July of 2017

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Bhutan Telecom board decides not to suspend CEO

Bhutan Telecom

Jul 10, 2017 3 mins read 462 views
19 years on, a physically challenged employee awaits regularisation

Personalities

Jul 10, 2017 2 mins read 468 views
Roadblocks close six highways

Roads

Jul 10, 2017 2 mins read 0 views
Roadblocks close six highways

Roads

Jul 10, 2017 2 mins read 379 views
Golden Youth

Golden Youth

Jul 10, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
Athletics break five national records

National school athletics

Jul 09, 2017 2 mins read 415 views
Thimphu prepares for star-studded Lit Fest

Festival

Jul 09, 2017 1 mins read 382 views
Point of sales machines unpopular at fuel stations

Fuel

Jul 09, 2017 1 mins read 345 views
Dumseygang to get drinking water supply

Water

Jul 09, 2017 2 mins read 391 views
Landslides block roads across the country

Disaster

Jul 09, 2017 1 mins read 358 views
Switched Off - the story of how technology impacts lives

Book

Jul 09, 2017 1 mins read 428 views
Teach children values of farming: PM

PM visits

Jul 09, 2017 1 mins read 362 views
Fix the drainage problem

Letter to the editor

Jul 09, 2017 1 mins read 447 views
The agriculture crisis

Editorial

Jul 09, 2017 2 mins read 407 views
Gelephu-Zhemgang road to open by today afternoon

Roads

Jul 09, 2017 1 mins read 387 views
Heavy rains trigger flood alert

Disaster

Jul 09, 2017 1 mins read 373 views
Drying water thwarts rice self-sufficiency dream

Water

Jul 09, 2017 3 mins read 373 views
Delayed DNA reports prolong judgement for 14 cases

Crime

Jul 09, 2017 3 mins read 368 views
Travel Advisory

Travel Advisory

Jul 09, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
Being a good human being is more important than having money

k2

Jul 07, 2017 2 mins read 412 views
Making of a drug- and alcohol free society

k2

Jul 07, 2017 3 mins read 424 views
First batch of sports instructors graduate

Sports

Jul 07, 2017 1 mins read 383 views
A 15-year-old wins gold in the national athletic meet

National school athletics

Jul 07, 2017 1 mins read 413 views
Former tshogpa detained for alleged choeten vandalism

Crime

Jul 07, 2017 0 mins read 415 views
Dumseygang farmers try lychee farming

Agriculture

Jul 07, 2017 1 mins read 459 views
Merak highlanders return for the annual kurim

Religion

Jul 07, 2017 2 mins read 359 views
Patshaling: The gewog that produces organic vegetables in Tsirang

Organic

Jul 07, 2017 2 mins read 424 views
Dengue fever outbreak in Samtse

Health disease

Jul 07, 2017 1 mins read 362 views
PCAL to procure second hand gearbox

Penden Cement Authority Limited (PCAL)

Jul 07, 2017 2 mins read 379 views
Flash floods: Bhutan's biggest dilemma

Perspective

Jul 07, 2017 5 mins read 405 views
300-year old mani choeten washed away

Disaster

Jul 07, 2017 0 mins read 422 views
FabLab Bhutan to foster innovative minds

Inauguration

Jul 07, 2017 2 mins read 430 views
What could have gone wrong with LFSR?

Letter to the editor

Jul 07, 2017 1 mins read 364 views
Teacher attrition a national concern

Editorial

Jul 07, 2017 2 mins read 399 views
High Court dismisses Penjore's constitutional case against BNBL

Judiciary

Jul 07, 2017 1 mins read 412 views
Drug incinerator needed to dispose expired medicines

Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA)

Jul 07, 2017 2 mins read 373 views
120 teachers resign in five months

Education

Jul 07, 2017 2 mins read 399 views
ACC suspends top RICBL executives

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jul 07, 2017 3 mins read 402 views
Heavy rainfall in Southern and Eastern dzongkhags

Rainfall

Jul 07, 2017 0 mins read 387 views
Drukpol FC appeals to BFF's decision

Football

Jul 06, 2017 1 mins read 365 views
Cooperative chairman accused of alleged embezzlement

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jul 06, 2017 1 mins read 371 views
Why can't we conduct statutory audit locally

Letter to the editor

Jul 06, 2017 2 mins read 430 views
Employ caution this season

Editorial

Jul 06, 2017 1 mins read 395 views
Bhutan to participate in world music conference

International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM)

Jul 06, 2017 1 mins read 440 views
10th Golden Youth Award camp begins

Award

Jul 06, 2017 1 mins read 370 views
Heaters and carpets warm Merak ECCD centre

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Jul 06, 2017 1 mins read 373 views
Local rice scheme to continue despite poor price

Food Corporation of Bhutan Ltd. (FCBL)

Jul 06, 2017 2 mins read 362 views
BDBL official faces 211 charges worth Nu 576 million

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Jul 06, 2017 6 mins read 532 views
Women's league under way

Football

Jul 06, 2017 0 mins read 402 views
National school athletics meet begins in Thimphu

National school athletics

Jul 05, 2017 1 mins read 373 views
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