August of 2016

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Compound archery team selected

Archery

Aug 31, 2016 2 mins read 410 views
Judge talks to students about cybercrime

Cybercrime

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 460 views
Weeklong eye camp in Punakha underway

Medical

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 457 views
Solving the housing crunch in Lhuentse

Housing

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 524 views
39 gup candidates for Sarpang

LG

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 445 views
Inflation at 2.87 percent

Economy

Aug 31, 2016 2 mins read 512 views
Poor quality roads

Letter to the editor

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 450 views
Improving travel info and road quality

Editorial

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 453 views
Electrocution kills one, injures two in Gelephu

Accident

Aug 31, 2016 0 mins read 647 views
Farm mechanisation project to continue till 2018

Agriculture

Aug 31, 2016 3 mins read 477 views
New pedagogy training for Dzongkha teachers

Education

Aug 31, 2016 2 mins read 544 views
Dengue cases on the rise in Phuentsholing

Disease

Aug 31, 2016 2 mins read 488 views
BAIL promoting farming as a business

Agriculture

Aug 26, 2016 3 mins read 453 views
Bhutan to host its first Int'l tennis tour

Tennis

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 530 views
Online street map for Thimphu city being developed

Map

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 434 views
13 countries meet to strengthen measures against bird flu

Workshop

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 482 views
Three stabbings in two days

Crime

Aug 30, 2016 1 mins read 436 views
Moderate-heavy rains expected

Weather

Aug 30, 2016 1 mins read 401 views
Old-age homes

Letter to the editor

Aug 30, 2016 1 mins read 427 views
Civil service reform hiccups

Editorial

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 441 views
Punakha's lone woman gup aspirant

LG

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 504 views
Three LG contestants likely to be disqualified in Chukha

LG

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 407 views
Ministries assure early settlement of irregularities

Audit

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 417 views
Choekhorling cut off for over a month

Road

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 543 views
Bhutanese table tennis players look for their first Int'l win

Table Tennis

Aug 29, 2016 2 mins read 387 views
Two tshogpa candidates for Chongeykha-Dophulhaka

LG

Aug 29, 2016 2 mins read 386 views
Realtime road conditions info now online

Road

Aug 29, 2016 2 mins read 413 views
Who is responsible?

Letter to the editor

Aug 29, 2016 1 mins read 0 views
Changing Bhutan

Editorial

Aug 29, 2016 2 mins read 439 views
JDWNRH gets fertility clinic

Medical

Aug 29, 2016 1 mins read 384 views
Human-wildlife conflict hinders park management

Environment

Aug 29, 2016 3 mins read 375 views
Five acquitted in tiger skin smuggling case

Judiciary

Aug 29, 2016 3 mins read 464 views
Villagers disgruntled with urban tax

Tax

Aug 29, 2016 3 mins read 406 views
The Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering

k2

Aug 26, 2016 2 mins read 418 views
Strengthening neck muscles

k2

Aug 26, 2016 1 mins read 429 views
Contemporary Bhutanese writers look to make a mark

k2

Aug 26, 2016 4 mins read 419 views
Less Sangay Shumu but better prices this year

Mushroom farming

Aug 28, 2016 2 mins read 420 views
Wood: Dirty to Clean Fuel and National Energy Security

Perspective

Aug 28, 2016 4 mins read 403 views
38 gup candidates in Tsirang

LG

Aug 28, 2016 2 mins read 457 views
Small number of women candidates in Mongar

LG

Aug 28, 2016 1 mins read 385 views
No women candidates for gup and mangmi in Gasa

LG

Aug 28, 2016 1 mins read 432 views
Dress code in schools

Letter to the editor

Aug 28, 2016 0 mins read 416 views
Encouraging a research culture

Editorial

Aug 28, 2016 1 mins read 399 views
Seventh edition of Mountain Echoes ends

Mountain Echoes

Aug 28, 2016 3 mins read 396 views
Six govt. executives transferred

Transfer

Aug 28, 2016 1 mins read 432 views
Differences in local leaders' and MPs' gratuity provision

Benefits

Aug 28, 2016 3 mins read 425 views
Dungna and Metedkha still cut off

Road

Aug 28, 2016 3 mins read 449 views
Assam strike

Assam strike

Aug 28, 2016 0 mins read 0 views
Bhutan's first 2D animated cartoon begins screening today

Review

Aug 26, 2016 2 mins read 436 views
History welcomes His Royal Highness the Gyalsey

Perspective

Aug 26, 2016 4 mins read 434 views
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