April of 2017

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Thegchen lam road needs to be restored soon

Letter to the editor

Apr 25, 2017 0 mins read 494 views
Sherig journey and challenges

Book

Apr 30, 2017 1 mins read 588 views
A Lesson for Bhutan from a Still-Recovering Nepal

Perspective

Apr 30, 2017 4 mins read 496 views
Assembly to discuss Zhemgang CS upgradation proposal

National Assembly

Apr 30, 2017 1 mins read 488 views
Streetlights make Pipaldara road safe

Streetlights

Apr 30, 2017 1 mins read 482 views
To officials concerned

Letter to the editor

Apr 30, 2017 1 mins read 522 views
Lessons to be learnt

Editorial

Apr 30, 2017 2 mins read 0 views
Campaign against alcohol and drugs targets eastern Bhutan

Campaign

Apr 30, 2017 2 mins read 486 views
Malaria still a threat

Disease

Apr 30, 2017 1 mins read 554 views
Journalists uncomfortable with Bhutan's press freedom rank

Media

Apr 30, 2017 2 mins read 576 views
Train your mind to find the magic in small, everyday things

k2

Apr 28, 2017 3 mins read 522 views
BAOWE empowering women through entrepreneurship

k2

Apr 28, 2017 5 mins read 576 views
Body of missing boy found

Missing

Apr 28, 2017 1 mins read 0 views
Two new birds discovered

Birding

Apr 28, 2017 2 mins read 0 views
Transporter cries foul over unfair bidding process

State Mining Corporation Limited (SMCL)

Apr 28, 2017 2 mins read 461 views
Safety standards at workplaces improving

Labour

Apr 28, 2017 2 mins read 579 views
Number of drug abusers rising in the east

Drug

Apr 28, 2017 2 mins read 491 views
On Kuensel's editorial: Agriculture must receive priority

Letter to the editor

Apr 28, 2017 1 mins read 510 views
The free press

Editorial

Apr 28, 2017 3 mins read 494 views
Finance ministry revises land compensation rates

Land

Apr 28, 2017 3 mins read 529 views
ACC clears Tsirangtoe MP

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)

Apr 28, 2017 1 mins read 485 views
Legislative procedure blocks BBIN agreement withdrawal

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN)

Apr 28, 2017 4 mins read 499 views
Launch

Launch

Apr 28, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
G-Fest kicks off at Gaeddu College of Business Studies

College

Apr 27, 2017 2 mins read 524 views
Sanitation policy to manage liquid waste

Workshop

Apr 27, 2017 2 mins read 504 views
Women ICT officers doing better than male counterparts: Information minister

ICT (Information and communications technology)

Apr 27, 2017 2 mins read 504 views
More road markings needed

Letter to the editor

Apr 27, 2017 1 mins read 587 views
Preventing auto theft can be easy

Editorial

Apr 27, 2017 1 mins read 509 views
60 percent of PTA budget released

India-Bhutan

Apr 27, 2017 1 mins read 454 views
ADB projects 9.9 percent economic growth

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Apr 27, 2017 2 mins read 524 views
SAARC secretary general in Bhutan

SAARC

Apr 27, 2017 1 mins read 0 views
Bhutan lets BBIN agreement move ahead

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN)

Apr 27, 2017 1 mins read 470 views
Population and housing census begins May 30

Population and housing census

Apr 27, 2017 1 mins read 505 views
Bhutan jumps 10 places in media freedom

Media

Apr 27, 2017 2 mins read 531 views
Flash flood cuts off Gasa

Disaster

Apr 26, 2017 1 mins read 515 views
Promoting innovation and creativity

World Intellectual Property (IP) day

Apr 26, 2017 2 mins read 483 views
Govt. needs to invest in cricket

Letter to the editor

Apr 26, 2017 1 mins read 490 views
BBIN rises again

Editorial

Apr 26, 2017 2 mins read 497 views
TCB clears tour guide of sexual harassment and fraud charges

Tourism

Apr 26, 2017 3 mins read 540 views
Carjackers target Boleros in P'ling

Crime

Apr 26, 2017 2 mins read 468 views
11 men, one minor confess to choeten vandalism

Crime

Apr 26, 2017 2 mins read 530 views
His Majesty The King in Punakha

His Majesty The King

Apr 26, 2017 1 mins read 528 views
Bhutan gets its first win in the ICC World Cricket League Qualifier

Cricket

Apr 25, 2017 1 mins read 479 views
Yonphula College to start as an extended campus of Sherubtse

College

Apr 25, 2017 2 mins read 672 views
Norway visa centre opened in Thimphu

Visa centre

Apr 25, 2017 1 mins read 539 views
Four convicted in assault and battery case

Crime

Apr 25, 2017 2 mins read 529 views
Youths leaving villages is a reality

Letter to the editor

Apr 25, 2017 1 mins read 513 views
Keep SP+ away

Editorial

Apr 25, 2017 1 mins read 494 views
Pemagatshel declared malaria free

Disease

Apr 25, 2017 2 mins read 495 views
Je Khenpo performs Sinoen ritual

Religion

Apr 25, 2017 0 mins read 534 views
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