July of 2017

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Business people in Gelephu need about 248 workers

Immigration

Jul 05, 2017 2 mins read 324 views
Climate change, a challenge to water, energy and food nexus

SAARC

Jul 05, 2017 2 mins read 408 views
Mangdechu project to restore bridge at Dzongkhalum

Bridge

Jul 05, 2017 1 mins read 362 views
Panelists recommend solutions to Bhutan's WEF challenges

SAARC

Jul 05, 2017 2 mins read 323 views
Bill allows journalists to work for foreign media

Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA)

Jul 05, 2017 2 mins read 368 views
Be selective while consuming information online

Letter to the editor

Jul 05, 2017 1 mins read 322 views
Flying high

Editorial

Jul 05, 2017 2 mins read 366 views
Report finds investment in ECCD cost effective

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Jul 05, 2017 4 mins read 364 views
Pilot and flight attendants grounded

Drugs

Jul 05, 2017 1 mins read 345 views
Import prices to drop post-GST

Goods and services tax (GST)

Jul 05, 2017 3 mins read 357 views
Mani Dungdrub concludes in Chukha

Religion

Jul 05, 2017 0 mins read 340 views
Joining WTO may hinder access to health technologies and medicines

World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Jul 04, 2017 2 mins read 383 views
Yangtse's model town breaches two-storey building rule

Trashiyangtse

Jul 04, 2017 2 mins read 387 views
Kidney awareness walk raises Nu 6.4M

Kidney awareness walk

Jul 04, 2017 1 mins read 337 views
TechPark's expansion not possible in the 11th Plan

IT Park

Jul 04, 2017 2 mins read 366 views
Drukpol FC's sad demise from the league

Letter to the editor

Jul 04, 2017 1 mins read 356 views
Ban has not worked. Now what?

Editorial

Jul 04, 2017 1 mins read 352 views
Three Samdrupjongkhar community centres without Internet

Internet

Jul 04, 2017 2 mins read 376 views
Entry fee for monuments to go nationwide

Entry fee

Jul 04, 2017 2 mins read 419 views
Broken gearbox hits PCAL cement production

Penden Cement Authority Limited (PCAL)

Jul 04, 2017 4 mins read 332 views
Three crewmembers allegedly test positive for controlled substances

Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA)

Jul 04, 2017 1 mins read 434 views
ECCD report launch today

ECCD

Jul 04, 2017 0 mins read 338 views
Using software to make Mathematics easy

Training

Jul 03, 2017 2 mins read 375 views
BoB upgrades five extension branch offices

Bank of Bhutan Limited (BoBL)

Jul 03, 2017 1 mins read 387 views
BPC celebrates its 15 years of service in Mongar

Power

Jul 03, 2017 1 mins read 361 views
BKP's view on the stabilization fund

Perspective

Jul 03, 2017 4 mins read 362 views
Too early for politicking: PDP GS

Politic

Jul 03, 2017 4 mins read 328 views
Extend health service to rural residents

Letter to the editor

Jul 03, 2017 1 mins read 361 views
The unemployment business

Editorial

Jul 03, 2017 2 mins read 372 views
Low agriculture production leads to increased trade deficit

Agriculture

Jul 03, 2017 3 mins read 365 views
First law school opens in Taba

Schools

Jul 03, 2017 1 mins read 354 views
SAARC consultation on Water-Energy-Food nexus begins

SAARC

Jul 03, 2017 1 mins read 381 views
Bhutan tops tobacco and marijuana users in South East Asia

Tobacco

Jul 03, 2017 2 mins read 335 views
Oppn. questions govt.'s proposal to endorse 12th Plan

Government

Jul 03, 2017 3 mins read 357 views
Kidney awareness walk concludes

Kidney awareness walk

Jul 03, 2017 0 mins read 312 views
Gyalsey Futsal League begins

Futsal

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 430 views
Defending champion starts with a win

Basketball

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 337 views
The unpredictable Serkang stream

Stream

Jul 02, 2017 2 mins read 303 views
Gelephu thromde executes local area plan V

Local area plans (LAP)

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 351 views
First batch of CE students graduate from Royal Thimphu College

Continuing education (CE)

Jul 02, 2017 2 mins read 359 views
Hacking of WeChat accounts worry users

Social media

Jul 02, 2017 2 mins read 409 views
Cladding works in the construction sector

Letter to the editor

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 364 views
Water scarcity in water rich Bhutan

Editorial

Jul 02, 2017 2 mins read 385 views
31 students prepared for studying abroad

Students

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 554 views
PM to look into incentives for local dancers

PM visits

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 339 views
Repatriation of students in Malaysia on hold

Education

Jul 02, 2017 3 mins read 376 views
Ministry withholds latest Labour Force Survey Report

Labour force survey report (LFSR)

Jul 02, 2017 3 mins read 357 views
Assam strike today

Border

Jul 02, 2017 0 mins read 437 views
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