November of 2016

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Customs Act in the offing

National Council (NC)

Nov 16, 2016 2 mins read 246 views
Babesa sewage treatment plant upgrade to begin soon

Sewage

Nov 16, 2016 3 mins read 230 views
Bhutan's private sector underdeveloped: WB

Employment

Nov 16, 2016 3 mins read 222 views
NA debates defining fronting as a criminal offense

National Assembly

Nov 16, 2016 2 mins read 263 views
World Prematurity Day

World Prematurity Day

Nov 16, 2016 0 mins read 273 views
Import of seaweed banned

Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regularity Authority (BAFRA)

Nov 15, 2016 1 mins read 235 views
INR exchange deadline shifted to November 30

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Nov 15, 2016 0 mins read 265 views
Be ambitious, not pompous

Entrepreneurship

Nov 15, 2016 2 mins read 233 views
Amochhu land reclamation project to start in October 2017

Infrastructures

Nov 15, 2016 2 mins read 213 views
BDBL's clarification

Letter to the editor

Nov 15, 2016 1 mins read 281 views
Teach a man to fish.

Editorial

Nov 15, 2016 1 mins read 248 views
Non-uniform labourers will be routed through proper channel

Immigration

Nov 15, 2016 2 mins read 232 views
MPs lock horns on maternity leave

National Assembly

Nov 15, 2016 3 mins read 219 views
Seized goods and properties to be managed by relevant agencies only

National Assembly

Nov 15, 2016 3 mins read 220 views
NC rejects BBIN agreement

National Council (NC)

Nov 15, 2016 2 mins read 223 views
The temporary town of Tagabi

Settlement

Nov 14, 2016 2 mins read 225 views
Tshorwa - The Inner Call

Film review

Nov 14, 2016 1 mins read 344 views
ADC and UNDP join hands to ensure equal justice for the vulnerable

Collaboration

Nov 14, 2016 2 mins read 216 views
SDF and SCCI sign MoU on cooperation

Signing

Nov 14, 2016 0 mins read 242 views
Bill to make fixed deposits tax-free introduced in Assembly

Parliament

Nov 14, 2016 1 mins read 305 views
Remove expressway barrier below helipad

Letter to the editor

Nov 14, 2016 1 mins read 280 views
Testing times have come

Editorial

Nov 14, 2016 1 mins read 187 views
Parliament to ratify Indo-Bhutan trade agreement

Parliament

Nov 14, 2016 2 mins read 272 views
Reotala bridge repaired, open to traffic

Bridge

Nov 14, 2016 1 mins read 204 views
NC could table Mines and Minerals Management Act

National Council (NC)

Nov 14, 2016 3 mins read 199 views
BDBL employee arrested for embezzling Nu 15.5M

Crime

Nov 14, 2016 1 mins read 207 views
Govt. proposes Nu 262M to generate employment

National Assembly

Nov 14, 2016 3 mins read 207 views
Ministry promotes new potato varieties

Agriculture

Nov 13, 2016 3 mins read 230 views
For a better sporting culture

Letter to the editor

Nov 13, 2016 1 mins read 246 views
We need to clean up our systems too

Editorial

Nov 13, 2016 1 mins read 219 views
Breaking the barriers and looking ahead

LG

Nov 13, 2016 2 mins read 240 views
Retaining medical specialists still a challenge

Health

Nov 13, 2016 3 mins read 213 views
Industries earn more than hydropower: Industrialists

Business

Nov 13, 2016 2 mins read 230 views
Forest fire in Athang contained after more than 24 hours

Forest fire

Nov 11, 2016 1 mins read 263 views
Ministry to increase commercial vegetable production

Agriculture

Nov 11, 2016 3 mins read 214 views
HRH The Gyaltshab celebrates November 11 in Mongar

Celebration

Nov 11, 2016 1 mins read 214 views
Athletics: Looking to the future

Athletics

Nov 11, 2016 2 mins read 227 views
Farming for the future

Perspective

Nov 11, 2016 3 mins read 221 views
Gray langur joins crop raider group now

Wildlife

Nov 11, 2016 2 mins read 227 views
Studying seismic risks to masonry buildings

Grant

Nov 11, 2016 1 mins read 227 views
Khotsa's healing hands

Health

Nov 11, 2016 2 mins read 222 views
On relocation of Lungtenzampa fuel station

Letter to the editor

Nov 11, 2016 1 mins read 288 views
Education challenges?

Editorial

Nov 11, 2016 2 mins read 299 views
Woman detained for alleged child murder

Crime

Nov 11, 2016 2 mins read 240 views
Villagers look to growing cardamom on government land

Crop

Nov 11, 2016 1 mins read 212 views
US visa scam victims question investigator and prosecutor

Crime

Nov 11, 2016 2 mins read 247 views
Rupee ban: Fear of black money entering Bhutan

INR

Nov 11, 2016 1 mins read 205 views
Happiness fair begins in Thimphu

GNH fair

Nov 11, 2016 1 mins read 239 views
Foresters create awareness to combat illegal fishing

Awareness

Nov 10, 2016 1 mins read 245 views
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Safe spaces, unsafe realities

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Recents

An unprecedented number of people attended the Global Peace Prayer Festival on November 8, with estimates of over 85,000 people in and around the venue.

An unprecedented number of people attended the Global Peace Prayer Festival on November 8, with estimates of over 85,000 people in and around the venue. People began arriving in Changlimithang as early as midnight, and by the time prayers began, the football stadium, as well as the Centenary Park were filled with devotees.

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