October of 2017

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World Bank downscales growth projections

Goods and services tax (GST)

Oct 10, 2017 3 mins read 388 views
Joint coordination committee meeting

Meeting

Oct 10, 2017 0 mins read 383 views
Bodybuilding federation refutes allegations by athlete

Bodybuilding

Oct 09, 2017 2 mins read 360 views
No entertainment centres in Nganglam for now

Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA)

Oct 09, 2017 1 mins read 389 views
Filling potholes need to be sustainable

Letter to the editor

Oct 09, 2017 1 mins read 334 views
Need more tertiary education institutions

Editorial

Oct 09, 2017 2 mins read 327 views
World Post Day: BP launces track and trace system

Bhutan Post

Oct 09, 2017 1 mins read 319 views
Young learn their rights

Youth

Oct 09, 2017 2 mins read 421 views
Drukair seeks subsidy to fly to Yonphula

Drukair

Oct 09, 2017 2 mins read 364 views
Unemployed youth allege of being deceived in India

Labour

Oct 09, 2017 3 mins read 374 views
Man detained for alleged auto stripping

Crime

Oct 09, 2017 0 mins read 352 views
Tenzin Singye Dorji is the champion again

Tennis

Oct 08, 2017 1 mins read 549 views
RSTA to review luggage charge system

Royal Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Oct 08, 2017 2 mins read 384 views
Fish farming thriving in Lhamoizingkha

Fish farming

Oct 08, 2017 2 mins read 342 views
Man sentenced to three years in prison for embezzlement

Crime

Oct 08, 2017 1 mins read 382 views
Hotels show interest for sustainable tourism

Tourism

Oct 08, 2017 3 mins read 381 views
Tapping the power of agriculture

Letter to the editor

Oct 08, 2017 1 mins read 381 views
Any development in education is good

Editorial

Oct 08, 2017 1 mins read 364 views
PM inaugurates the College of Information Technology in Gyalpoizhing

Inauguration

Oct 08, 2017 1 mins read 395 views
PM inaugurates Yonphula Centenary College and airport

Inauguration

Oct 16, 2017 2 mins read 425 views
Bhutan brings home two bronze and a gold

Bodybuilding

Oct 08, 2017 1 mins read 351 views
Bhutan maintains different records of live and stillbirths

Health

Oct 08, 2017 3 mins read 401 views
Asian Football Confederation Cup qualifier

Football

Oct 08, 2017 0 mins read 366 views
Basketball departmental tournament tips-off today

Basketball

Oct 06, 2017 1 mins read 565 views
History returns to Transport United after seven years

Football

Oct 06, 2017 3 mins read 385 views
Road to Pasakha industries in bad condition

Roads

Oct 06, 2017 1 mins read 344 views
Trashigang town gets clean drinking water

Water

Oct 06, 2017 1 mins read 340 views
OD exercise finds clear guidelines and strategies for data reporting necessary

National Statistics Bureau (NSB)

Oct 06, 2017 2 mins read 411 views
BAFRA's food storage notification not compliable: FBOs

Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA)

Oct 06, 2017 1 mins read 381 views
Adapting in Lhamozingkha from Merak

Personalities

Oct 06, 2017 2 mins read 348 views
Gelephu-Zhemgang highway unstable

Roads

Oct 06, 2017 1 mins read 440 views
Supreme Court upholds Gida mining case judgment

Mining

Oct 06, 2017 2 mins read 476 views
Trashigang is prepared for disasters

Disaster

Oct 06, 2017 4 mins read 359 views
In response to Seba Raj Subba's complaints

Letter to the editor

Oct 06, 2017 4 mins read 339 views
Challenges facing agriculture

Editorial

Oct 06, 2017 2 mins read 362 views
Sarpang local leaders object to quartzite mining proposal

Mining

Oct 06, 2017 2 mins read 375 views
Two graduates for every job in civil service

Graduates

Oct 06, 2017 1 mins read 354 views
The fewer the better?

Politic

Oct 06, 2017 4 mins read 388 views
Energy trade quandary

Hydro projects

Oct 06, 2017 3 mins read 347 views
Book launch

Book

Oct 06, 2017 0 mins read 393 views
Mewang Gyalsey archery tournament in Mongar

Archery

Oct 05, 2017 1 mins read 342 views
Miniature Buddha wins best business idea

Competition

Oct 05, 2017 1 mins read 347 views
Workshop looks deep into human values

Workshop

Oct 05, 2017 2 mins read 354 views
Poor road between Tashichholing and Tendruk

Roads

Oct 05, 2017 1 mins read 364 views
Trashigang highway reopens to traffic after 22 hours

Roads

Oct 05, 2017 2 mins read 366 views
Ten NC aspirants in Tsirang

National Council (NC)

Oct 05, 2017 2 mins read 334 views
Whose responsibility - BoB, Druk PNB or the RMA?

Letter to the editor

Oct 05, 2017 1 mins read 387 views
Need more competent counsellors

Editorial

Oct 05, 2017 1 mins read 385 views
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The environmental toll of wars

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