September of 2015

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Planned Chamkharchu dam sparks debate

Hydropower

Sep 08, 2015 4 mins read 439 views
MTR of ministries

Mid-term review

Sep 08, 2015 0 mins read 398 views
BoB National League resumes

Football

Sep 07, 2015 1 mins read 400 views
The fallow fields of Samrang

Agriculture

Sep 07, 2015 1 mins read 381 views
Bhutanese allowed to carry INR 500 and 1,000 notes

Indian Rupee (INR)

Sep 07, 2015 1 mins read 480 views
CIT grows by touch too small

Department of Revenue and Customs (DRC)

Sep 07, 2015 1 mins read 427 views
Thimphu needs flyover bridges

Letter to the editor

Sep 07, 2015 1 mins read 431 views
On tobacco again

Editorial

Sep 07, 2015 2 mins read 441 views
Preferential treatment of local goods could increase

Tender

Sep 07, 2015 2 mins read 454 views
RICBL's suspended employee reinstated

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Ltd (RICBL)

Sep 07, 2015 2 mins read 392 views
His Majesty commands immediate support to affected people

His Majesty the King

Sep 07, 2015 1 mins read 430 views
SEA countries commit stringent action against tobacco

WHO

Sep 07, 2015 3 mins read 402 views
Horticulture technologies field day

Horticulture

Sep 07, 2015 0 mins read 442 views
Tackling conflicts over drying water sources

Irrigation

Sep 04, 2015 3 mins read 425 views
Choose your way, but be not self-righteous

k2

Sep 04, 2015 5 mins read 439 views
Trying to kick the old habit

k2

Sep 04, 2015 4 mins read 452 views
RAHSS wins monsoon tournament

Football

Sep 06, 2015 1 mins read 376 views
Multi-disciplinary team to reassess glacier lakes

Glacier lakes

Sep 06, 2015 3 mins read 386 views
Bhutan plays critical role in tiger conservation

Wildlife

Sep 06, 2015 3 mins read 464 views
Trashigang schools prepare for BCP elections

Election

Sep 06, 2015 2 mins read 404 views
Date set for children's parliament elections

Democracy

Sep 06, 2015 2 mins read 410 views
Controversies surrounding Bumdra campsite

Tourism

Sep 06, 2015 3 mins read 498 views
Need for transparency in contractual practice norms

Letter to the editor

Sep 06, 2015 1 mins read 432 views
The pressure is building

Editorial

Sep 06, 2015 2 mins read 501 views
PM speaks to graduates on sovereignty

Graduates

Sep 06, 2015 2 mins read 459 views
BKP questions BoIC merger

Business Opportunity and Information Centre (BOiC)

Sep 06, 2015 2 mins read 420 views
2000-2013 was hottest in past 600 years - Study

Climate

Sep 06, 2015 3 mins read 440 views
ACC investigation deepens into nexus of fraudulent practices

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Sep 06, 2015 3 mins read 491 views
Woman dies in accident

Accident

Sep 06, 2015 0 mins read 0 views
National team regrouping after unexpected rout

Football

Sep 04, 2015 2 mins read 404 views
The fairy tale has come to an abrupt end

Football

Sep 04, 2015 3 mins read 395 views
RBA clarifies on abuse of the two women in Gelephu

Perspective

Sep 04, 2015 4 mins read 436 views
Heavy rains cause several landslides nationwide

Roads

Sep 04, 2015 1 mins read 0 views
Heavy rains cause several landslides nationwide

Roads

Sep 04, 2015 1 mins read 445 views
Traders try to revive Nepal-Bhutan trade

Trade show

Sep 04, 2015 2 mins read 384 views
Modern marriage gives rise to increasing divorce cases

National Statistical Bureau (NSB)

Sep 04, 2015 2 mins read 501 views
Repeated makeovers makes expressway most expensive road

Roads

Sep 04, 2015 2 mins read 392 views
A green movement in government procurement

Seminar

Sep 04, 2015 3 mins read 454 views
Project workers call for tight safety measures

Hydropower

Sep 04, 2015 2 mins read 437 views
Bhutan - A Rising Nation of Gross Happiness

Letter to the editor

Sep 04, 2015 2 mins read 400 views
Losing values?

Editorial

Sep 04, 2015 2 mins read 452 views
Fiscal incentive help private sector growth

Economy

Sep 04, 2015 2 mins read 434 views
Towards resolving career stagnation

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Sep 04, 2015 2 mins read 464 views
Former minister to appeal Supreme Court

Lhakhang Karpo

Sep 04, 2015 1 mins read 415 views
Pemagatshel DT endorses Denchi as dzongkhag thromde

Thromde

Sep 04, 2015 2 mins read 396 views
OAG prosecutes first lot in P/Ling corruption case

OAG

Sep 04, 2015 2 mins read 408 views
Japan Week in Bhutan

Japan Week

Sep 04, 2015 0 mins read 393 views
Whose electric fencing will stay?

Electric fencing

Sep 03, 2015 1 mins read 389 views
Bhutan dominated by Qatar 0-15

Football

Sep 03, 2015 2 mins read 423 views
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