May of 2016

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JICA alumni reunion

JICA

May 12, 2016 0 mins read 425 views
Panbang BHU faces erratic power supply

Electricity

May 31, 2016 1 mins read 423 views
New road dug up less than a month later

Road

May 31, 2016 1 mins read 553 views
BAFRA continues to test vegetables and fruits

Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA)

May 31, 2016 1 mins read 433 views
Controlling the price of locally produced vegetables

Letter to the editor

May 31, 2016 1 mins read 440 views
Cleaning house

Editorial

May 31, 2016 2 mins read 0 views
Man who killed taxi driver given 30-year prison sentence

Crime

May 31, 2016 1 mins read 442 views
Investigation team to leave for Qatar soon

Employment

May 31, 2016 1 mins read 392 views
The paradox of progress

Tourism

May 31, 2016 3 mins read 489 views
Parliament sticks to previous Paro thromde boundary

National Assembly

May 31, 2016 4 mins read 418 views
Record holder for memorisation in Thimphu

Skills

May 30, 2016 1 mins read 445 views
Panbang honours the late Dasho Nishioka

History

May 30, 2016 2 mins read 421 views
33 fall ill after consuming beef

Medical

May 30, 2016 1 mins read 441 views
Family accuses Nganglam doctor of negligence

Medical

May 30, 2016 2 mins read 417 views
On your perspective Language policy: Decolonising the Mind

Letter to the editor

May 30, 2016 0 mins read 440 views
Managing our land sustainably

Editorial

May 30, 2016 2 mins read 391 views
Inflation up by 0.15% in April

Economy

May 30, 2016 1 mins read 401 views
37 percent of workforce economically inactive

Employment

May 30, 2016 2 mins read 372 views
Reclaiming fallow land for farming

Agriculture

May 30, 2016 2 mins read 395 views
Parliament passes companies bill

Parliament

May 30, 2016 2 mins read 424 views
DANTAK

DANTAK

May 30, 2016 0 mins read 0 views
Spinning around the wheel of life

k2

May 27, 2016 3 mins read 407 views
Seeking space and understanding

k2

May 27, 2016 4 mins read 435 views
Majas and Jumpers win B League tournament

Basketball

May 29, 2016 2 mins read 379 views
Panbang town to get landfill

Waste

May 29, 2016 1 mins read 444 views
Reducing the risk of disasters in South Asia

Disaster

May 29, 2016 3 mins read 398 views
HKH partnership a step towards regional solidarity

Environment

May 29, 2016 3 mins read 403 views
The cabbage capital of Paro

Vegetable

May 29, 2016 1 mins read 410 views
Ginger replaces mandarin in Pachhutar

Agriculture

May 29, 2016 2 mins read 369 views
On your editorial providing better services

Letter to the editor

May 29, 2016 2 mins read 363 views
Taking sports development to the next level

Editorial

May 29, 2016 1 mins read 415 views
Japan to reconstruct 3 bridges

Infrastructures

May 29, 2016 2 mins read 374 views
Int'l tourists bemoan bad roads

Tourism

May 29, 2016 3 mins read 388 views
Land management critical: agriculture ministry

Land

May 29, 2016 3 mins read 481 views
WB recommends uniform national base rate

Banking

May 29, 2016 3 mins read 383 views
His Majesty graces Sa-Lhang Tendrel of first law school in Bhutan

His Majesty The King

May 29, 2016 1 mins read 421 views
Pelkhil School wins thromde basketball tournament

Basketball

May 27, 2016 1 mins read 422 views
Multi-sports facility to be constructed in Babena

Infrastructures

May 27, 2016 2 mins read 448 views
Man in critical condition following assault

Crime

May 27, 2016 1 mins read 447 views
Extended Dewathang town can continue rural tax

Tax

May 27, 2016 1 mins read 428 views
Banking

Banking

May 27, 2016 0 mins read 426 views
PM attends swearing in ceremony of West Bengal CM

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay

May 27, 2016 0 mins read 383 views
Border Roads director general arrives today

Visit

May 27, 2016 2 mins read 386 views
Training communities to repair electrical appliances

Training

May 27, 2016 2 mins read 440 views
At a crossroads: Tourism development in Bhutan

Perspective

May 27, 2016 5 mins read 430 views
Language policy: Decolonising the mind

Perspective

May 27, 2016 5 mins read 414 views
Commercial space in multi-level car park

Infrastructures

May 27, 2016 3 mins read 403 views
Road creates economic opportunities in Lauri

Road

May 27, 2016 1 mins read 455 views
Children with access to ECCDs learn better and more

Education

May 27, 2016 4 mins read 411 views
On road tunnels

Letter to the editor

May 27, 2016 1 mins read 363 views
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