October of 2017

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Be a lion not a sheep

k2

Oct 27, 2017 3 mins read 542 views
Foundation with focus on rural development

k2

Oct 27, 2017 4 mins read 552 views
India House Golf Tournament underway

Golf

Oct 31, 2017 1 mins read 538 views
Weavers, artists recognised for promoting arts and crafts

Royal Textile Academy (RTA)

Oct 31, 2017 1 mins read 599 views
Kanjyur oral transmission ends on November 3

Religion

Oct 31, 2017 2 mins read 521 views
Response to shortage of electric poles affect homes in three gewogs of S/Jongkhar

Letter to the editor

Oct 31, 2017 1 mins read 545 views
Who monitors consultancy firms?

Editorial

Oct 31, 2017 2 mins read 688 views
Bhutan to host third Joint Working Group of Customs meeting

Meeting

Oct 31, 2017 1 mins read 529 views
No lead in allegation of Bhutanese exploited in Samoa islands

Labour

Oct 31, 2017 2 mins read 658 views
Assessment identifies 14 vulnerable groups for intervention

Assessment

Oct 31, 2017 5 mins read 544 views
Big biogas plans after project's success

Biogas

Oct 31, 2017 2 mins read 528 views
3rd Intl conference on medical and health sciences

Conference

Oct 31, 2017 0 mins read 625 views
The Bjipi Pawo Dance

k2

Oct 20, 2017 3 mins read 872 views
Building protein

k2

Oct 20, 2017 1 mins read 588 views
Conservation pioneer in its own right

k2

Oct 20, 2017 4 mins read 547 views
Startup Weekend to get bigger

Events

Oct 30, 2017 2 mins read 517 views
Making drinking water safe

Water

Oct 30, 2017 2 mins read 591 views
Exhibition features work by women sculptors

Exhibition

Oct 30, 2017 1 mins read 469 views
Policy to improve sanitation in the country

Sanitation

Oct 30, 2017 3 mins read 507 views
Discounts for senior citizens on domestic flights

Letter to the editor

Oct 30, 2017 1 mins read 500 views
Safety first or last?

Editorial

Oct 30, 2017 2 mins read 0 views
Entire workforce to be covered under new NPPF policy

National Pension and Provident Fund (NPPF)

Oct 30, 2017 2 mins read 514 views
Enhancing sustainability and climate resilience

Project

Oct 30, 2017 2 mins read 524 views
Light snowfall in western and central Bhutan

National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM)

Oct 30, 2017 0 mins read 508 views
Harmonise laws to facilitate cross-border electricity trade: ADB

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Oct 30, 2017 4 mins read 489 views
Their Majesties leave for Delhi today

On the invitation of the Prime Minister of India, His Majesty The King, accompanied by Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, and His Royal Highness The Gyalsey will travel to New Delhi, India,...

Oct 31, 2017 1 mins read 497 views
Vulnerability report launch

Launch

Oct 30, 2017 0 mins read 480 views
Lungtenzampa MSS wins tenth Queen's Road Relay

Sports

Oct 29, 2017 2 mins read 470 views
MoH begins catch-up immunisation campaign

Health

Oct 29, 2017 1 mins read 477 views
Lack of mechanics keep eight fire engines off road

Fire engines

Oct 29, 2017 2 mins read 494 views
Searching for Development

Perspective

Oct 29, 2017 5 mins read 513 views
Australian dream: Not all about money or leaving the system

Perspective

Oct 29, 2017 4 mins read 433 views
Bhutan looks at possible collaboration with Finnish education system

Bhutan-Finland

Oct 29, 2017 1 mins read 530 views
Plans to manage change in heritage sites

Department of Culture (DoC)

Oct 29, 2017 2 mins read 587 views
Domestic air subsidy, an investment

Letter to the editor

Oct 29, 2017 1 mins read 460 views
Energy security: But more could be done

Editorial

Oct 29, 2017 2 mins read 482 views
ACC freezes Penden Cement's land in Gelephu

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Oct 29, 2017 3 mins read 616 views
MHPA connects all faces of the headrace tunnel

Hydro projects

Oct 29, 2017 1 mins read 470 views
Discourse on national dress important: PM

National dress

Oct 29, 2017 3 mins read 498 views
No tax on import of services from India

Goods and services tax (GST)

Oct 29, 2017 2 mins read 539 views
Accident kills one, injures four others

Accident

Oct 29, 2017 0 mins read 504 views
Festival reminds nomads to preserve their cultures

Royal Highland Festival

Oct 27, 2017 1 mins read 482 views
HRH graces Memorial Symposium in Kyoto

Bhutan-Japan

Oct 27, 2017 1 mins read 519 views
Smart phones, new media, and ignorant users

Perspective

Oct 27, 2017 4 mins read 491 views
Community sustainability at high risk: JICA survey

Perspective

Oct 27, 2017 4 mins read 552 views
Startup Weekend begins in Phuentsholing

Events

Oct 27, 2017 2 mins read 478 views
DPT announces Gangzur-Menji candidate

Politics

Oct 27, 2017 1 mins read 469 views
Rice blast affects Chudzom farmers

Agriculture

Oct 27, 2017 2 mins read 519 views
Treatment plant to solve water scarcity in Thimphu

Water treatment plant

Oct 27, 2017 1 mins read 453 views
Interplast changes lives in Bhutan

Interplast

Oct 27, 2017 2 mins read 520 views
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