April of 2017

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Unseasonal frost damages vegetables in Bumthang

Vegetables

Apr 19, 2017 1 mins read 392 views
A friendship beyond protocol

Perspective

Apr 19, 2017 3 mins read 413 views
Tackling security in Olakha

Letter to the editor

Apr 19, 2017 1 mins read 379 views
Need to bring them back

Editorial

Apr 19, 2017 1 mins read 422 views
Vacant LG posts in Gasa, Wangdue and Punakha filled

LG Election

Apr 19, 2017 1 mins read 375 views
Two Phuentsholing demkhongs now have tshogpas

LG Election

Apr 19, 2017 1 mins read 383 views
10 LG constituencies remain vacant

LG Election

Apr 19, 2017 2 mins read 416 views
Autism, the fastest growing developmental disability

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Apr 19, 2017 3 mins read 399 views
A successful visit

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Apr 19, 2017 3 mins read 414 views
Life is always in transition

k2

Apr 14, 2017 3 mins read 347 views
Parents pin hope on Ability Bhutan Society

k2

Apr 14, 2017 4 mins read 349 views
Lingzhi gewog elects three tshogpas

Election

Apr 18, 2017 1 mins read 365 views
Autsho Central School students living in congested conditions

School

Apr 18, 2017 1 mins read 385 views
On the Sikkim Manipal University conundrum

Letter to the editor

Apr 18, 2017 1 mins read 398 views
Harsher measures needed to curb drink driving

Editorial

Apr 18, 2017 2 mins read 325 views
All LG posts filled in Mongar and Lhuentse

Election

Apr 18, 2017 1 mins read 396 views
Vacant LG posts filled in P/gatshel but not in S/jongkhar

Election

Apr 18, 2017 1 mins read 365 views
Bhutan and Bangladesh strengthen cooperation

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Apr 18, 2017 3 mins read 431 views
His Majesty The King grants audience to PM Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister

Apr 18, 2017 2 mins read 368 views
More than 300 households affected by windstorm in Punakha

Disaster

Apr 17, 2017 2 mins read 420 views
Second border gate in Phuentsholing by month's end

Construction

Apr 17, 2017 1 mins read 368 views
Use alternative measures to tackle waste

Letter to the editor

Apr 17, 2017 1 mins read 374 views
After signs, standardise road safety

Editorial

Apr 17, 2017 1 mins read 383 views
Token app selected as best idea

Technology

Apr 17, 2017 1 mins read 366 views
Power tiller hiring services yet to pick up

Power tillers

Apr 17, 2017 2 mins read 351 views
Standardised road signs to be in place

Road

Apr 17, 2017 2 mins read 367 views
Govt. looks to reduce poverty rate to 5% by 2018

Poverty

Apr 17, 2017 3 mins read 359 views
State visit

State visit

Apr 17, 2017 0 mins read 371 views
Jachungs win Pepsi A-League 2017

Basketball

Apr 16, 2017 1 mins read 370 views
Areca nut make good from price rise

Areca nut (doma)

Apr 16, 2017 2 mins read 404 views
Windstorm affects houses and government structures in Punakha

Disaster

Apr 16, 2017 0 mins read 454 views
Vacant demkhongs in Pemagatshel now have tshogpa candidates

Election

Apr 16, 2017 1 mins read 351 views
Note of thanks

Letter to the editor

Apr 16, 2017 1 mins read 405 views
A collective responsibility

Editorial

Apr 16, 2017 2 mins read 0 views
Tour guide fined for misconduct

Tourism

Apr 16, 2017 2 mins read 383 views
Discrimination based on caste violates Constitution: PM

Caste violates

Apr 16, 2017 1 mins read 390 views
East-West Highway to complete by early 2018

Road

Apr 16, 2017 2 mins read 390 views
Drug abuse a collective responsibility: PM

Drug

Apr 16, 2017 2 mins read 382 views
International autism conference

International autism conference

Apr 16, 2017 0 mins read 441 views
BoB plans to open office in New Delhi

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

Apr 14, 2017 1 mins read 370 views
Bhutanese entrepreneur in Malaysia featured in Forbes magazine

Profile

Apr 14, 2017 2 mins read 412 views
Accident claims four

Accident

Apr 14, 2017 0 mins read 429 views
Hazelnut plantations picking up in Wangdue

Hazelnut plantations

Apr 14, 2017 2 mins read 339 views
Construction of toilets take more than a year

Construction

Apr 14, 2017 1 mins read 352 views
Bangladesh PM visits next week

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Apr 14, 2017 2 mins read 368 views
Recovering addicts to go door-to-door

Drug

Apr 14, 2017 3 mins read 377 views
Building for tomorrow

Letter to the editor

Apr 14, 2017 1 mins read 0 views
What's wrong with the noble profession?

Editorial

Apr 14, 2017 1 mins read 351 views
New regulation to license private diagnostic centres

Private diagnostic centres

Apr 14, 2017 3 mins read 445 views
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