December of 2017

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An opportunity and a challenge

Editorial

Dec 05, 2017 2 mins read 247 views
Bhutan -Thailand hold third bilateral consultation

Bhutan-Thailand

Dec 05, 2017 1 mins read 221 views
NA endorses Narcotics (amendment) Bill

National Assembly

Dec 05, 2017 1 mins read 250 views
National Assembly passes media Bill

National Assembly

Dec 05, 2017 2 mins read 246 views
Audit finds drinking water contaminated in Thimphu

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Dec 05, 2017 3 mins read 205 views
Thorthormi glacier recedes by 1.2kms in last 16 years

Thorthomi glacier

Dec 05, 2017 2 mins read 240 views
BCSE Results today

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Dec 05, 2017 0 mins read 274 views
Team Old Friends wins Thimphu Open

Football

Dec 04, 2017 1 mins read 242 views
A special Lomba for Haa this year

Festival

Dec 04, 2017 2 mins read 272 views
No measures found to treat cardamom blight in Darla

Cardamom

Dec 04, 2017 1 mins read 229 views
Tsirang will harvest 50MT chilli this winter

Chilies

Dec 04, 2017 2 mins read 228 views
On tourism royalty waiver

Letter to the editor

Dec 04, 2017 1 mins read 199 views
A shackled institution?

Editorial

Dec 04, 2017 2 mins read 236 views
Going paperless saves Nu 1,600 a user

National Assembly

Dec 04, 2017 2 mins read 252 views
Potato is not just carbohydrates, finds study

Potatoes

Dec 04, 2017 2 mins read 257 views
NC asks govt. to expedite rules on LG entitlement

National Council

Dec 04, 2017 3 mins read 247 views
NA endorses Tourism Levy Exemption Bill

National Assembly

Dec 04, 2017 3 mins read 257 views
Parliament to discuss Audit report 2016 today

Parliament

Dec 04, 2017 0 mins read 241 views
Grassroots football programmes wins award for BFF

Football

Dec 03, 2017 2 mins read 231 views
Persons on wheelchair race to mark disability day

Disabilities

Dec 03, 2017 2 mins read 223 views
RICBL opens two new branch offices

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICBL)

Dec 03, 2017 1 mins read 254 views
Red-hot chili peppers of Kangpara

Chilies

Dec 03, 2017 2 mins read 231 views
Three CT scan machines for referral hospitals by June 2018

Hospitals

Dec 03, 2017 2 mins read 232 views
NC makes seven recommendations to improve G2C services

National Council

Dec 03, 2017 2 mins read 266 views
Is royalty waiver the only solution?

Letter to the editor

Dec 03, 2017 1 mins read 222 views
Malady of the nation?

Editorial

Dec 03, 2017 2 mins read 218 views
DPT declares former teacher as Lhamoizingkha candidate

Politics

Dec 03, 2017 1 mins read 249 views
Subsidy to Drukair is subject to withdrawal: MoIC minister

National Assembly

Dec 03, 2017 1 mins read 231 views
Snow leopards now vulnerable not endangered

Snow leopards

Dec 03, 2017 1 mins read 240 views
12 men sentenced for choeten vandalism

Crime

Dec 03, 2017 2 mins read 242 views
NC criticises royalty waiver

National Council

Dec 03, 2017 2 mins read 242 views
Parliament agenda today

Parliament

Dec 03, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
Two go public with their HIV positive status

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Dec 01, 2017 1 mins read 240 views
Darla MSS proposed to be upgraded into a central school

Schools

Dec 01, 2017 1 mins read 245 views
Tsirang dratshang faces monk shortage

Monks

Dec 01, 2017 2 mins read 248 views
The abilities of those living with disabilities

Perspective

Dec 01, 2017 2 mins read 238 views
Replenishing Himalayan Springs, a lesson from Sikkim

Perspective

Dec 01, 2017 4 mins read 242 views
Exhibition on Bhutan opens in Hungary

Exhibition

Dec 01, 2017 1 mins read 278 views
Fire razes passenger bus in P/ling

Accident

Dec 01, 2017 2 mins read 264 views
Studies point to need for more rehabilitation facilities

Health diseases

Dec 01, 2017 2 mins read 227 views
Former banker to contest in NC from Zhemgang

National Council

Dec 01, 2017 2 mins read 223 views
Manhandling will be dealt as per law: Home minister

National Assembly

Dec 01, 2017 1 mins read 233 views
Satellite service expected to improve network in remote areas

Satellite

Dec 01, 2017 1 mins read 217 views
Clerical issues derail deliberation on media Bill

National Assembly

Dec 01, 2017 3 mins read 263 views
Schedule work on Expressway after rush hour

Letter to the editor

Dec 01, 2017 0 mins read 209 views
Substance abuse: Looking beyond issue

Editorial

Dec 01, 2017 2 mins read 279 views
No reason for people to commit suicide in Bhutan: PM

National Assembly

Dec 01, 2017 2 mins read 281 views
NC passes NDPSSAA (Amendment) Bill

National Council

Dec 01, 2017 2 mins read 276 views
East-West Highway works likely to spillover

Road

Dec 01, 2017 2 mins read 268 views
Govt. will look for new ways to incentivise specialists: PM

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Dec 01, 2017 4 mins read 255 views
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