May of 2018

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Partners' Day

Partners' Day

May 14, 2018 0 mins read 325 views
Violence against children unreported: NCWC

National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC)

May 13, 2018 2 mins read 339 views
Migration practice hinders immunisation coverage in Gasa

Gasa

May 13, 2018 2 mins read 304 views
Sakteng GC road to open to traffic this year

Road

May 13, 2018 2 mins read 368 views
Water treatment plant's construction in S/Jongkhar delayed

Water Treatment Plant (WTP)

May 13, 2018 2 mins read 386 views
Bjeezam-Trongsa roadblock to open today evening

Road

May 13, 2018 1 mins read 289 views
Suicide prevention plan under review

Suicide prevention

May 13, 2018 3 mins read 341 views
Make sports infrastructure accessible to all

Letter to the editor

May 13, 2018 1 mins read 428 views
For the sake of children

Editorial

May 13, 2018 2 mins read 370 views
Bear mauls man

Accident

May 13, 2018 0 mins read 0 views
Migrants return to Barshong village in Tsirang

Migrants

May 13, 2018 3 mins read 324 views
Vehicle loan increases by Nu 1B in 2017

Loan

May 13, 2018 2 mins read 274 views
We are ready: DNT

Politics

May 13, 2018 4 mins read 311 views
PDP to introduce candidates

Politics

May 13, 2018 0 mins read 303 views
Seven business ideas win cash prizes

Business

May 11, 2018 2 mins read 341 views
Engineers discuss maintenance of existing infrastructure

Conference

May 11, 2018 2 mins read 314 views
We consider Bhutan our second home

Q&A

May 11, 2018 4 mins read 345 views
PCAL's muster roll employees likely to receive benefits

Penden Cement Authority Limited (PCAL)

May 11, 2018 2 mins read 309 views
Moving beyond rhetoric

Perspective

May 11, 2018 5 mins read 335 views
Delivery of babies increases at JDWNRH

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

May 11, 2018 2 mins read 306 views
BSB works towards setting national standards

Workshop

May 11, 2018 1 mins read 449 views
The unsung heroes

Perspective

May 11, 2018 4 mins read 346 views
Bhutan to participate in robotics competition

Competition

May 11, 2018 1 mins read 336 views
BAC accredits three more colleges

Colleges

May 11, 2018 2 mins read 0 views
Political parties' take on the state of democracy in Bhutan

Politics

May 11, 2018 6 mins read 335 views
Request to Thromde

Letter to the editor

May 11, 2018 0 mins read 334 views
The value of discourse

Editorial

May 11, 2018 2 mins read 301 views
Ministry cautions education personnel on using social media

Education

May 11, 2018 2 mins read 297 views
Nu 44M sanctioned as PSL loans

Cottage and Small Industry (CSI)

May 11, 2018 3 mins read 303 views
OAG drops most child molestation cases

Office of the attorney general (OAG)

May 11, 2018 5 mins read 332 views
DNT convention tomorrow

Politics

May 11, 2018 0 mins read 343 views
Transport United defeats Thimphu City 3-1

Football

May 10, 2018 2 mins read 310 views
A pharmaceutical plant to come up in S/jongkhar next June

Pharmaceutical plant

May 10, 2018 1 mins read 378 views
Trashigang endorses 11 PSL projects

Projects

May 10, 2018 2 mins read 320 views
1,758 institutions and individuals in Thimphu thromde yet to pay taxes for 2017

Thimphu Thromde

May 10, 2018 2 mins read 303 views
Ultrasound service resumes in Tsirang

Health

May 10, 2018 1 mins read 273 views
Attention Thromde

Letter to the editor

May 10, 2018 1 mins read 382 views
An end and a beginning

Editorial

May 10, 2018 2 mins read 329 views
Work begins to address rural-urban migration and social disparity

Ministry of Works and Human Settlement

May 10, 2018 2 mins read 318 views
Bhutan among fastest growing economies in Asia: ADB

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

May 10, 2018 2 mins read 327 views
National Council elects incumbents as chairpersons

National Council

May 10, 2018 2 mins read 355 views
His Majesty inaugurates Gyalpoizhing-Nganglam highway

His Majesty The King

May 10, 2018 2 mins read 336 views
BICOB 2018 awards today

Award

May 10, 2018 0 mins read 315 views
Power failure disrupts water supply in Phuentsholing

Water

May 09, 2018 2 mins read 319 views
Bhutan committed to protect children from violence, says minister

National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC)

May 09, 2018 3 mins read 304 views
Paralegals hone mediation skills

Workshop

May 09, 2018 3 mins read 336 views
How Costa Rica gets it right

Perspective

May 09, 2018 4 mins read 348 views
Improving access to quality education

Education

May 09, 2018 1 mins read 348 views
Wangdue hospital's construction to complete this year

Hospitals

May 09, 2018 1 mins read 306 views
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Recents

A year of reckoning

As we enter the Fire Male Horse Year, our nation stands at a defining crossroads. The year 2025 delivered strong macroeconomic signals and renewed optimism on paper.

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Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, and major restructuring of corporate and business taxation.

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