December of 2018

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Tennis championship ends in Thimphu

Tennis

Dec 23, 2018 0 mins read 483 views
Hydropower generation increases following recent snowfall

Hydropower

Dec 31, 2018 1 mins read 458 views
The long walk to school

Schools

Dec 31, 2018 3 mins read 456 views
GC road blacktopping to begin together

Road

Dec 31, 2018 1 mins read 475 views
Doksum residents receive final deadline to shift to the new township

Township

Dec 31, 2018 2 mins read 444 views
Lifts must be examined to ensure safety

Letter to the editor

Dec 31, 2018 1 mins read 407 views
Such optimism is welcome

Editorial

Dec 31, 2018 2 mins read 422 views
Towards making Bhutanese houses earthquake resilient

Department of Culture (DoC)

Dec 31, 2018 2 mins read 419 views
Education ministry to establish a premier school for STEM

Education

Dec 31, 2018 1 mins read 409 views
Main focus of NC will be 12th Plan: Deputy Chairperson

National Council

Dec 31, 2018 3 mins read 485 views
PI completion could take five more years

Hydropower

Dec 31, 2018 4 mins read 405 views
Forest fire

Forest fire

Dec 31, 2018 0 mins read 0 views
There may be medals to count but association is struggling

Karate

Dec 30, 2018 2 mins read 418 views
KHEL starts constructing colony in Doksum

Kholongchu Hydro Energy Limited (KHEL)

Dec 30, 2018 2 mins read 437 views
It is my responsibility to seek fund: Agriculture Minister

Agriculture

Dec 30, 2018 2 mins read 434 views
Decline in the budget an opportunity: Agriculture Minister

12th Five Year Plan (FYP)

Dec 30, 2018 2 mins read 394 views
Who do we call the game's end?

Letter to the editor

Dec 30, 2018 1 mins read 422 views
The overseas employment conundrum

Editorial

Dec 30, 2018 2 mins read 411 views
DAHE working on contract employment for NFE instructors

Department of Adult and Higher Education (DAHE)

Dec 30, 2018 2 mins read 406 views
BEO must refund Nu 3.832M to students: ACC

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC )

Dec 30, 2018 4 mins read 449 views
Lifts services in buildings do not meet safety requirements, BSB

Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB)

Dec 30, 2018 4 mins read 406 views
Northern East-West Highway widening works still incomplete

Road

Dec 30, 2018 2 mins read 434 views
MHPA tariff agreed at Nu 4.12 per unit

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering

Dec 30, 2018 1 mins read 529 views
ACC charges two for collusion and bribery in modern hatchery

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC )

Dec 28, 2018 3 mins read 460 views
Two choppers operated 1,178 flights until June this year

Choppers

Dec 28, 2018 2 mins read 424 views
Students attend dharma programme

Students

Dec 28, 2018 1 mins read 401 views
A close-up dig at the life of our roadside workers

Perspective

Dec 28, 2018 5 mins read 412 views
Dzongkha is more than a language

Perspective

Dec 28, 2018 4 mins read 431 views
Cardamom export to India to resume soon

Cardamom

Dec 28, 2018 2 mins read 406 views
ACC charges former labour minister of false asset declaration

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC )

Dec 28, 2018 3 mins read 545 views
Cabinet approves Nu 47B budget for 2018-19

Cabinet

Dec 28, 2018 2 mins read 374 views
Cabinet to discuss overseas programme in Japan

Cabinet

Dec 28, 2018 2 mins read 406 views
BICMA's decision to shutdown analog connection unfair

Letter to the editor

Dec 28, 2018 1 mins read 407 views
Ruminating change

Editorial

Dec 28, 2018 2 mins read 396 views
Ura-Lingmithang widening to depend on Shingkhar-Gorgan fate

Road

Dec 28, 2018 2 mins read 442 views
Parents of youth in Japan seek action from government

Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO)

Dec 28, 2018 4 mins read 413 views
Class X cut-off point stays

Education conference

Dec 28, 2018 3 mins read 499 views
Bhutan Employment Overseas was illegally licensed: ACC

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC )

Dec 28, 2018 5 mins read 415 views
India commits Nu 45B for 12th Plan and Nu 4B more to boost trade

Bhutan-India

Dec 29, 2018 4 mins read 445 views
Camp RUF

Camp RUF

Dec 28, 2018 0 mins read 0 views
Weringla drungkhag needs engineers and accountants

Mongar dzongkhag tshogdu (DT)

Dec 27, 2018 1 mins read 375 views
No fuel depot for Doksum residents yet

Fuel

Dec 27, 2018 2 mins read 419 views
Tourist returns lost fanny pack to owner

Tourism

Dec 27, 2018 1 mins read 410 views
Waste mismanagement

Letter to the editor

Dec 27, 2018 1 mins read 396 views
Preparing for the change

Editorial

Dec 27, 2018 1 mins read 422 views
Fire damages an acre of forest in Thimphu

Fire accident

Dec 27, 2018 1 mins read 622 views
Sherubtse graduates perform better in BCSE, finds RCSC report

Graduates

Dec 27, 2018 2 mins read 410 views
No classes on Saturday from 2019 academic session

Education conference

Dec 27, 2018 2 mins read 387 views
12th Plan period aligned with government's tenure

12th Five-Year Plan

Dec 27, 2018 4 mins read 416 views
PM on a three-day state visit to India

Lyonchhen will hold talks with PM Modi today. Bhutan and India will set yet another milestone on the friendly relations as the leaders of the two countries meet today to deliberate and declare the electricity export tariff for Mangdechhu hydroelectric project and budgetary support for the 12th Plan.

Dec 28, 2018 3 mins read 417 views
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