April of 2016

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Kuchoe Commemoration

k2

Apr 08, 2016 2 mins read 300 views
Balcony gardening, sort of

k2

Apr 08, 2016 1 mins read 295 views
With season comes colours myriad and fragrance

k2

Apr 08, 2016 3 mins read 317 views
Druk Star 1-0 Druk Pol

Football

Apr 12, 2016 0 mins read 327 views
Being better parents

Parenting

Apr 12, 2016 3 mins read 352 views
Cop saves boy from drowning

Rescue

Apr 12, 2016 1 mins read 345 views
DT undecided about drayang proposal

Entertainment

Apr 12, 2016 1 mins read 304 views
On the formation of a task force to study teacher work loads

Letter to the editor

Apr 12, 2016 1 mins read 292 views
Solving the housing crunch in P'ling

Editorial

Apr 12, 2016 2 mins read 300 views
Women outnumber men for FLT registration

Election

Apr 12, 2016 1 mins read 335 views
Second hailstorm hits Kashi gewog

Disaster

Apr 12, 2016 1 mins read 280 views
BBS drafts public service broadcaster bill

Media

Apr 12, 2016 3 mins read 304 views
Youth group find success farming

Agriculture

Apr 12, 2016 2 mins read 321 views
Enrolment into monastic schools slumps

Monastic schools

Apr 12, 2016 4 mins read 384 views
Royal visit

Royal visit

Apr 12, 2016 0 mins read 0 views
Spring judo tournament ends

Martial arts

Apr 11, 2016 1 mins read 297 views
Bumthaps love their sunflower seeds

Culture

Apr 11, 2016 2 mins read 284 views
BDD members in the Philippines

Democracy

Apr 11, 2016 1 mins read 320 views
RIGSS launches new leadership programme

Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies (RIGSS)

Apr 11, 2016 1 mins read 343 views
Dagana meets half of its 11th Plan targets

Midterm review (MTR)

Apr 11, 2016 2 mins read 241 views
Coming together to fight drugs

Letter to the editor

Apr 11, 2016 1 mins read 347 views
Treating the cause, not the symptom

Editorial

Apr 11, 2016 2 mins read 375 views
Nine arrested for possessing, abusing controlled substances

Crime

Apr 11, 2016 2 mins read 339 views
Up to 400 housing units planned for P'ling

Housing

Apr 11, 2016 2 mins read 301 views
Bhutanese embassy working with Thai police

Crime

Apr 11, 2016 2 mins read 283 views
The human cost of the Australian visa scam

Crime

Apr 11, 2016 3 mins read 372 views
Festival

Festival

Apr 11, 2016 0 mins read 0 views
Athletes begin training for 2020 olympics under Japanese coach

Athletics

Apr 10, 2016 1 mins read 412 views
Wizards win the 2016 Pepsi A-League Championship

Basketball

Apr 10, 2016 1 mins read 283 views
A hostel for jobseekers in Samdrupjongkhar

Employment

Apr 10, 2016 2 mins read 290 views
Water shortage impedes paddy cultivation in Durung

Agriculture

Apr 10, 2016 1 mins read 315 views
Either renovate or demolish Chapcha dzong say residents

Landmark

Apr 10, 2016 2 mins read 290 views
Council member's comment on social media disappoints cultural officers

Social media

Apr 10, 2016 2 mins read 353 views
Ten detained for selling tobacco products

Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA)

Apr 10, 2016 1 mins read 334 views
Connecting the remote villages of Phongmey

Road

Apr 10, 2016 2 mins read 335 views
Taking basketball to the next level

Editorial

Apr 10, 2016 2 mins read 332 views
Task force to study teacher workload formed

Education

Apr 10, 2016 2 mins read 328 views
Body of Indian national found

Crime

Apr 10, 2016 1 mins read 366 views
Thai police seek extradition of suspects

Crime

Apr 10, 2016 1 mins read 305 views
Windstorm damages 28 houses

Disaster

Apr 10, 2016 1 mins read 302 views
Border closure

Border

Apr 10, 2016 0 mins read 0 views
Villager group grows medicinal plant

Income

Apr 08, 2016 1 mins read 287 views
Coach Mike hands Bhutan first international win

Basketball

Apr 08, 2016 3 mins read 318 views
Lone woman local leader to contest again

LG

Apr 08, 2016 1 mins read 307 views
Need for regional tourism to be managed more efficiently

Tourism

Apr 08, 2016 5 mins read 312 views
Meager earnings discourage youth from taking TVET occupations

Employment

Apr 08, 2016 2 mins read 281 views
Bhutan lottery back in business

Lottery

Apr 08, 2016 1 mins read 299 views
Be aware of pickle jars and potted plants falling on your head

Letter to the editor

Apr 08, 2016 1 mins read 290 views
A critical reform

Editorial

Apr 08, 2016 2 mins read 280 views
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