April of 2019

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Rehab centres challenged with expertise and fund

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 4 mins read 344 views
Why do drugs?

Letter to the editor

Apr 26, 2019 1 mins read 0 views
That the people shall be informed

Editorial

Apr 26, 2019 2 mins read 375 views
The laws & drugs

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 3 mins read 423 views
GoI's assistance for 12th Plan formalised

GoI

Apr 26, 2019 2 mins read 353 views
Dealing with drugs

Drugs

Apr 26, 2019 6 mins read 439 views
His Majesty's Address to the 1st Convocation of KGUMSB, April 25, 2019

His Majesty The King Address

Apr 25, 2019 3 mins read 352 views
Court asks BoB to reinstate employee

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

Apr 25, 2019 2 mins read 400 views
Poor road condition affects commuters in Pemagatshel

Road

Apr 25, 2019 2 mins read 512 views
Savour Bhutan hits market

Koufuku International Limited (KIL)

Apr 25, 2019 1 mins read 400 views
Share trading goes mobile

Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan (RSEB)

Apr 25, 2019 1 mins read 350 views
Gelephu LSS initiates feeding programme for the less fortunate

Schools

Apr 25, 2019 2 mins read 417 views
Improved public transport is the colution

Letter to the editor

Apr 25, 2019 1 mins read 368 views
Rationalising TA/DA

Editorial

Apr 25, 2019 2 mins read 398 views
Labour ministry to keep tab on Malaysia programme

Labour

Apr 25, 2019 4 mins read 398 views
Brand Bumthang to promote and preserve culture

Bhutan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)

Apr 25, 2019 1 mins read 338 views
379 health workers' practicing license suspended

Bhutan Medical and Health Council (BMHC)

Apr 25, 2019 2 mins read 368 views
452 graduate from KGUMSB

Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB)

Apr 25, 2019 2 mins read 360 views
Plan talks

Plan talks

Apr 25, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Gasa Tsachu faces staff and fund shortage

Gasa tsachu

Apr 24, 2019 1 mins read 332 views
Green house chilli farmers expect good yield

Chilies

Apr 24, 2019 1 mins read 338 views
Browning pine along Thimphu-Paro highway attributed to die-back

Forest fire

Apr 24, 2019 2 mins read 391 views
Three women charged for battery and libel

Crime

Apr 24, 2019 1 mins read 374 views
Medicine rules to be revised

Meeting

Apr 24, 2019 2 mins read 434 views
Zero malaria starts with me!

Letter to the editor

Apr 24, 2019 2 mins read 406 views
Revision and rationalisation of school curriculum, a welcome change

Editorial

Apr 24, 2019 2 mins read 386 views
Delay in ToR holds election of new DNT president

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Apr 24, 2019 1 mins read 353 views
38 civil servants demoted or terminated between 2014 and 2018

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 24, 2019 2 mins read 362 views
Accident kills three and injures 10

Accident

Apr 24, 2019 0 mins read 316 views
A call to rationalise in country travel claims

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Apr 24, 2019 4 mins read 347 views
Pyramid schemes lure thousands

Online scheme

Apr 24, 2019 3 mins read 363 views
University Convocation

University Convocation

Apr 24, 2019 0 mins read 370 views
Mangdechhu tariff protocol signed

Hydropower

Apr 23, 2019 2 mins read 342 views
JICA provides assistance to maintain bridges

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Apr 23, 2019 2 mins read 374 views
Gongthung MSS goes paperless

Schools

Apr 23, 2019 2 mins read 341 views
Saving the birds

Letter to the editor

Apr 23, 2019 1 mins read 383 views
A cause of great concern

Editorial

Apr 23, 2019 2 mins read 393 views
Work begins on formative assessment system

Bhutan Council of School Examination and Assessment (BCSEA)

Apr 23, 2019 3 mins read 378 views
ACC writes to Prime Minister

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Apr 23, 2019 1 mins read 366 views
School curriculum revised and rationalised

Education

Apr 23, 2019 3 mins read 361 views
More than 200 Bhutanese wait to occupy allotted housing

Housing

Apr 23, 2019 2 mins read 433 views
Environment-Development Debate in India and Beyond

Bhutan-India

Apr 23, 2019 0 mins read 337 views
Gelephu business department wins volleyball championship

Volleyball

Apr 22, 2019 1 mins read 359 views
Accident kills one, injures five

Accident

Apr 22, 2019 1 mins read 0 views
RENEW collaborates with pundits

RENEW

Apr 22, 2019 2 mins read 359 views
Technology with compassion: dialogue with Fede Ponce

Technology

Apr 22, 2019 2 mins read 366 views
Government to strengthen public procurement system

Conference

Apr 22, 2019 2 mins read 378 views
Toilet use and care must improve

Letter to the editor

Apr 22, 2019 1 mins read 356 views
Working from outside Thimphu

Editorial

Apr 22, 2019 2 mins read 352 views
Audit questions legality of RUB's university allowance

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Apr 22, 2019 4 mins read 362 views
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