May of 2017

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Fortified rice to supplement school meals

School

May 29, 2017 2 mins read 439 views
Widening works disconnect Tangsibji mini hydel

Road

May 29, 2017 1 mins read 392 views
Issues in non-central schools are getting attention - education minister

National Assembly

May 29, 2017 1 mins read 443 views
Assembly deliberates media bill

National Assembly

May 29, 2017 2 mins read 441 views
NC endorses 26 recommendations to preserve and promote culture

National Council (NC)

May 29, 2017 3 mins read 424 views
Enumerators for 2017 Population and Housing Census

Letter to the editor

May 29, 2017 0 mins read 418 views
Education is our future

Editorial

May 29, 2017 1 mins read 442 views
Reconstruction work on bridge halted in Denchukha

Bridge

May 29, 2017 2 mins read 414 views
Dasho Neten Zangmo is BKP President

Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP)

May 29, 2017 2 mins read 466 views
Mineral resources belong to the state - DHI

Druk Holding and Investments (DHI)

May 29, 2017 2 mins read 413 views
Highlanders asked to return home for census

Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB)

May 29, 2017 3 mins read 464 views
Takin, Hotshotz win B- League Basketball Championship

Basketball

May 28, 2017 1 mins read 410 views
PHCB counts Bhutanese living across the border

Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB)

May 28, 2017 1 mins read 451 views
Berti farmers take up watermelon business

Watermelon

May 28, 2017 1 mins read 379 views
Breaking the menstruation taboo

Menstruation

May 28, 2017 2 mins read 564 views
Bhutan to receive normal to slightly normal rainfall

Climate

May 28, 2017 1 mins read 367 views
Six business ideas awarded prizes

Award

May 28, 2017 2 mins read 361 views
National language and job opportunities

Letter to the editor

May 28, 2017 1 mins read 423 views
The national call to get counted

Editorial

May 28, 2017 2 mins read 396 views
Drug abuse among students highest in Thimphu

National Assembly

May 28, 2017 2 mins read 402 views
Bhutan could have produced 2,400 MT of e-waste in 2016

e-waste

May 28, 2017 3 mins read 446 views
Hydro debt servicing manageable -DGPC

Hydropower

May 28, 2017 2 mins read 408 views
Population count begins tomorrow

Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB)

May 28, 2017 3 mins read 438 views
Cabinets decides to form water commission

Water

May 26, 2017 1 mins read 378 views
Disaster management aims at consolidation and sustainability

Disaster

May 26, 2017 2 mins read 401 views
Registration of trademarks register Nu 89.12 M revenue

Department of Intellectual Property (DoIP)

May 26, 2017 2 mins read 353 views
JICA recognises Bhutanese professional

Award

May 26, 2017 1 mins read 420 views
Zamlachu Bridge at Tangsibji to open next March

Bridge

May 26, 2017 2 mins read 391 views
Two dead and one injured in an accident

Accident

May 26, 2017 1 mins read 420 views
MoWHS minister answers thromde question

MoWHS

May 26, 2017 2 mins read 397 views
FCBL to restock rice supply at Sakteng after roadblock clears

Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited (FCBL)

May 26, 2017 1 mins read 375 views
Road block interrupts food supplies to FCB outlet in Sakteng

Road

May 26, 2017 2 mins read 393 views
DHI and Co. contribute 30 percent to domestic revenue

Druk Holding and Investments (DHI)

May 26, 2017 4 mins read 412 views
Bad roads in Thimphu

Letter to the editor

May 26, 2017 1 mins read 435 views
We cannot dawdle when tackling drug abuse issue

Editorial

May 26, 2017 2 mins read 378 views
I hope I made a right decision: Dasho Neten Zangmo

Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP)

May 26, 2017 3 mins read 380 views
HC overrules concurrent judgement

Judiciary

May 26, 2017 3 mins read 402 views
Assembly passes annual budget

National Assembly

May 26, 2017 3 mins read 385 views
Health minister addresses World Health Assembly plenary

Addresses

May 25, 2017 1 mins read 413 views
Bhutan expects a win from the Maldives

Football

May 25, 2017 1 mins read 392 views
Dumtey GC road condition irks residents

Road

May 25, 2017 1 mins read 375 views
A couple left on their own

Profile

May 25, 2017 1 mins read 408 views
Automobile workshop owners await directives on unclaimed vehicles

Automobile workshop

May 25, 2017 2 mins read 341 views
Saving the roots of our culture

Editorial

May 25, 2017 1 mins read 394 views
Bhutan - EU relations beyond development cooperation

EU-Bhutan

May 25, 2017 3 mins read 403 views
Assembly to endorse budget today

National Assembly

May 25, 2017 2 mins read 358 views
Micro-finance to reach the unreached

Micro-financial institutions

May 25, 2017 3 mins read 700 views
Abandoned baby is in `stable condition'

Crime

May 24, 2017 1 mins read 352 views
College in Yonphula to start by first week of August

College

May 24, 2017 1 mins read 389 views
Phuentsholing drains unclogged after 20 years

Drains

May 24, 2017 1 mins read 435 views
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