July of 2016

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The vanishing chhuthags of Bumthang

Traditional watermills

Jul 12, 2016 2 mins read 327 views
Wall collapse raises building standard safety concerns

Disaster

Jul 12, 2016 2 mins read 323 views
21% of capital budget underutilised in 2014-15

Budget

Jul 12, 2016 2 mins read 299 views
On solving youth issues

Letter to the editor

Jul 12, 2016 2 mins read 317 views
Improving fire safety

Editorial

Jul 12, 2016 1 mins read 308 views
Man missing after accident

Accident

Jul 12, 2016 1 mins read 350 views
One dead, one injured in stabbing

Crime

Jul 12, 2016 1 mins read 327 views
A father alleges hospital negligence

Medical

Jul 12, 2016 2 mins read 355 views
Rekhey returns to paddy cultivation

Agriculture

Jul 12, 2016 2 mins read 296 views
For the welfare of teenage girls

Event

Jul 12, 2016 3 mins read 303 views
Ratification

Ratification

Jul 12, 2016 0 mins read 321 views
Honey harvest not as sweet as last year

Beekeepers

Jul 11, 2016 1 mins read 289 views
Weather disrupts Paro-Bumthang flights

Aviation

Jul 11, 2016 1 mins read 422 views
Nine to contest for Phuentsholing gup

LG

Jul 11, 2016 4 mins read 302 views
Need for a foothpath along Gongphel Lam

Letter to the editor

Jul 11, 2016 1 mins read 317 views
A multi-pronged approach to youth problems

Editorial

Jul 11, 2016 2 mins read 333 views
Eight more central schools in 2017

Central School

Jul 11, 2016 2 mins read 293 views
Fire safety still lacking in dzongs: RAA

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Jul 11, 2016 2 mins read 312 views
S/J thromde at risk from Dungsamchhu

Disaster

Jul 11, 2016 2 mins read 316 views
Two Bhutanese robbed in Jaigaon

Crime

Jul 11, 2016 1 mins read 276 views
Measures begin to curb GALS outbreak

Infestation

Jul 11, 2016 1 mins read 312 views
One dead, seven missing after bridge collapses

Accident

Jul 11, 2016 1 mins read 352 views
Renewable energy

Renewable energy

Jul 11, 2016 0 mins read 331 views
BNCA to accredit drop-in and rehabilitation centres

Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA)

Jul 10, 2016 2 mins read 316 views
Hospitality graduates find jobs

Employment

Jul 10, 2016 2 mins read 336 views
Injured black-necked crane raises need for rehab facility

Wildlife

Jul 10, 2016 2 mins read 328 views
A gup and a mother

LG

Jul 10, 2016 2 mins read 326 views
On Kuensel's editorial "Not vessels to be filled but fires to be kindled"

Letter to the editor

Jul 10, 2016 2 mins read 280 views
Monsoon glory yet again

Editorial

Jul 10, 2016 2 mins read 363 views
Developments in the agriculture sector

Report

Jul 10, 2016 3 mins read 310 views
Lack of budget and expertise slowing disaster preparedness measures

Disaster

Jul 10, 2016 2 mins read 302 views
RAA recommends reviewing tax law

Tax

Jul 10, 2016 3 mins read 387 views
Golden Youth to mentor youth at risk

Youth

Jul 10, 2016 3 mins read 315 views
Most local leaders want geydrung post retained

LG

Jul 10, 2016 3 mins read 282 views
Women archers to lead Bhutan at Olympics

Archery

Jul 08, 2016 2 mins read 364 views
Drastic decline in local gypsum sales

Mining

Jul 08, 2016 3 mins read 275 views
Tobacco: BNCA nabs 12 shop owners

Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA)

Jul 08, 2016 2 mins read 294 views
Road between Trongsa and Zhemgang closed

Road

Jul 08, 2016 1 mins read 287 views
Kuensel donates books

Books

Jul 08, 2016 0 mins read 301 views
Youths attempt to invent devices to help

Innovation

Jul 08, 2016 2 mins read 302 views
Lives and knives

Perspective

Jul 08, 2016 4 mins read 336 views
Defining the Constitutional provision of 60 percent minimum forest cover

Perspective

Jul 08, 2016 5 mins read 395 views
Zimdra goes east

Zimdra Automobile

Jul 08, 2016 0 mins read 281 views
Fire razes house

Fire accident

Jul 08, 2016 0 mins read 338 views
Boy washed away in Wangdue

Accident

Jul 08, 2016 0 mins read 294 views
A failed reservoir tank

Irrigation

Jul 08, 2016 2 mins read 267 views
Amochhu land reclamation to begin by 2017

Land

Jul 08, 2016 2 mins read 306 views
10 percent GDP growth unachievable: PM

Economy

Jul 08, 2016 2 mins read 306 views
A worrying culture on the rise

Letter to the editor

Jul 08, 2016 1 mins read 351 views
This is no spelling bee

Editorial

Jul 08, 2016 2 mins read 304 views
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