December of 2017

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Kelzari to have drinking water soon

Water

Dec 10, 2017 1 mins read 283 views
NFE instructors pin hope on RCSC

Non-formal education (NFE)

Dec 10, 2017 2 mins read 311 views
The myth of high value-low impact policy

Editorial

Dec 10, 2017 2 mins read 288 views
PM visits gewogs in Punakha

PM visits

Dec 10, 2017 2 mins read 337 views
Climate change could affect cropping pattern

Climate

Dec 10, 2017 2 mins read 326 views
Agriculture employs most in Lhuentse, Paro, and Zhemgang

Agriculture

Dec 10, 2017 3 mins read 301 views
Action plan framed for tourism policy

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Dec 10, 2017 2 mins read 320 views
Butter lamp lighting ceremony

Butter lamps

Dec 10, 2017 0 mins read 284 views
Bhutan to face China in ACC U-16 cricket Cup

Cricket

Dec 08, 2017 2 mins read 273 views
Solar fencing proves effective in Kangpara

Solar fencing

Dec 08, 2017 1 mins read 281 views
SDF marks SAARC Charter Day

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Dec 08, 2017 1 mins read 298 views
Two men sentenced for deliberately setting house on fire

Crime

Dec 08, 2017 1 mins read 327 views
Adequate fund required for food reserve

Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited (FCBL)

Dec 08, 2017 2 mins read 309 views
Imagining an institutional complex in Phuentsholing

Perspective

Dec 08, 2017 3 mins read 310 views
Reversing the tide of migration and securing a sustainable local economy

Perspective

Dec 08, 2017 5 mins read 288 views
Farmers disappointed with ginger price in Gelephu

Ginger

Dec 08, 2017 1 mins read 265 views
Candidates can't seek votes on familiarisation tours: ECB

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Dec 08, 2017 2 mins read 274 views
Clarifications on REDCL deliberations

Letter to the editor

Dec 08, 2017 2 mins read 257 views
Strengthen the labour ministry

Editorial

Dec 08, 2017 2 mins read 304 views
His Majesty's Address at the Closing Ceremony of the 10th Session of the Second Parliament

His Majesty The King Address

Dec 08, 2017 3 mins read 294 views
Undercutting, the tourism industry's bane

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Dec 08, 2017 4 mins read 329 views
His Majesty The King reminds Parliament of its sacred duties

Parliament

Dec 08, 2017 3 mins read 280 views
Athletes seek insurance to cover injures

Athletes

Dec 07, 2017 2 mins read 284 views
NFE centre reopens in Darla after four years

Non-formal education (NFE)

Dec 07, 2017 2 mins read 309 views
Oranges fetch good price

Oranges

Dec 07, 2017 1 mins read 277 views
Bhutan to mark 33rd anniversary of SAARC Charter signing

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Dec 07, 2017 1 mins read 312 views
Thromde investigates damaged road in Babesa

Road

Dec 07, 2017 2 mins read 305 views
Sports instructors selection

Letter to the editor

Dec 07, 2017 1 mins read 346 views
A lesson from Kangpara

Editorial

Dec 07, 2017 2 mins read 326 views
Accident claims five lives in Mongar

Accident

Dec 07, 2017 1 mins read 303 views
Education ministry working on providing lunch in all schools

Parliament

Dec 07, 2017 2 mins read 302 views
Parliament decides NSB to conduct labour force survey

Parliament

Dec 07, 2017 2 mins read 292 views
Poor safety measures in construction sector

Seminar

Dec 07, 2017 3 mins read 285 views
Last session for National Council concludes

National Council

Dec 07, 2017 4 mins read 300 views
Parliament session concludes

Parliament

Dec 07, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
Longer waiting time for patients at JDWNRH

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Dec 06, 2017 3 mins read 281 views
Phobjikha residents support black-necked crane conservation

Black-necked crane

Dec 06, 2017 2 mins read 292 views
Development activities threaten White Bellied Herons' habitat

White Bellied Herons (WBH)

Dec 06, 2017 1 mins read 278 views
Explosion injures man in Pantang

Explosion

Dec 06, 2017 1 mins read 281 views
800 graduates pass civil service examination

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Dec 06, 2017 2 mins read 305 views
Tariff deduction in tourism

Letter to the editor

Dec 06, 2017 1 mins read 315 views
Drinking water crises

Editorial

Dec 06, 2017 2 mins read 275 views
Parliamentarians lock horns over REDCL

Parliament

Dec 06, 2017 4 mins read 275 views
Farmers' group maintain farm roads in Kangpara

Road

Dec 06, 2017 2 mins read 293 views
Ministries top unresolved irregularities

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Dec 06, 2017 3 mins read 329 views
National cleaning campaign on Dec 9

National cleaning campaign

Dec 06, 2017 0 mins read 309 views
Bhutan out of the Friendship Tournament

Basketball

Dec 05, 2017 1 mins read 316 views
Gungtong affects community vitality

Empty houses (Gungtongs)

Dec 05, 2017 2 mins read 304 views
The challenges of sustaining mountain ecosystems

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Dec 05, 2017 2 mins read 275 views
Plan activity based tourism in the east

Letter to the editor

Dec 05, 2017 1 mins read 297 views
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The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, and major restructuring of corporate and business taxation.

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