March of 2016

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Impact: As effluents go into the rivers

Environment

Mar 27, 2016 3 mins read 370 views
Fire burns almost 100 acres of forests in Samdrupjongkhar

Forest fire

Mar 27, 2016 1 mins read 380 views
Little police programme to teach positive life decisions

Little Police Partner (LPP)

Mar 27, 2016 1 mins read 401 views
Consensual sex clause to victimize men?

Letter to the editor

Mar 27, 2016 1 mins read 0 views
Watching what we watch

Editorial

Mar 27, 2016 2 mins read 369 views
Migration hinders Gasa's agriculture objectives

Midterm review (MTR)

Mar 27, 2016 2 mins read 378 views
Religious personnel: an agent for change?

Survey

Mar 27, 2016 3 mins read 324 views
New rules for cable TV

Media

Mar 27, 2016 3 mins read 360 views
Japan gifts more ambulances

Bhutan-Japan

Mar 27, 2016 0 mins read 339 views
Thai medical friendship mission treats 1,007 ENT patients

Volunteer

Mar 25, 2016 2 mins read 332 views
Pemagatshel gets its own radio station

Media

Mar 25, 2016 2 mins read 354 views
Tsa-Tsa: A symbol of the Bhutan- Japan relationship

Bhutan-Japan

Mar 25, 2016 6 mins read 375 views
Job fair attracts hundreds of jobseekers

Employment

Mar 25, 2016 1 mins read 379 views
NFE vital to achieving adult literacy rate target in S/J

Education

Mar 25, 2016 2 mins read 330 views
Wandering through cycle of life

Film review

Mar 25, 2016 2 mins read 319 views
PM discusses BBIN MVA with truckers, cabbies

Transport

Mar 25, 2016 3 mins read 323 views
The benefits of building ourselves

Letter to the editor

Mar 25, 2016 3 mins read 337 views
Celebrating friendship with cherry blossoms

Editorial

Mar 25, 2016 1 mins read 375 views
Revamping TVET for effective delivery

Labour

Mar 25, 2016 3 mins read 344 views
Completion of Hindu temple delayed

Construction Development Corporation Ltd (CDCL)

Mar 25, 2016 2 mins read 360 views
78 children infected with HFM disease

Health

Mar 25, 2016 3 mins read 357 views
Severe weather on Sunday

Department of Hydro Met Services

Mar 25, 2016 0 mins read 364 views
Making money from dung

Agriculture

Mar 24, 2016 2 mins read 360 views
Watershed management plan developed for Baychhu

Water

Mar 24, 2016 3 mins read 413 views
Failed recharges will be provided on same or next day

Letter to the editor

Mar 24, 2016 1 mins read 348 views
For a skilled workforce

Editorial

Mar 24, 2016 2 mins read 336 views
13 contract teacher slots still vacant

Education

Mar 24, 2016 2 mins read 390 views
MoU to promote micro, small and medium enterprises

Memorandum of understanding (MoU)

Mar 24, 2016 1 mins read 351 views
Bhutanese man in Dubai found dead

Labour

Mar 24, 2016 1 mins read 401 views
Truckers to raise concerns on motor vehicle agreement

Transport

Mar 24, 2016 2 mins read 358 views
Environmental concerns grow as car-wash facilities increase

k2

Mar 18, 2016 4 mins read 363 views
Women's basketball team ready for first int'l competition

Basketball

Mar 23, 2016 2 mins read 363 views
Trongsa lags behind on infant and under-five mortality targets

Midterm review (MTR)

Mar 23, 2016 2 mins read 344 views
T/gang drops fish production target

Midterm review (MTR)

Mar 23, 2016 1 mins read 335 views
Two bear cubs saved from forest fire

Rescue

Mar 23, 2016 1 mins read 338 views
20 women opt for epidural analgesia

Health

Mar 23, 2016 1 mins read 333 views
Unite to end TB

Letter to the editor

Mar 23, 2016 2 mins read 354 views
Building good toilet culture

Editorial

Mar 23, 2016 1 mins read 352 views
Exploring the spillover benefits

Hydropower

Mar 23, 2016 2 mins read 390 views
Combating citrus diseases

Agriculture

Mar 23, 2016 3 mins read 351 views
Hurdles along the free trade route

Trade

Mar 23, 2016 3 mins read 412 views
His Majesty The King graces Paro tshechu

His Majesty The King

Mar 23, 2016 0 mins read 377 views
Three colleges in the east confirmed

Education

Mar 22, 2016 2 mins read 388 views
So that the toilets are clean and odourless

Initiative

Mar 22, 2016 2 mins read 420 views
High rents send devotees packing

Accomodation

Mar 22, 2016 2 mins read 353 views
International Happiness Day missed?

Letter to the editor

Mar 22, 2016 1 mins read 344 views
In everybody's interest

Editorial

Mar 22, 2016 2 mins read 403 views
Standards to ensure safe drinking water

Water

Mar 22, 2016 3 mins read 430 views
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Recents

A year of reckoning

As we enter the Fire Male Horse Year, our nation stands at a defining crossroads. The year 2025 delivered strong macroeconomic signals and renewed optimism on paper.

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Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, and major restructuring of corporate and business taxation.

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