May of 2018

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2nd national STEM Olympiad sees 15 entries from schools

Schools

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 562 views
Local machines make farming easier

Agriculture

May 31, 2018 3 mins read 446 views
Gengu farm road non-pliable in summer

Road

May 31, 2018 1 mins read 528 views
Thromdes observe no tobacco day

Health

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 425 views
Don't take away JDWNRH parking

Letter to the editor

May 31, 2018 1 mins read 460 views
What we owe our youth

Editorial

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 471 views
Civil servant convicted for trafficking SP+

Crime

May 31, 2018 1 mins read 460 views
GoI handovers Nu 4B in excise duty refund for 2016

Government of India (GoI)

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 452 views
Thimphu becomes the second SAARC cultural capital

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 508 views
KGUMSB's first batch of specialists to graduate next month

Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB)

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 429 views
Parliament session will not deliberate 12th Plan: Speaker

Parliament

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 488 views
Report of Nipah virus in Shilong is not true

Health diseases

May 31, 2018 0 mins read 468 views
Relay for Life to fight cancer together

Health diseases

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 451 views
B-Pop show held to promote creativity

B-Pop Show

May 30, 2018 1 mins read 413 views
Dying cardamom plants worry Darla farmers

Cardamom

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 473 views
Education: Looking holistically and beyond

Perspective

May 30, 2018 3 mins read 394 views
Soldier detained for alleged rape of a minor

Crime

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 418 views
Thimphu thromde looks into opening five community libraries

Thimphu thromde

May 30, 2018 1 mins read 441 views
RAA responds to issues with statutory auditing

Letter to the editor

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 502 views
Improve the conditions for girls

Editorial

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 413 views
JDWNRH revamps its parking space

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 434 views
Deposit base of the banks touch Nu 109B

Banking

May 30, 2018 1 mins read 397 views
Towards breaking menstrual taboo

Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM)

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 414 views
Can a sitting MP introduce candidates?

Politics

May 30, 2018 3 mins read 544 views
Inauguration of SAARC Cultural Capital City

Inauguration

May 30, 2018 0 mins read 462 views
Would Mr Bhutan contest be held this year?

Bodybuilders

May 29, 2018 2 mins read 356 views
Windstorm damages houses and crops in Darla, Chukha

Department of Disaster Management (DDM)

May 29, 2018 2 mins read 494 views
Re-Normalising the Exceptional

Perspective

May 29, 2018 3 mins read 428 views
Samtse court convicts man for rape of a minor

Crime

May 29, 2018 1 mins read 421 views
Monsoon to arrive by the first week of June

National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM)

May 29, 2018 2 mins read 412 views
Lack of parking space at JDWNRH

Letter to the editor

May 29, 2018 1 mins read 382 views
Protecting our dzongs and lhakhangs

Editorial

May 29, 2018 1 mins read 470 views
Trashigang dzong renovation to complete next month

Trashigang dzong

May 29, 2018 2 mins read 432 views
Dratshang to raise funds to construct lhakhang in Rajgir, India

Lhakhangs

May 29, 2018 1 mins read 435 views
Southern dzongkhags record highest rainfall last year

National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology forecasts

May 29, 2018 1 mins read 398 views
Wangdue dzong reconstruction touches another milestone

Wangdue dzong

May 29, 2018 3 mins read 433 views
Capacity development training for CSOs

Trading

May 28, 2018 1 mins read 445 views
Gelephu residents face acute water shortage

Water

May 28, 2018 2 mins read 441 views
Monitoring air quality in the country

Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS)

May 28, 2018 2 mins read 389 views
Two convicted in fronting case

Crime

May 28, 2018 1 mins read 428 views
Clarification to "What ails the national referral hospital?"

Letter to the editor

May 28, 2018 2 mins read 405 views
When policies contradict

Editorial

May 28, 2018 2 mins read 400 views
NC members to receive dhar today

National Council

May 28, 2018 2 mins read 409 views
BoB celebrates 50th anniversary

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

May 28, 2018 3 mins read 338 views
Weak enforcement of road safety laws

South-East Asia Region (SEAR)

May 28, 2018 3 mins read 407 views
44.7 percent of girls skip school during menstruation

Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM)

May 28, 2018 3 mins read 367 views
B-Pop Show

B-Pop Show

May 28, 2018 0 mins read 445 views
Bhutan-India friendship tennis tournament underway

Tennis

May 27, 2018 2 mins read 395 views
Electric fencing a blessing for Chudzom farmers

Electric fencing

May 27, 2018 1 mins read 436 views
Sherubtse College celebrates golden jubilee

Colleges

May 27, 2018 2 mins read 384 views
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