July of 2017

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GST could boost business for Phuentsholing

Goods and services tax (GST)

Jul 23, 2017 2 mins read 289 views
Seven years on, GC road yet to be completed in Naro

Roads

Jul 23, 2017 3 mins read 345 views
GST to reduce excise duty refund

Goods and services tax (GST)

Jul 23, 2017 4 mins read 314 views
Licences for 10 education and placement firms cancelled

Department of Adult and Higher Education (DAHE)

Jul 23, 2017 0 mins read 307 views
Life is more than owning property and trips to Bangkok

k2

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 351 views
Helping the disabled stand on their own

k2

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 567 views
All that buzz in Patshaling

Beekeeping

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 301 views
First dharma camp engages 120 youth

Religion

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 333 views
Thromde and volunteers rebuild home for Changzamtok fire victim

Fire accident

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 282 views
13 GC roads blacktopped in Trashigang and Trashiyangtse

Roads

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 355 views
3,844 graduates to vie for 494 vacancies in the civil service

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jul 21, 2017 2 mins read 331 views
Bhutan Trust Fund supports four environment conservation projects

Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (BTFEC)

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 312 views
JICA and Thromde extends waste management project

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 322 views
Women entrepreneurs call for a platform to formalise policies

Bhutan Association of Women Entrepreneurs (BAOWE)

Jul 21, 2017 2 mins read 353 views
Tsirang court acquits a minor of rape

Crime

Jul 21, 2017 0 mins read 364 views
Officials complete cleaning Thruepang

Disaster

Jul 21, 2017 0 mins read 332 views
Unclogged drains save Phuentsholing thromde from flooding

Drains

Jul 21, 2017 2 mins read 335 views
Response to Kuensel's story

Letter to the editor

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 316 views
Take nutrition advice to parents

Editorial

Jul 21, 2017 2 mins read 304 views
ACC detains three Druk PNB officials, begins probing misuse of visa fees in Paro airport

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jul 21, 2017 1 mins read 693 views
Drayang employees say they are most vulnerable after work

Drayangs

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 346 views
OAG withdraws one tax evader case, ACC to return two seized trucks

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Jul 21, 2017 3 mins read 307 views
E.Coli bacteria found in Thimphu and Paro rivers

Rivers

Jul 21, 2017 2 mins read 343 views
Concert raises about Nu 170,000 for BTO

Bhutan Toilet Organisation (BTO)

Jul 20, 2017 1 mins read 314 views
Health ministry organises aerobic training for trainers

Aerobic

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 328 views
Woman sentenced to three years for involuntary manslaughter

Crime

Jul 20, 2017 1 mins read 349 views
Small potatoes difficult to sell in Samdrupjongkhar

Potatoes

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 335 views
Trade deficit of Nu 10B in the first quarter of 2017

Trade

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 318 views
Court orders Lalchand Prasad of JPLP to pay Nu 22.36M

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Jul 20, 2017 3 mins read 306 views
Maybe we should have zebra crossing again in some places

Letter to the editor

Jul 20, 2017 0 mins read 303 views
When lawmakers break laws

Editorial

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 328 views
Ministry launches e-BMSIS to stream supply

Electronic Bhutan Medical Supplies Inventory System (e-BMSIS)

Jul 20, 2017 3 mins read 367 views
SAP produces record eggs

School Agriculture Programme (SAP)

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 333 views
Windstorm damages 225 acres of fields, affects 810 households

Disaster

Jul 20, 2017 1 mins read 286 views
Firm owner allegedly dupes farmers in five dzongkhags

Crime

Jul 20, 2017 2 mins read 450 views
House committee breached NA Act and RoP: Speaker

National Assembly

Jul 20, 2017 3 mins read 324 views
Investigation

Investigation

Jul 20, 2017 0 mins read 312 views
Man gets five years for attempted statutory rape

Crime

Jul 19, 2017 1 mins read 324 views
Tsirang seeks flexibility to implement 12th Plan

Tsirang

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 311 views
Rhododendron infestation worries Merak residents

Insect

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 303 views
Unavailability of power tiller parts hamper paddy cultivation

Power tiller

Jul 19, 2017 1 mins read 330 views
Landslides close 13 gewog centre roads to traffic

Disaster

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 354 views
Almost a climate smart gewog

Farming technologies

Jul 19, 2017 4 mins read 312 views
"People are coming to register with us" DNT's general secretary

Politic

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 299 views
Regional tourists: view from the other side

Letter to the editor

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 332 views
Lest our dream remains a dream

Editorial

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 301 views
Census data entry in full swing

Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB)

Jul 19, 2017 1 mins read 278 views
Protests in Sri Lanka affect medical students

Students

Jul 19, 2017 2 mins read 384 views
Govt. pilots e-procurement in four agencies

e-procurement

Jul 19, 2017 4 mins read 360 views
Training for Drayang personnel

Training

Jul 19, 2017 0 mins read 345 views
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