October of 2017

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Youth returning from overseas employment to be redeployed

Labour

Oct 13, 2017 2 mins read 387 views
Bridging people and policies - Civil Society Organisations

Civil society organisations (CSO)

Oct 13, 2017 2 mins read 357 views
Flood destroys crops in Tsakaling

Disaster

Oct 13, 2017 0 mins read 345 views
Jamkhar GC road opens in Trashiyangtse

Roads

Oct 13, 2017 1 mins read 382 views
Boy drowns in Sarpang

Accident

Oct 13, 2017 0 mins read 358 views
Shorter regimen of MDR-TB treatment to start soon

Health

Oct 13, 2017 1 mins read 398 views
ECCD for children of national workforce workers

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Oct 13, 2017 1 mins read 361 views
Construction begins in new Sarpang town

Construction

Oct 13, 2017 1 mins read 359 views
Awareness workshop on Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (IP)

Oct 13, 2017 1 mins read 344 views
Inconsistencies found rampant in national standards

Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB)

Oct 13, 2017 4 mins read 386 views
Team to validate fake trulku issue

Religion

Oct 13, 2017 1 mins read 462 views
Implement online transfer system next year

Letter to the editor

Oct 13, 2017 1 mins read 349 views
Deconstruct the construction industry

Editorial

Oct 13, 2017 2 mins read 377 views
Security concerns halt South-South Highway construction

Roads

Oct 13, 2017 2 mins read 404 views
Govt. for amendment despite court case over fiscal incentives

Fiscal Incentives

Oct 13, 2017 2 mins read 353 views
We felt discriminated: Lhak-Sam members

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Oct 13, 2017 4 mins read 444 views
Global Handwashing Day

Global Handwashing Day

Oct 13, 2017 0 mins read 361 views
BNCA fines 11 for tobacco possession

Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA)

Oct 13, 2017 0 mins read 357 views
Police hunt suspects in burglary

Crime

Oct 12, 2017 1 mins read 401 views
Mothers help teachers in Mongar LSS

Schools

Oct 12, 2017 2 mins read 366 views
Avoid street food at Kuenselphodrang: BAFRA

Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA)

Oct 12, 2017 2 mins read 363 views
What about value-addition?

Letter to the editor

Oct 12, 2017 1 mins read 349 views
Unemployment problem must be fixed

Editorial

Oct 12, 2017 1 mins read 318 views
Prostitution bust in Phuentsholing

Prostitution

Oct 12, 2017 1 mins read 372 views
Bhutanese youth working in India want to return

Labour

Oct 12, 2017 2 mins read 379 views
Current account challenges sustainable growth

Economy

Oct 12, 2017 3 mins read 354 views
Meet the Press session

Meet the Press

Oct 12, 2017 0 mins read 368 views
Bhutan attends WIPO General Assembly in Geneva

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)

Oct 11, 2017 2 mins read 366 views
Bhutan eliminated from AFC Asian Cup qualifiers 2019

Football

Oct 11, 2017 2 mins read 410 views
Identifying student attributes important

Education

Oct 11, 2017 1 mins read 373 views
Sherubtse College observes International Day of the Girl Child

International Day of the Girl Child

Oct 11, 2017 2 mins read 339 views
JAB conducts media literacy workshop

Journalists' Association of Bhutan (JAB)

Oct 11, 2017 1 mins read 413 views
Making education more student-centred

Education

Oct 11, 2017 1 mins read 415 views
Wonderful moments in Bhutan

Letter to the editor

Oct 11, 2017 0 mins read 332 views
Preparing our children for the future

Editorial

Oct 11, 2017 1 mins read 379 views
Construction industry raises a host of issues to govt.

Construction

Oct 11, 2017 3 mins read 364 views
PhD programme in Anthropology planned for 2019

Education

Oct 11, 2017 2 mins read 360 views
3.4 % of contractors experienced corruption, finds survey

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Oct 11, 2017 2 mins read 354 views
GST stifles trade flow in P/ling

Goods and services tax (GST)

Oct 11, 2017 4 mins read 358 views
Coordination Meeting

Meeting

Oct 11, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
Palestine hammers Bhutan (10-0)

Football

Oct 10, 2017 1 mins read 327 views
Chazam-Trashiyangtse highway blocked again

Roads

Oct 10, 2017 1 mins read 391 views
Helping young entrepreneurs develop idea into business

Business

Oct 10, 2017 1 mins read 353 views
KGUMS renews MoU with Kyoto University Hospital

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

Oct 10, 2017 2 mins read 507 views
High time we invest more in sports

Letter to the editor

Oct 10, 2017 1 mins read 418 views
Unemployed but still employed

Editorial

Oct 10, 2017 2 mins read 371 views
India releases Nu 1.135B for PTA and SDP projects

Bhutan-India

Oct 10, 2017 1 mins read 387 views
Bhutan improves in global competitiveness index

Report

Oct 10, 2017 1 mins read 366 views
Poor drying leads to low cardamom price

Cardamom

Oct 10, 2017 2 mins read 377 views
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