22, 2015 1 mins read 386 views
Four-year-old fire victim dies

Fire accident

Oct 22, 2015 1 mins read 375 views
His Majesty celebrates Dashain in Lokchina gewog

Festival

Oct 22, 2015 1 mins read 347 views
Open trade, a prerequisite for GNH: ADB

Report

Oct 22, 2015 4 mins read 350 views
Jigme Singye Wangchuck Pillar

Jigme Singye Wangchuck Pillar

Oct 22, 2015 0 mins read 357 views
RBA and Drukair win departmental tournament

Basketball

Oct 21, 2015 2 mins read 346 views
Wild boar attacks man

Wild boars

Oct 21, 2015 1 mins read 346 views
Hailstorm affects 291 Wangdue households

Disaster

Oct 21, 2015 1 mins read 369 views
Promoting healthy ageing is an opportunity, not an obligation

Perspective

Oct 21, 2015 4 mins read 381 views
Farmers' group try onion cultivation for the third time

Onion cultivation

Oct 21, 2015 1 mins read 367 views
VET-ting the matters of blue collared jobs

Labour

Oct 21, 2015 2 mins read 340 views
A national suicide

Letter to the editor

Oct 21, 2015 2 mins read 402 views
A grim reality

Editorial

Oct 21, 2015 2 mins read 383 views
Trashigang landfill to be expanded

Waste

Oct 21, 2015 1 mins read 346 views
Passenger dies mid-air on Drukair flight

Aviation

Oct 21, 2015 1 mins read 415 views
Five sectors to benefit from detailed hydro-met services

Hydro-met services

Oct 21, 2015 2 mins read 393 views
Assistant principal charged for manslaughter

Crime

Oct 21, 2015 2 mins read 380 views
Sexual depiction of children a crime: RBP

Crime

Oct 21, 2015 2 mins read 390 views
Saving the snow leopards

Snow leopards

Oct 21, 2015 0 mins read 323 views
Two fire victims die

Accident

Oct 20, 2015 0 mins read 445 views
The last hat weavers of Laya

Tradition

Oct 20, 2015 2 mins read 351 views
Bear maul victim recovered

Accident

Oct 20, 2015 1 mins read 359 views
Bhutanese student bestowed with two prestigious awards

Award

Oct 20, 2015 1 mins read 396 views
Teachers continue to leave in droves

Teachers

Oct 20, 2015 2 mins read 356 views
Will the new rule against negligent doma chewers be a success?

Letter to the editor

Oct 20, 2015 1 mins read 378 views
For our own safety

Editorial

Oct 20, 2015 2 mins read 409 views
Dignifying vocational jobs still a work in progress

Occupation

Oct 20, 2015 2 mins read 346 views
Weak enforcement of road safety rules: WHO

Safety

Oct 20, 2015 2 mins read 385 views
Wind turbines to spin on National Day

Energy

Oct 20, 2015 2 mins read 384 views
Manuscript studies

Seminar

Oct 20, 2015 0 mins read 448 views
Youth and health conscious turn to cycling

Cycling

Oct 19, 2015 2 mins read 341 views
The "Austra-Laya" of Bhutan

Labour

Oct 19, 2015 2 mins read 392 views
House razed to the ground

Fire accident

Oct 19, 2015 1 mins read 420 views
Lack of road access curdles Thrizor's milk business

Roads

Oct 19, 2015 1 mins read 399 views
Maha puran underway in Dagana

Religion

Oct 19, 2015 1 mins read 385 views
G2C contact centre being piloted

G2C

Oct 19, 2015 2 mins read 337 views
BoB clarifies on campus recruitment grievance

Letter to the editor

Oct 19, 2015 1 mins read 464 views
A pragmatic rule

Editorial

Oct 19, 2015 2 mins read 512 views
Parliament to decide Pemagatshel Dzongkhag and Yenlag thromdes

Parliament

Oct 19, 2015 1 mins read 424 views
Four children injured in Jaigaon house fire

Fire accident

Oct 19, 2015 2 mins read 444 views
HM visits villages in Chhukha

His Majesty the King

Oct 19, 2015 1 mins read 409 views
Smearing tsuney (lime) and spitting doma to be penalized

Spitting doma

Oct 19, 2015 2 mins read 410 views
GDP reaches Nu 119.5B

Economy

Oct 19, 2015 2 mins read 428 views
United Nations Day

United Nations Day

Oct 19, 2015 0 mins read 0 views
SNV celebrates 50 years of fruitful partnership

k2

Oct 16, 2015 10 mins read 460 views
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You’re not what you think you are

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The trap of spiritual materialism

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Recents

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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