April of 2018

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Waste, a problem we can manage

Editorial

Apr 17, 2018 1 mins read 496 views
Security or Survival

Letter to the editor

Apr 07, 2018 2 mins read 433 views
Confusion galore

Editorial

Apr 04, 2018 2 mins read 403 views
Elephant kills man in S/jongkhar

Wildlife

Apr 30, 2018 1 mins read 399 views
Thimphu league 2018 enters second week

Football

Apr 30, 2018 2 mins read 427 views
Improvement works on Merak GC road to complete this month

Road

Apr 30, 2018 2 mins read 707 views
55 percent of rebuilding works completed on Wangdue dzong

Wangdue dzong

Apr 30, 2018 1 mins read 443 views
Two arrested in USD 20,000 theft case

Crime

Apr 30, 2018 0 mins read 514 views
Bhutan Day held in Frankfurt

Bhutan-German

Apr 30, 2018 1 mins read 417 views
After decades, Sunkosh town is changing

Sunkosh town

Apr 30, 2018 2 mins read 418 views
On NC chair

Letter to the editor

Apr 30, 2018 2 mins read 410 views
Revamping Hole in the Wall: At what cost?

Editorial

Apr 30, 2018 1 mins read 471 views
Kabisa's dairy group needs a new place to sell their products

Dairy

Apr 30, 2018 1 mins read 398 views
Sewage leaks irk Motithang residents

Sewerage system

Apr 30, 2018 2 mins read 0 views
Truckers seek govt. intervention to lift ban

Truckers

Apr 30, 2018 3 mins read 390 views
Voter education should address postal ballot registration issues : ECB

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Apr 30, 2018 4 mins read 401 views
Controlled substances seized

Drugs

Apr 30, 2018 0 mins read 371 views
Customer Feedback Terminals in Thimphu and P/ling

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

Apr 29, 2018 1 mins read 380 views
Chancellor's Cup underway in Kanglung

Football

Apr 29, 2018 1 mins read 385 views
Towards 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Apr 29, 2018 2 mins read 381 views
Information centre for homestay facilitation

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Apr 29, 2018 2 mins read 375 views
Housing crisis

Editorial

Apr 29, 2018 2 mins read 371 views
Decade hence water demand in Mongar could rise significantly

Water

Apr 29, 2018 1 mins read 385 views
Samtse's Tirtha Man favourite with both rural and urban voters

National Council

Apr 29, 2018 2 mins read 431 views
In Tsirang 53 percent of the population depend on spring water

Water

Apr 29, 2018 1 mins read 438 views
Taxi app Oie to bridge passengers and drivers

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 29, 2018 1 mins read 417 views
Inconsistent legal actions in sexual abuse of minors: NCWC

National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC)

Apr 29, 2018 3 mins read 471 views
Royal Bhutan Flower Exhibition draws crowds

Exhibition

Apr 29, 2018 3 mins read 454 views
Re-commissioning of Chumey mini hydropower plant

Hydropower

Apr 29, 2018 0 mins read 504 views
Phub Zam Monger brings home first international judo medal

Judo

Apr 27, 2018 2 mins read 402 views
Grand BoB Loan Festival opens in Thimphu

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

Apr 27, 2018 1 mins read 457 views
Shuttle time begins in Trashigang

Sports

Apr 27, 2018 2 mins read 421 views
Third international internet gateway priortised in 12th Plan

Internet

Apr 27, 2018 1 mins read 381 views
Drukair's proposal for new ATR subject to MoF's cost analysis

Drukair

Apr 27, 2018 1 mins read 382 views
Standards overlooked in five year plans: BSB

Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB)

Apr 27, 2018 4 mins read 411 views
Sixth industry initiative Bhutanese students saw in rural Japan

Perspective

Apr 27, 2018 4 mins read 370 views
Loan applicants in Tsirang await refund from PDP workers

Politics

Apr 27, 2018 2 mins read 409 views
Visitors to Gasa tshachu increases

Gasa tshachu

Apr 27, 2018 2 mins read 337 views
P/ling depots unable to meet demand for cement

Penden Cement Authority Limited (PCAL)

Apr 27, 2018 2 mins read 448 views
Full-scale emergency exercise held at Paro Int'l airport

Aviation

Apr 27, 2018 2 mins read 362 views
Health ministry steps up measures to ensure patient safety

Health

Apr 27, 2018 2 mins read 363 views
MoU for Kuri-I yet to be signed

Memorandum of understanding (MoU)

Apr 27, 2018 2 mins read 336 views
A request to Thimphu Thromde

Letter to the editor

Apr 27, 2018 2 mins read 347 views
RSF report leaves a lot desired

Editorial

Apr 27, 2018 1 mins read 459 views
National Oncology Centre estimated to cost Nu 4.49B

Health

Apr 27, 2018 2 mins read 373 views
Bhutan drops 10 places in media freedom: RSF

Media

Apr 27, 2018 3 mins read 330 views
MoIC to revamp the `hole in the wall' project in 12th Plan

Information, Communications and Technology (ICT)

Apr 27, 2018 3 mins read 357 views
Best and brightest civil servants to join PDP: PM

Politics

Apr 27, 2018 4 mins read 387 views
Dudjom Throngdrel unfurled for the second time

Tshechu

Apr 25, 2018 1 mins read 420 views
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