April of 2017

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Aerobics picking up in Thimphu

Aerobics

Apr 09, 2017 1 mins read 537 views
Phuentsholing's immigration office upgraded

Immigration

Apr 09, 2017 2 mins read 576 views
Two plaster of Paris plants shut down

Companies

Apr 09, 2017 3 mins read 555 views
Need to improve heating systems in schools

School

Apr 09, 2017 3 mins read 511 views
Mixed martial arts competition to be introduced by year's end

Mixed martial arts (MMA)

Apr 07, 2017 2 mins read 505 views
Blacktopping of Dophuchen gewog connectivity road not completed

Road

Apr 07, 2017 2 mins read 619 views
Building Bhutan's Cities: The sky should not be the limit

Perspective

Apr 07, 2017 4 mins read 566 views
Taxes and duties: The only way to decrease vehicle imports?

Perspective

Apr 07, 2017 2 mins read 550 views
Private mini power tillers dominate Tseza gewog in Dagana

Power tillers

Apr 07, 2017 2 mins read 584 views
Mongar dzongkhag collects Nu 10M as Moenlam Chenmo seed money

Religion

Apr 07, 2017 1 mins read 579 views
Analysis: Third parties readying for 2018

Politics

Apr 07, 2017 4 mins read 488 views
Clarifications on Fiscal Incentives 2016

Letter to the editor

Apr 07, 2017 2 mins read 493 views
Good initiative to make roads safe

Editorial

Apr 07, 2017 1 mins read 529 views
Focus is on the rising menace of depression

Disease

Apr 07, 2017 4 mins read 556 views
Spare parts and maintenance issues affecting power tillers

Power tillers

Apr 07, 2017 3 mins read 530 views
Mongar hospital still waiting for a gynaecologist

Mongar hospital

Apr 06, 2017 1 mins read 541 views
Green roofing a village

Environment

Apr 06, 2017 1 mins read 617 views
PM meets German politicians

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay

Apr 06, 2017 1 mins read 541 views
Miscellaneous hearing conducted for choeten vandalism in Mongar

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Apr 06, 2017 1 mins read 520 views
On Kuensel's editorial: Finding a parking solution

Letter to the editor

Apr 06, 2017 1 mins read 597 views
Building for tomorrow

Editorial

Apr 06, 2017 1 mins read 570 views
BNLI trains RBP prosecutors

Training

Apr 06, 2017 2 mins read 552 views
Draft road safety and transport Bill up for public feedback

Road Safety and Transport (RST)

Apr 06, 2017 3 mins read 506 views
Lack of targets blurs fiscal incentives rationalisation

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Apr 06, 2017 4 mins read 610 views
World Health Day

World Health Day

Apr 06, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
The world needs sustainable energy like biogas

Biogas

Apr 05, 2017 2 mins read 466 views
A favourable season for Dungsam Sanam Gongphel Detshen

Food-processing unit

Apr 05, 2017 2 mins read 492 views
Vegetable shed in Dophuchen remains unused

Vegetable shed

Apr 05, 2017 1 mins read 476 views
Education ministry takes action against Tendu school authority

School

Apr 05, 2017 1 mins read 512 views
LED street lamps Vs high pressure sodium lights

Letter to the editor

Apr 05, 2017 1 mins read 542 views
GAOs deserve a better deal

Editorial

Apr 05, 2017 1 mins read 544 views
Taktse college staff running businesses on campus?

Taktse college

Apr 05, 2017 1 mins read 546 views
Rehab centre in the pipeline

Rehab centre

Apr 05, 2017 4 mins read 580 views
A tale of two schools seeking upgradation

School

Apr 05, 2017 2 mins read 556 views
Tenant withdraws suit

Housing

Apr 04, 2017 1 mins read 590 views
DT asks Druk Petroleum Corporation Ltd. to expedite fuel station construction

Dzongkhag Tshogdu (DT)

Apr 04, 2017 1 mins read 638 views
Lhamoizingkha BHU damaged by fire

Fire accident

Apr 04, 2017 1 mins read 573 views
How to build a GNH city

Gross National Happiness (GNH)

Apr 04, 2017 2 mins read 576 views
A suggestion for parking on Norzin Lam

Letter to the editor

Apr 04, 2017 1 mins read 523 views
Losing the axe for want of a needle?

Editorial

Apr 04, 2017 2 mins read 538 views
OAG charges 51 for active and passive commercial bribery in ATM card racket

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Apr 04, 2017 3 mins read 540 views
H1N1 outbreak in Punakha

Disease

Apr 04, 2017 1 mins read 499 views
GAOs concerned with RCSC circular

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 04, 2017 2 mins read 578 views
Financial inclusion and CSIs, core of fiscal incentive

Finance

Apr 04, 2017 3 mins read 481 views
Local author's third novel

Literature event

Apr 03, 2017 1 mins read 589 views
A gallery to promote Bhutanese arts and crafts

Craft gallery

Apr 03, 2017 1 mins read 540 views
Goenzhay of Gasa performed for 401st year at Gasa tshechu

Gasa tshechu

Apr 03, 2017 1 mins read 542 views
Unfreeze the bank accounts

Letter to the editor

Apr 03, 2017 1 mins read 553 views
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Recents

Matsutake price picks up again

Sangay Shamu was priced at Nu 2,000 per kilogramme for Class A mushrooms and Nu 1,800 per kilogramme for Class B this year. Last year, Class A mushrooms fetched only Nu 1,800 per kilogramme.

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The vanishing trade of Drukor

Drukor usually began by late October and continued for four months. As they moved from village to village collecting grain, highlanders took about a week in each place to gather grain and exchange dairy products.

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