May of 2016

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Testing traditional structures for quality

Construction

May 09, 2016 2 mins read 402 views
New name for BOiC

Business Opportunity and Information Center (BOiC)

May 09, 2016 2 mins read 519 views
CAB annual general meeting

Meeting

May 09, 2016 0 mins read 370 views
Not a very well organised championship

Table Tennis

May 08, 2016 2 mins read 383 views
Royal Bhutan Army Chief visits India

Visit

May 08, 2016 0 mins read 420 views
Use of local bricks picks up

Construction

May 08, 2016 2 mins read 384 views
Better management of forest resources

Letter to the editor

May 08, 2016 1 mins read 432 views
OEP: Guaranteeing worker's safety and well-being

Editorial

May 08, 2016 2 mins read 481 views
RSPN volunteers collect more than 600kgs of trash

Community

May 08, 2016 1 mins read 414 views
BBIN to be declared an economic zone

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN)

May 08, 2016 2 mins read 380 views
More farmers take up pig farming in Trashigang

Livestock

May 08, 2016 2 mins read 411 views
A village of five people

Migration

May 08, 2016 2 mins read 458 views
Addressing juvenile and youth crime

Research

May 08, 2016 5 mins read 455 views
Police personnel booked for murder

Crime

May 06, 2016 1 mins read 442 views
13th Tarayana fair begins

Festival

May 06, 2016 3 mins read 390 views
International volunteers - does Bhutan still need them?

Perspective

May 06, 2016 4 mins read 455 views
Officials leave for leadership course in Australia

Training

May 06, 2016 0 mins read 413 views
Draktsho volunteers feed stray dogs, insects

Community

May 06, 2016 1 mins read 403 views
Villagers adopt Tsaku Shaba as their new cash crop

Income

May 06, 2016 1 mins read 415 views
Farm road to halve Wangdue and Thimphu travel distance

Road

May 06, 2016 1 mins read 407 views
Nu 2,500 environment clearance fee still in effect

Environment

May 06, 2016 2 mins read 393 views
Disaster in the making?

Letter to the editor

May 06, 2016 1 mins read 419 views
Supporting art and artists

Editorial

May 06, 2016 1 mins read 420 views
BPC to retain current tariff for LV and MV consumers

Electricity

May 06, 2016 2 mins read 443 views
BBIN agreement will not affect transport operators says govt.

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN)

May 06, 2016 3 mins read 421 views
Phuentsholing region achieves employment target

Employment

May 06, 2016 1 mins read 466 views
Unpaid Bhutanese in Qatar raise concerns

Employment

May 06, 2016 5 mins read 430 views
Addressing the infant mortality rate

Health

May 06, 2016 4 mins read 415 views
Lungten Prophecies

k2

May 06, 2016 3 mins read 484 views
The evolution of Bhutanese art

k2

May 06, 2016 4 mins read 646 views
First Bhutanese "ambassador" to Switzerland passes away

Friendship

May 05, 2016 2 mins read 413 views
Lhamoizingkha BHU without ambulance

Health

May 05, 2016 1 mins read 352 views
Need efficient public transport facilities

Letter to the editor

May 05, 2016 1 mins read 371 views
Drugs and alcohol: Finding solutions

Editorial

May 05, 2016 2 mins read 412 views
Water purchase to end with reservoir

Irrigation

May 05, 2016 2 mins read 394 views
Art endowment fund instituted

Art

May 05, 2016 2 mins read 391 views
More than 600kgs of marijuana seized

Crime

May 05, 2016 2 mins read 439 views
DGPC proposes generation tariff of Nu 1.84 a unit

Electricity

May 05, 2016 2 mins read 447 views
Safeguarding the Bazam

Bridge

May 05, 2016 2 mins read 419 views
After Thimphu, Gelephu hospital sees most patients

Health

May 05, 2016 2 mins read 473 views
Young teams enter B league

Basketball

May 04, 2016 1 mins read 450 views
Shrinking "oyster lake" worries villagers

Lake

May 04, 2016 1 mins read 416 views
Vegetable groups going through rough times

Agriculture

May 04, 2016 1 mins read 417 views
Cooperative dream bursts

Cattle

May 04, 2016 3 mins read 394 views
I want to write a book about Japan-Bhutan cooperation

Interview

May 04, 2016 4 mins read 403 views
BoBL assures clients

Letter to the editor

May 04, 2016 2 mins read 431 views
World Press Freedom day

Editorial

May 04, 2016 2 mins read 396 views
More than a thousand Bhutanese sign the HeForShe Pledge

Gender

May 04, 2016 1 mins read 410 views
Thimphu thromde proposes revision of land taxes

Thromde

May 04, 2016 2 mins read 406 views
BBIN motor vehicle agreement faces roadblock

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN)

May 04, 2016 2 mins read 447 views
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