October of 2017

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Be a lion not a sheep

k2

Oct 27, 2017 3 mins read 449 views
Foundation with focus on rural development

k2

Oct 27, 2017 4 mins read 463 views
India House Golf Tournament underway

Golf

Oct 31, 2017 1 mins read 451 views
Weavers, artists recognised for promoting arts and crafts

Royal Textile Academy (RTA)

Oct 31, 2017 1 mins read 485 views
Kanjyur oral transmission ends on November 3

Religion

Oct 31, 2017 2 mins read 422 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 421 views
Who monitors consultancy firms?

Editorial

Oct 31, 2017 2 mins read 601 views
Bhutan to host third Joint Working Group of Customs meeting

Meeting

Oct 31, 2017 1 mins read 447 views
No lead in allegation of Bhutanese exploited in Samoa islands

Labour

Oct 31, 2017 2 mins read 535 views
Assessment identifies 14 vulnerable groups for intervention

Assessment

Oct 31, 2017 5 mins read 440 views
Big biogas plans after project's success

Biogas

Oct 31, 2017 2 mins read 437 views
3rd Intl conference on medical and health sciences

Conference

Oct 31, 2017 0 mins read 542 views
The Bjipi Pawo Dance

k2

Oct 20, 2017 3 mins read 737 views
Building protein

k2

Oct 20, 2017 1 mins read 487 views
Conservation pioneer in its own right

k2

Oct 20, 2017 4 mins read 455 views
Startup Weekend to get bigger

Events

Oct 30, 2017 2 mins read 431 views
Making drinking water safe

Water

Oct 30, 2017 2 mins read 492 views
Exhibition features work by women sculptors

Exhibition

Oct 30, 2017 1 mins read 380 views
Policy to improve sanitation in the country

Sanitation

Oct 30, 2017 3 mins read 420 views
Discounts for senior citizens on domestic flights

Letter to the editor

Oct 30, 2017 1 mins read 421 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 412 views
Enhancing sustainability and climate resilience

Project

Oct 30, 2017 2 mins read 430 views
Light snowfall in western and central Bhutan

National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM)

Oct 30, 2017 0 mins read 416 views
Harmonise laws to facilitate cross-border electricity trade: ADB

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Oct 30, 2017 4 mins read 397 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 398 views
Vulnerability report launch

Launch

Oct 30, 2017 0 mins read 386 views
Lungtenzampa MSS wins tenth Queen's Road Relay

Sports

Oct 29, 2017 2 mins read 380 views
MoH begins catch-up immunisation campaign

Health

Oct 29, 2017 1 mins read 383 views
Lack of mechanics keep eight fire engines off road

Fire engines

Oct 29, 2017 2 mins read 405 views
Searching for Development

Perspective

Oct 29, 2017 5 mins read 431 views
Australian dream: Not all about money or leaving the system

Perspective

Oct 29, 2017 4 mins read 354 views
Bhutan looks at possible collaboration with Finnish education system

Bhutan-Finland

Oct 29, 2017 1 mins read 423 views
Plans to manage change in heritage sites

Department of Culture (DoC)

Oct 29, 2017 2 mins read 462 views
Domestic air subsidy, an investment

Letter to the editor

Oct 29, 2017 1 mins read 371 views
Energy security: But more could be done

Editorial

Oct 29, 2017 2 mins read 395 views
ACC freezes Penden Cement's land in Gelephu

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Oct 29, 2017 3 mins read 512 views
MHPA connects all faces of the headrace tunnel

Hydro projects

Oct 29, 2017 1 mins read 379 views
Discourse on national dress important: PM

National dress

Oct 29, 2017 3 mins read 416 views
No tax on import of services from India

Goods and services tax (GST)

Oct 29, 2017 2 mins read 424 views
Accident kills one, injures four others

Accident

Oct 29, 2017 0 mins read 407 views
Festival reminds nomads to preserve their cultures

Royal Highland Festival

Oct 27, 2017 1 mins read 378 views
HRH graces Memorial Symposium in Kyoto

Bhutan-Japan

Oct 27, 2017 1 mins read 429 views
Smart phones, new media, and ignorant users

Perspective

Oct 27, 2017 4 mins read 402 views
Community sustainability at high risk: JICA survey

Perspective

Oct 27, 2017 4 mins read 464 views
Startup Weekend begins in Phuentsholing

Events

Oct 27, 2017 2 mins read 392 views
DPT announces Gangzur-Menji candidate

Politics

Oct 27, 2017 1 mins read 363 views
Rice blast affects Chudzom farmers

Agriculture

Oct 27, 2017 2 mins read 396 views
Treatment plant to solve water scarcity in Thimphu

Water treatment plant

Oct 27, 2017 1 mins read 349 views
Interplast changes lives in Bhutan

Interplast

Oct 27, 2017 2 mins read 402 views
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