December of 2017

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Media advocacy training

Training

Dec 24, 2017 0 mins read 334 views
Bamboo recurve bows to train archers

Archery

Dec 22, 2017 3 mins read 330 views
Darchagang residents start floriculture business

Floriculture business

Dec 22, 2017 1 mins read 352 views
Dzongpon Kunzang Thinley: Mistaken for the First King again

Dzongpon Kunzang Thinley

Dec 22, 2017 1 mins read 386 views
Bikers' group to maintain open gyms in P/ling

Open gyms

Dec 22, 2017 2 mins read 343 views
One more from Paro for NC

National Council

Dec 22, 2017 1 mins read 302 views
Drukair reduces airfare

Drukair

Dec 22, 2017 1 mins read 320 views
Nu 22B in trade deficit

Trade

Dec 22, 2017 2 mins read 344 views
Infertility clinic sees about nine cases a month

Hospitals

Dec 22, 2017 3 mins read 280 views
Media barred from Sherig conference

Conference

Dec 22, 2017 1 mins read 338 views
Of roads and accidents

Letter to the editor

Dec 22, 2017 1 mins read 377 views
Good roads are at the heart of the nation's prosperity

Editorial

Dec 22, 2017 2 mins read 348 views
Body of missing retired colonel found

Missing

Dec 22, 2017 1 mins read 318 views
Political parties pledge to refrain from corrupt practices

Politics

Dec 22, 2017 3 mins read 287 views
ACC points out rampant corruption in road construction

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC )

Dec 22, 2017 4 mins read 411 views
Haa to Samtse highway brings development to remote gewogs

Road

Dec 22, 2017 2 mins read 337 views
Cricket championship underway in Gelephu

Cricket

Dec 22, 2017 0 mins read 307 views
Transport United waiting for full squad for AFC Cup training

Football

Dec 21, 2017 1 mins read 289 views
Of Lomba celebration and miraculous mural

Festival

Dec 21, 2017 1 mins read 355 views
Tour operator to contest for NC from Punakha

National Council

Dec 21, 2017 1 mins read 333 views
BKP opens party office in Paro

Politics

Dec 21, 2017 1 mins read 324 views
Rituals take the biggest share of health expenditure

Health

Dec 21, 2017 2 mins read 348 views
Construction of Gong farm road takes almost a decade

Road

Dec 21, 2017 1 mins read 379 views
Wearing tracksuits in schools

Letter to the editor

Dec 21, 2017 1 mins read 324 views
Constructed poverty

Editorial

Dec 21, 2017 2 mins read 325 views
Former health secretary and wife dies in an accident

Accident

Dec 21, 2017 0 mins read 387 views
Dado Tsen, the lesser-known deity of Haa

Lhakhang Nagpo

Dec 21, 2017 2 mins read 374 views
Man gets six years for involvement in dzee business

Crime

Dec 21, 2017 1 mins read 334 views
7 Druk School teachers relieved, 8 resign

Teachers

Dec 21, 2017 1 mins read 363 views
Land ownership dispute leaves storage facility idle

Land

Dec 21, 2017 2 mins read 338 views
Speaker to call 11th session

National Assembly

Dec 21, 2017 2 mins read 326 views
High-level advocacy tour

High-level advocacy tour

Dec 21, 2017 0 mins read 334 views
Excellence in sports aids students' education

Sports

Dec 20, 2017 2 mins read 338 views
Expansion works on TechPark begins

IT Park

Dec 20, 2017 1 mins read 323 views
The third cohort of Certificate Course on Social Policy begins

Royal University of Bhutan (RUB)

Dec 20, 2017 2 mins read 324 views
Merak residents file complaint against local leaders

Crime

Dec 20, 2017 3 mins read 314 views
The dangers of selling beauty products online

Letter to the editor

Dec 20, 2017 1 mins read 303 views
Setting standards for entertainment places

Editorial

Dec 20, 2017 1 mins read 293 views
Travel agents to offer pilgrimage bus services independently

Pilgrimage

Dec 20, 2017 2 mins read 301 views
Man sentenced for selling hired Prado

Crime

Dec 20, 2017 1 mins read 343 views
SC upholds HC judgment in Chukha gold case

Judiciary

Dec 20, 2017 2 mins read 307 views
Saving Nub Lang, the pride of Sangbaykha

Livestock

Dec 20, 2017 2 mins read 315 views
Tracksuits only for health and physical education class

Tracksuits

Dec 20, 2017 1 mins read 298 views
Blood Donation Camp

Blood Donation Camp

Dec 20, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
Actor enters race to NC from Thimphu

National Council

Dec 19, 2017 2 mins read 327 views
Inventory finds 104 fish species in western Bhutan

National Research Centre for Riverine and Lake Fisheries (NRCRLF)

Dec 19, 2017 1 mins read 286 views
Need a monitoring system for taxi fares

Letter to the editor

Dec 19, 2017 1 mins read 329 views
The invisible

Editorial

Dec 19, 2017 2 mins read 342 views
Japan, Bhutan sign assistance agreement worth 1,004M Yen

Bhutan-Japan

Dec 19, 2017 2 mins read 303 views
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