May of 2018

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2nd national STEM Olympiad sees 15 entries from schools

Schools

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 609 views
Local machines make farming easier

Agriculture

May 31, 2018 3 mins read 495 views
Gengu farm road non-pliable in summer

Road

May 31, 2018 1 mins read 573 views
Thromdes observe no tobacco day

Health

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 478 views
Don't take away JDWNRH parking

Letter to the editor

May 31, 2018 1 mins read 506 views
What we owe our youth

Editorial

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 530 views
Civil servant convicted for trafficking SP+

Crime

May 31, 2018 1 mins read 513 views
GoI handovers Nu 4B in excise duty refund for 2016

Government of India (GoI)

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 504 views
Thimphu becomes the second SAARC cultural capital

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 565 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 469 views
Parliament session will not deliberate 12th Plan: Speaker

Parliament

May 31, 2018 2 mins read 543 views
Report of Nipah virus in Shilong is not true

Health diseases

May 31, 2018 0 mins read 519 views
Relay for Life to fight cancer together

Health diseases

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 508 views
B-Pop show held to promote creativity

B-Pop Show

May 30, 2018 1 mins read 455 views
Dying cardamom plants worry Darla farmers

Cardamom

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 547 views
Education: Looking holistically and beyond

Perspective

May 30, 2018 3 mins read 450 views
Soldier detained for alleged rape of a minor

Crime

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 470 views
Thimphu thromde looks into opening five community libraries

Thimphu thromde

May 30, 2018 1 mins read 505 views
RAA responds to issues with statutory auditing

Letter to the editor

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 561 views
Improve the conditions for girls

Editorial

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 468 views
JDWNRH revamps its parking space

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 490 views
Deposit base of the banks touch Nu 109B

Banking

May 30, 2018 1 mins read 440 views
Towards breaking menstrual taboo

Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM)

May 30, 2018 2 mins read 460 views
Can a sitting MP introduce candidates?

Politics

May 30, 2018 3 mins read 609 views
Inauguration of SAARC Cultural Capital City

Inauguration

May 30, 2018 0 mins read 520 views
Would Mr Bhutan contest be held this year?

Bodybuilders

May 29, 2018 2 mins read 407 views
Windstorm damages houses and crops in Darla, Chukha

Department of Disaster Management (DDM)

May 29, 2018 2 mins read 539 views
Re-Normalising the Exceptional

Perspective

May 29, 2018 3 mins read 487 views
Samtse court convicts man for rape of a minor

Crime

May 29, 2018 1 mins read 467 views
Monsoon to arrive by the first week of June

National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM)

May 29, 2018 2 mins read 475 views
Lack of parking space at JDWNRH

Letter to the editor

May 29, 2018 1 mins read 419 views
Protecting our dzongs and lhakhangs

Editorial

May 29, 2018 1 mins read 513 views
Trashigang dzong renovation to complete next month

Trashigang dzong

May 29, 2018 2 mins read 487 views
Dratshang to raise funds to construct lhakhang in Rajgir, India

Lhakhangs

May 29, 2018 1 mins read 487 views
Southern dzongkhags record highest rainfall last year

National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology forecasts

May 29, 2018 1 mins read 454 views
Wangdue dzong reconstruction touches another milestone

Wangdue dzong

May 29, 2018 3 mins read 481 views
Capacity development training for CSOs

Trading

May 28, 2018 1 mins read 499 views
Gelephu residents face acute water shortage

Water

May 28, 2018 2 mins read 479 views
Monitoring air quality in the country

Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS)

May 28, 2018 2 mins read 437 views
Two convicted in fronting case

Crime

May 28, 2018 1 mins read 490 views
Clarification to "What ails the national referral hospital?"

Letter to the editor

May 28, 2018 2 mins read 467 views
When policies contradict

Editorial

May 28, 2018 2 mins read 446 views
NC members to receive dhar today

National Council

May 28, 2018 2 mins read 455 views
BoB celebrates 50th anniversary

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

May 28, 2018 3 mins read 380 views
Weak enforcement of road safety laws

South-East Asia Region (SEAR)

May 28, 2018 3 mins read 454 views
44.7 percent of girls skip school during menstruation

Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM)

May 28, 2018 3 mins read 412 views
B-Pop Show

B-Pop Show

May 28, 2018 0 mins read 491 views
Bhutan-India friendship tennis tournament underway

Tennis

May 27, 2018 2 mins read 448 views
Electric fencing a blessing for Chudzom farmers

Electric fencing

May 27, 2018 1 mins read 476 views
Sherubtse College celebrates golden jubilee

Colleges

May 27, 2018 2 mins read 424 views
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