July of 2016

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Being responsible during a difficult time

Editorial

Jul 24, 2016 2 mins read 373 views
RMA to invest in GoI securities

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Jul 24, 2016 3 mins read 304 views
Monsoon causes damage across country

Disaster

Jul 24, 2016 2 mins read 347 views
Gelephu flooded

Disaster

Jul 24, 2016 2 mins read 331 views
Rain, flooding cause more damage down south

Disaster

Jul 24, 2016 3 mins read 340 views
Fuel supply

Fuel

Jul 24, 2016 0 mins read 342 views
Efforts to popularise boxing

Boxing

Jul 21, 2016 2 mins read 317 views
Lhayulkha town planning likely to be implemented next year

Urban Planning

Jul 21, 2016 1 mins read 361 views
Body of woman found in Toorsa river identified

Accident

Jul 21, 2016 1 mins read 340 views
Record price for cordyceps in Bumthang

Cordyceps

Jul 21, 2016 1 mins read 315 views
On migration

Letter to the editor

Jul 21, 2016 2 mins read 367 views
How many times?

Editorial

Jul 21, 2016 1 mins read 394 views
Austerity measures mere rhetoric: Opposition

Politics

Jul 21, 2016 2 mins read 380 views
Opposition warns of an impending economic crisis

Economy

Jul 21, 2016 2 mins read 379 views
EU programme will train 1,000 agriculture officials in two years

Cooperation

Jul 21, 2016 1 mins read 340 views
Work on Wangdue-Thimphu highway suspended

Road

Jul 21, 2016 2 mins read 365 views
Opposition says the rich must pay more tax

Politics

Jul 21, 2016 2 mins read 354 views
Flood destroys Sarpang town

Disaster

Jul 21, 2016 3 mins read 364 views
Three in hospital after consuming poisonous mushrooms

Food poisoning

Jul 20, 2016 1 mins read 402 views
Blacktopping of gewog centre roads underway in Trashigang

Road

Jul 20, 2016 1 mins read 369 views
National Council in BBIN agreement consultations

National Council (NC)

Jul 20, 2016 2 mins read 328 views
Need to fix the Dzongkhalum slide

Letter to the editor

Jul 20, 2016 1 mins read 333 views
Focus on demand not supply

Editorial

Jul 20, 2016 1 mins read 348 views
Improving civil servant attitudes and efficiency

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jul 20, 2016 1 mins read 319 views
HH the Je Khenpo ordains more than 500 monks

Religion

Jul 20, 2016 2 mins read 376 views
New policy replaces base rate system

Banking

Jul 20, 2016 5 mins read 412 views
Sarpang town evacuated

Disaster

Jul 20, 2016 4 mins read 429 views
Ambitious goal to eradicate child labour by 2025

Children

Jul 19, 2016 3 mins read 378 views
Two fatal knife attacks on same day

Crime

Jul 19, 2016 1 mins read 397 views
Bank employee nabbed forging documents

Crime

Jul 19, 2016 0 mins read 382 views
Nganglam border gate sealed

Border

Jul 19, 2016 1 mins read 331 views
Need to solve dog problem

Letter to the editor

Jul 19, 2016 1 mins read 350 views
Welcome Home!

Editorial

Jul 19, 2016 2 mins read 0 views
Not many voters in Samdrupjongkhar

Election

Jul 19, 2016 2 mins read 359 views
Farmers not happy with solar-powered electric fence

Electric fencing

Jul 19, 2016 2 mins read 344 views
500 flats in P'ling in two years

Housing

Jul 19, 2016 2 mins read 334 views
150 pigs imported to boost piggery industry

Livestock

Jul 19, 2016 3 mins read 330 views
Fentena and Sektena villages to remain in Gakidling

LG

Jul 18, 2016 2 mins read 340 views
Gasa Lamai Singye and Changyul Bhum Galem - a tale retold

Film review

Jul 18, 2016 1 mins read 539 views
The roadside vendors of Burichu

Business

Jul 18, 2016 3 mins read 416 views
New gewog office left vacant for two years

LG

Jul 18, 2016 1 mins read 381 views
More Japanese volunteers arrive

Cooperation

Jul 18, 2016 1 mins read 361 views
On biogas

Letter to the editor

Jul 18, 2016 2 mins read 408 views
Addressing the skilled workforce shortage

Editorial

Jul 18, 2016 1 mins read 379 views
Online programme to break down medical knowledge barriers

Health

Jul 18, 2016 2 mins read 370 views
15 schools for children with special needs by 2018

Education

Jul 18, 2016 3 mins read 387 views
Police save two

Assistance

Jul 18, 2016 1 mins read 368 views
Creating a wholesome mental health system

Health

Jul 18, 2016 2 mins read 341 views
Moving back to the village

Migration

Jul 18, 2016 2 mins read 353 views
Interest rate

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Jul 18, 2016 0 mins read 351 views
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