July of 2017

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BFF sitting on Drukpol FC appeal

Bhutan Football Federation (BFF)

Jul 18, 2017 1 mins read 344 views
Breaking barriers through art

Art

Jul 18, 2017 2 mins read 377 views
A student detained for alleged murder in Chamgang

Crime

Jul 18, 2017 1 mins read 353 views
Parties await ACC's findings in PNB embezzlement case

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jul 18, 2017 2 mins read 341 views
Need to address air pollution

Letter to the editor

Jul 18, 2017 0 mins read 356 views
The troubled

Editorial

Jul 18, 2017 2 mins read 397 views
43 arrested for abuse and trafficking of controlled substances

Crime

Jul 18, 2017 0 mins read 411 views
Officials clear debris at Thruepang Palace

Disaster

Jul 18, 2017 1 mins read 337 views
Police fish out five bodies from two rivers

Accident

Jul 18, 2017 1 mins read 319 views
Flood destroys crops in Lhuentse

Disaster

Jul 18, 2017 1 mins read 332 views
OAG drops 23 cases in ATM scam over no-show defendants

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Jul 18, 2017 3 mins read 325 views
Blood donation

Blood donation

Jul 18, 2017 0 mins read 436 views
Professional coaching to uplift basketball

International Basketball Federation (FIBA)

Jul 17, 2017 1 mins read 367 views
BAC accreditates five education institutes

Bhutan Accreditation Council (BAC)

Jul 17, 2017 2 mins read 313 views
Sarpang to grow mass chilli this winter

Chillies

Jul 17, 2017 2 mins read 382 views
NCWC develops SOP to address women and child issues effectively

National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC)

Jul 17, 2017 2 mins read 364 views
Tobacco inspectors fine 41 for noncompliance

Tobacco

Jul 17, 2017 1 mins read 356 views
Need for equal representation

Letter to the editor

Jul 17, 2017 1 mins read 355 views
The call for accountability

Editorial

Jul 17, 2017 2 mins read 401 views
Tsirang DT discusses govt. land encroachment cases

Land

Jul 17, 2017 2 mins read 490 views
Ministry issues executive order to address wasting and stunting

health

Jul 17, 2017 2 mins read 378 views
Monastic institutes to recruit 200 English teachers

Monastic institutes

Jul 17, 2017 2 mins read 335 views
Dilemma over seized properties

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jul 17, 2017 4 mins read 351 views
No PE in Gelephu and Mongar

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jul 17, 2017 0 mins read 320 views
Cordycep collectors prefer market to auctions

Cordyceps

Jul 16, 2017 2 mins read 373 views
Kuenjung FC lifts Gyalsey Futsal league trophy

Futsal

Jul 16, 2017 2 mins read 357 views
Transport United draws with Thimphu City

Football

Jul 16, 2017 1 mins read 374 views
Teachers deserve holidays

Perspective

Jul 16, 2017 3 mins read 513 views
Two students to represent Bhutan at ICDL Asia Digital Challenge

Students

Jul 16, 2017 1 mins read 388 views
Man gets 13 years for voluntary manslaughter

Crime

Jul 16, 2017 1 mins read 362 views
Justice delayed is justice denied

Letter to the editor

Jul 16, 2017 1 mins read 0 views
BEAR leads the way

Editorial

Jul 16, 2017 2 mins read 398 views
Thimphu records eight dog bite cases a day

Dogs

Jul 16, 2017 4 mins read 361 views
Broken Lorikhachhu bridge yet to be repaired

Bridge

Jul 16, 2017 1 mins read 363 views
Members decide to dissolve Assembly's house committee

National Assembly

Jul 16, 2017 2 mins read 333 views
Suicide still high despite an action plan

Suicide

Jul 16, 2017 3 mins read 364 views
12th Plan consultation in southern dzongkhags

12th Plan consultation

Jul 16, 2017 0 mins read 331 views
Namchu Wangden

k2

Jul 14, 2017 3 mins read 440 views
Right choice of rice

k2

Jul 14, 2017 1 mins read 328 views
Giving face and voice to the differently-abled

k2

Jul 14, 2017 3 mins read 355 views
3,844 graduates to appear prelims

Graduates

Jul 14, 2017 2 mins read 331 views
Foot and mouth disease outbreak in four gewogs of Paro

Livestock

Jul 14, 2017 1 mins read 339 views
Bhutanese youth calling!

Perspective

Jul 14, 2017 6 mins read 380 views
Electric fencing eases farming life in Salipong

Electric fencing

Jul 14, 2017 1 mins read 363 views
Unidentified disease kills layers in Samrang

Poultry farms

Jul 14, 2017 2 mins read 335 views
BEAR saves 10 lives and is growing strong

Bhutan Emergency Aeromedical Retrieval Team (BEAR)

Jul 14, 2017 3 mins read 351 views
South Thimphu residents face water shortage

Water

Jul 14, 2017 1 mins read 358 views
Merak's road is non-pliable during summer and winter

Merak

Jul 14, 2017 2 mins read 422 views
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