February of 2016

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Nangpa and Intention

k2

Feb 26, 2016 2 mins read 410 views
Spring's come and, with it, feast of fashion

k2

Feb 26, 2016 3 mins read 399 views
Pazaps beat Takins in overtime

Basketball

Feb 28, 2016 1 mins read 437 views
108,000 Sokshing plantation this Sunday

Tendril

Feb 28, 2016 2 mins read 521 views
The Prince and Bhutan's Future

Perspective

Feb 28, 2016 3 mins read 516 views
Trongsaps and Bumthaps express disappointment with BOiC

Business Opportunity and Information Center (BOiC)

Feb 28, 2016 2 mins read 489 views
NPPF house rent too high

Letter to the editor

Feb 28, 2016 1 mins read 429 views
Catching and keeping up

Editorial

Feb 28, 2016 2 mins read 424 views
BICMA seizes illegal internet antennas

Internet

Feb 28, 2016 1 mins read 483 views
TVET blueprint to guide reforms

Labour

Feb 28, 2016 2 mins read 429 views
OSCC may be established, finally

Midterm review (MTR)

Feb 28, 2016 2 mins read 438 views
Kidnapped return, abductors identified

Kidnap

Feb 28, 2016 2 mins read 493 views
Proposal for college

Education

Feb 28, 2016 0 mins read 432 views
How to lose weight . all but unwittingly

Perspective

Feb 26, 2016 3 mins read 0 views
Athletes recognized

Award

Feb 26, 2016 1 mins read 477 views
Village demands dump site relocated

Waste

Feb 26, 2016 2 mins read 489 views
Cut-off policy cutting too deep

Perspective

Feb 26, 2016 4 mins read 398 views
Making the most of the pleasant weather

Hotels

Feb 26, 2016 3 mins read 427 views
Art competition ends

Art competition

Feb 26, 2016 1 mins read 420 views
MoHCA seeks more people and money to fulfil Plan

Midterm review (MTR)

Feb 26, 2016 2 mins read 388 views
More than 700 employed at IT park today

Employment

Feb 26, 2016 2 mins read 402 views
Central school question

Letter to the editor

Feb 26, 2016 2 mins read 452 views
Hear the growing voices?

Editorial

Feb 26, 2016 1 mins read 448 views
Good men cometh, from afar

Religion

Feb 26, 2016 4 mins read 653 views
BKP backs govt.'s Rising East policy

Politics

Feb 26, 2016 1 mins read 398 views
Ambiguity about thrompon's tenure confuses Gelephu

LG

Feb 26, 2016 2 mins read 370 views
Are employees not happy with an independent ECB?

Conflict

Feb 26, 2016 4 mins read 436 views
Health ministry MTR

Health ministry MTR

Feb 26, 2016 0 mins read 501 views
DNT condemns govt's Rising East policy strategy

Politics

Feb 25, 2016 2 mins read 479 views
The lonely yogi of Gechu

Profile

Feb 25, 2016 2 mins read 426 views
Tsangpo to review paddy cultivation

Agriculture

Feb 25, 2016 1 mins read 389 views
Windstorm damages roof of 17 houses

Disaster

Feb 25, 2016 1 mins read 435 views
Ensuring the plants thrive

Letter to the editor

Feb 25, 2016 1 mins read 376 views
Making Thimphu a fine city

Editorial

Feb 25, 2016 2 mins read 333 views
Investigation: police involved in forging release documents

Crime

Feb 25, 2016 1 mins read 412 views
Surprise inspection collects Nu 104,300 fine

Cleanliness

Feb 25, 2016 3 mins read 365 views
Experts: HIA crucial in addressing developmental impact

Meeting

Feb 25, 2016 2 mins read 414 views
Economy not generating quality jobs: MoLHR

Midterm review (MTR)

Feb 25, 2016 3 mins read 397 views
No news from kidnappers

Kidnap

Feb 25, 2016 0 mins read 399 views
Pangrizampa bazam restored

Architecture

Feb 24, 2016 2 mins read 369 views
Labour shortage halts renovation work at Trongsa Dzong

Trongsa Dzong

Feb 24, 2016 2 mins read 431 views
Members reopen closed cooperative unit

Dairy

Feb 24, 2016 2 mins read 372 views
Reliable power on the way to Phobjikha and nearby gewogs

Electricity

Feb 24, 2016 2 mins read 394 views
Training criteria unfair

Letter to the editor

Feb 24, 2016 1 mins read 380 views
Storm after the calm

Editorial

Feb 24, 2016 2 mins read 497 views
NPPF plan reforms for social protection

National Pension and Provident Fund (NPPF)

Feb 24, 2016 3 mins read 433 views
Bhutan officially enters Guinness World Record

Record

Feb 24, 2016 3 mins read 478 views
Abductors demand Nu 20M from parents

Kidnap

Feb 24, 2016 2 mins read 495 views
Health expert meeting begins

Meeting

Feb 24, 2016 0 mins read 0 views
Health expert meeting begins

Meeting

Feb 24, 2016 0 mins read 395 views
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