April of 2019

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Wangdue's 60-bed hospital ready for operation

Hospitals

Apr 30, 2019 1 mins read 456 views
The young farmers of Banjar

Agriculture

Apr 30, 2019 3 mins read 502 views
Balancing environment and development

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Apr 30, 2019 2 mins read 485 views
JDWNRH and bad press

Letter to the editor

Apr 30, 2019 1 mins read 503 views
Agriculture needs real investment

Editorial

Apr 30, 2019 2 mins read 500 views
Rain forecast due to Cyclonic storm Fani

National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM)

Apr 30, 2019 2 mins read 509 views
Gaydrung's tenure extended to April 2022

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 30, 2019 2 mins read 461 views
Former RICBL ED rebuts

RICBL

Apr 30, 2019 1 mins read 491 views
Mangmis, tshogpas accuse gups of misusing fund

Crime

Apr 30, 2019 2 mins read 544 views
Informal lodging facilities encourage undercutting, says TCB

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Apr 30, 2019 3 mins read 449 views
MoU signed

Memorandum of understanding (MoU)

Apr 30, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Urban Sprout wins National Startup Weekend

Start-Up Weekend award

Apr 29, 2019 2 mins read 470 views
Construction company penalized for dumping waste

Waste

Apr 29, 2019 1 mins read 472 views
Sewerage plant under pressure from solid waste

Waste

Apr 29, 2019 2 mins read 475 views
Biosphere reserves for integrated conservation

Meeting

Apr 29, 2019 2 mins read 471 views
The women leaders of Tsamang

Women local leaders

Apr 29, 2019 2 mins read 453 views
Youth and drugs

Letter to the editor

Apr 29, 2019 1 mins read 513 views
Ungrievable lives?

Editorial

Apr 29, 2019 2 mins read 397 views
Delegation returns from Japan

Youth

Apr 29, 2019 2 mins read 459 views
Keeping the civil service small? A big task!

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 29, 2019 2 mins read 443 views
Eight arrested in prostitution racket

Crime

Apr 29, 2019 0 mins read 451 views
Rural revitalisation key to food security: IFPRI

Global Food Policy Report

Apr 29, 2019 3 mins read 467 views
Don't take the pay raise: DNT tells its MPs

Pay Commission

Apr 29, 2019 5 mins read 426 views
Bhutan Democracy Forum

Bhutan Democracy Forum

Apr 29, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Paralympics day celebrated to advocate paralympics movement

Paralympics day

Apr 28, 2019 2 mins read 453 views
The (de)valuation of TVET

Perspective

Apr 28, 2019 5 mins read 447 views
Implementation challenges of urban planning and development - Part II

Perspective

Apr 28, 2019 5 mins read 466 views
People look forward to Sunkosh project

Sunkosh project

Apr 28, 2019 1 mins read 433 views
South Thimphu is filling up

Housing

Apr 28, 2019 3 mins read 449 views
Reform to double tax contribution to GDP from 2020

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Apr 28, 2019 1 mins read 403 views
Numbers and salaries for Bangladeshi specialists not fixed: Govt

Government

Apr 28, 2019 2 mins read 473 views
On local bricks

Letter to the editor

Apr 28, 2019 1 mins read 418 views
Dealing with drugs: need to focus on rehabilitation

Editorial

Apr 28, 2019 2 mins read 457 views
Woman charged for child trafficking and torture

Crime

Apr 28, 2019 2 mins read 465 views
All Bhutanese should respect immigration rules: Immigration director

Immigration

Apr 28, 2019 2 mins read 447 views
Independent team to investigate eight deaths at NICU

Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Apr 28, 2019 6 mins read 442 views
Pay revision not the means to narrow the gap: PM

Pay Commission

Apr 28, 2019 3 mins read 407 views
Food policy report launch

Agriculture

Apr 28, 2019 0 mins read 431 views
2,606!

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 4 mins read 437 views
Youth and drugs: early intervention and support necessary

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 2 mins read 503 views
Phakpa nam- the marijuana plant

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 2 mins read 392 views
Have naming and shaming helped?

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 3 mins read 403 views
Carving out a new life

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 2 mins read 419 views
Drugs and Alcohol in Bhutan - where we are and what can we do?

Perspective

Apr 26, 2019 4 mins read 489 views
How drugs enter from across the border

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 3 mins read 575 views
Drugs-related cases decrease in Samdrupjongkhar

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 2 mins read 446 views
When families are ruined

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 2 mins read 415 views
Avoid five poisons of life and write your own story: Rap Nala

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 3 mins read 437 views
Drug abusers can become good human beings

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 2 mins read 411 views
Buddhism and intoxication

Religion

Apr 26, 2019 2 mins read 576 views
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