August of 2016

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Compound archery team selected

Archery

Aug 31, 2016 2 mins read 455 views
Judge talks to students about cybercrime

Cybercrime

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 528 views
Weeklong eye camp in Punakha underway

Medical

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 511 views
Solving the housing crunch in Lhuentse

Housing

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 592 views
39 gup candidates for Sarpang

LG

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 527 views
Inflation at 2.87 percent

Economy

Aug 31, 2016 2 mins read 568 views
Poor quality roads

Letter to the editor

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 511 views
Improving travel info and road quality

Editorial

Aug 31, 2016 1 mins read 514 views
Electrocution kills one, injures two in Gelephu

Accident

Aug 31, 2016 0 mins read 701 views
Farm mechanisation project to continue till 2018

Agriculture

Aug 31, 2016 3 mins read 533 views
New pedagogy training for Dzongkha teachers

Education

Aug 31, 2016 2 mins read 603 views
Dengue cases on the rise in Phuentsholing

Disease

Aug 31, 2016 2 mins read 658 views
BAIL promoting farming as a business

Agriculture

Aug 26, 2016 3 mins read 510 views
Bhutan to host its first Int'l tennis tour

Tennis

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 591 views
Online street map for Thimphu city being developed

Map

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 514 views
13 countries meet to strengthen measures against bird flu

Workshop

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 584 views
Three stabbings in two days

Crime

Aug 30, 2016 1 mins read 494 views
Moderate-heavy rains expected

Weather

Aug 30, 2016 1 mins read 472 views
Old-age homes

Letter to the editor

Aug 30, 2016 1 mins read 511 views
Civil service reform hiccups

Editorial

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 506 views
Punakha's lone woman gup aspirant

LG

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 558 views
Three LG contestants likely to be disqualified in Chukha

LG

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 474 views
Ministries assure early settlement of irregularities

Audit

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 477 views
Choekhorling cut off for over a month

Road

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins read 601 views
Bhutanese table tennis players look for their first Int'l win

Table Tennis

Aug 29, 2016 2 mins read 450 views
Two tshogpa candidates for Chongeykha-Dophulhaka

LG

Aug 29, 2016 2 mins read 453 views
Realtime road conditions info now online

Road

Aug 29, 2016 2 mins read 487 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 511 views
JDWNRH gets fertility clinic

Medical

Aug 29, 2016 1 mins read 455 views
Human-wildlife conflict hinders park management

Environment

Aug 29, 2016 3 mins read 443 views
Five acquitted in tiger skin smuggling case

Judiciary

Aug 29, 2016 3 mins read 540 views
Villagers disgruntled with urban tax

Tax

Aug 29, 2016 3 mins read 467 views
The Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering

k2

Aug 26, 2016 2 mins read 482 views
Strengthening neck muscles

k2

Aug 26, 2016 1 mins read 513 views
Contemporary Bhutanese writers look to make a mark

k2

Aug 26, 2016 4 mins read 477 views
Less Sangay Shumu but better prices this year

Mushroom farming

Aug 28, 2016 2 mins read 487 views
Wood: Dirty to Clean Fuel and National Energy Security

Perspective

Aug 28, 2016 4 mins read 477 views
38 gup candidates in Tsirang

LG

Aug 28, 2016 2 mins read 517 views
Small number of women candidates in Mongar

LG

Aug 28, 2016 1 mins read 452 views
No women candidates for gup and mangmi in Gasa

LG

Aug 28, 2016 1 mins read 505 views
Dress code in schools

Letter to the editor

Aug 28, 2016 0 mins read 496 views
Encouraging a research culture

Editorial

Aug 28, 2016 1 mins read 454 views
Seventh edition of Mountain Echoes ends

Mountain Echoes

Aug 28, 2016 3 mins read 450 views
Six govt. executives transferred

Transfer

Aug 28, 2016 1 mins read 490 views
Differences in local leaders' and MPs' gratuity provision

Benefits

Aug 28, 2016 3 mins read 502 views
Dungna and Metedkha still cut off

Road

Aug 28, 2016 3 mins read 509 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 496 views
History welcomes His Royal Highness the Gyalsey

Perspective

Aug 26, 2016 4 mins read 493 views
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