February of 2016

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Readying for school: Hard choice for parents

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Feb 19, 2016 4 mins read 211 views
Fair educates villagers on sanitation

Hygiene

Feb 19, 2016 2 mins read 261 views
Farmers construct their own solar fence

Solar fence

Feb 19, 2016 2 mins read 254 views
Idle gym equipment will be moved to new park

Recreation

Feb 19, 2016 1 mins read 246 views
A-league begins tomorrow

Basketball

Feb 19, 2016 1 mins read 270 views
The Bodhisattva King: a quick review

Book review

Feb 19, 2016 2 mins read 275 views
How to lose weight . all but unwittingly - PART ONE

Perspective

Feb 19, 2016 3 mins read 224 views
Tsirang gets its second Central School

Education

Feb 19, 2016 2 mins read 271 views
Lhakhang saved from fire

Forest fire

Feb 19, 2016 1 mins read 328 views
The big problem of the small in Mendrelgang CS

Education

Feb 19, 2016 2 mins read 288 views
Rush for space at farmers' market

Letter to the editor

Feb 19, 2016 1 mins read 312 views
Cause of Chuzom fire not yet determined: BPC

Letter to the editor

Feb 19, 2016 1 mins read 269 views
For indeed, central schools must succeed

Editorial

Feb 19, 2016 2 mins read 339 views
INR outflow remains same even with exchange counters

Central Bank

Feb 19, 2016 2 mins read 312 views
RAMIS overwhelmed with users and is giving problems

Department of Revenue and Customs

Feb 19, 2016 2 mins read 289 views
Solving the IT graduate unemployment problem

Employment

Feb 19, 2016 4 mins read 412 views
Opposition accuses govt. of unscrupulous political act

Politics

Feb 19, 2016 2 mins read 301 views
Prayers and meditation to banish illnesses

Religion

Feb 18, 2016 2 mins read 276 views
SLMP succeeds big time in Thrimshing

Management

Feb 18, 2016 1 mins read 379 views
JPLP refutes OAG's liability figure

Attorney General (OAG)

Feb 18, 2016 1 mins read 251 views
Kudos to team Bhutan

Letter to the editor

Feb 18, 2016 0 mins read 292 views
Punish the culprits

Letter to the editor

Feb 18, 2016 1 mins read 301 views
Fire hazards

Editorial

Feb 18, 2016 3 mins read 0 views
Hand, foot and mouth disease reported in Lunana

Health

Feb 18, 2016 2 mins read 297 views
Prime supplier of brown sugar arrested

Crime

Feb 18, 2016 2 mins read 273 views
Chuzom fire controlled on Thimphu front

Forest fire

Feb 18, 2016 1 mins read 246 views
Man hit by arrow recovering at JDWNRH

Accident

Feb 18, 2016 1 mins read 252 views
Second phase of LG elections in July

LG

Feb 18, 2016 2 mins read 326 views
Party workers quit to contest LG elections

Election

Feb 18, 2016 2 mins read 262 views
Diesel prices up, petrol falls

Fuel

Feb 18, 2016 0 mins read 295 views
More than 500 to fight Chuzom fire today

Forest fire

Feb 17, 2016 1 mins read 312 views
Mango village in Samdrupjongkhar aims big

Income

Feb 17, 2016 2 mins read 401 views
Why is Nehru-Wangchuk scholarship scheme only for PGDE teachers?

Letter to the editor

Feb 17, 2016 1 mins read 300 views
LG elections need state support

Editorial

Feb 17, 2016 1 mins read 302 views
Reaching electricity to remote Gong

Electricity

Feb 17, 2016 2 mins read 260 views
Man scratches cars "out of frustration"

Crime

Feb 17, 2016 1 mins read 368 views
Amochhu bridge to be complete before monsoon

Bridge

Feb 17, 2016 2 mins read 261 views
Local leaders: Money and incumbency have advantage

LG

Feb 17, 2016 2 mins read 434 views
Trade deficit widens to Nu 32.8B last year

Trade

Feb 17, 2016 2 mins read 247 views
Rinchen Terdzoe Wang begins

Religion

Feb 17, 2016 0 mins read 270 views
Bhutan triples medal tally from last SAG

12th South Asian Games (SAG)

Feb 16, 2016 2 mins read 282 views
The great Punakha Dromchoe

Festival

Feb 16, 2016 3 mins read 267 views
DNT request govt. to reconsider TOP policy

Road safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Feb 16, 2016 1 mins read 263 views
Reliable data crucial to achieve SDG: MoAF

Agriculture

Feb 16, 2016 2 mins read 247 views
There will be a lot less forest fire if we are more careful with fire

Letter to the editor

Feb 16, 2016 1 mins read 286 views
Manholes myriad make meandering difficult

Road

Feb 16, 2016 1 mins read 237 views
Demographic shift could coerce pension fund

NPPF

Feb 16, 2016 2 mins read 272 views
Implement LG Entitlement Act: Opposition tells govt.

Act

Feb 16, 2016 3 mins read 359 views
Forest fires in Chuzom and Wangdue yet to be contained

Forest fire

Feb 16, 2016 3 mins read 262 views
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The urgency of civil service transformation

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Should we control social media?

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Safe spaces, unsafe realities

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Recents

An unprecedented number of people attended the Global Peace Prayer Festival on November 8, with estimates of over 85,000 people in and around the venue.

An unprecedented number of people attended the Global Peace Prayer Festival on November 8, with estimates of over 85,000 people in and around the venue. People began arriving in Changlimithang as early as midnight, and by the time prayers began, the football stadium, as well as the Centenary Park were filled with devotees.

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