April of 2019

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Plastic waste, a threat to birds

Waste

Apr 17, 2019 3 mins read 291 views
Trashiyangtse chillies hit the market

Chilies

Apr 17, 2019 1 mins read 284 views
Sustainable land management programme helps farmers in Thangrong

Agriculture

Apr 17, 2019 1 mins read 282 views
Enact Pay Commission Act: PC

Pay Commission

Apr 17, 2019 3 mins read 279 views
Delhi embassy to benefit most from proposed FSE revision

Pay Commission

Apr 17, 2019 2 mins read 303 views
The plastic ban

Letter to the editor

Apr 17, 2019 1 mins read 253 views
Bhutan Day observed in Bonn

Bhutan-German

Apr 17, 2019 1 mins read 271 views
More than Nu 300M sanctioned for PSL schemes

Priority Sector Lending (PSL)

Apr 17, 2019 2 mins read 294 views
ACC implicates Mongar DT thrizin for fraud

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Apr 17, 2019 2 mins read 290 views
GDP growth slips for the second time: ADB

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Apr 17, 2019 4 mins read 281 views
His Majesty The King granted dhar

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 17, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Three years on, GC blacktopping works remain incomplete

Road

Apr 16, 2019 1 mins read 315 views
Dungkar Goenpa tshechu attracts more visitors

Dungkar Goenpa tshechu

Apr 16, 2019 1 mins read 273 views
Cardamom buyback price disappoints farmers

Cardamom

Apr 16, 2019 3 mins read 279 views
Cabbies join the fight against waste

Waste

Apr 16, 2019 2 mins read 266 views
Task force to study delinking of RITH

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Apr 16, 2019 3 mins read 310 views
Ranking schools for what?

Letter to the editor

Apr 16, 2019 1 mins read 288 views
The gaydrung enigma

Editorial

Apr 16, 2019 2 mins read 266 views
Four suicide cases in two weeks

Crime

Apr 16, 2019 1 mins read 251 views
Four men detained for alleged gang rape

Crime

Apr 16, 2019 1 mins read 308 views
Labour minister leaves for Japan to meet Bhutanese youth

Youth

Apr 16, 2019 3 mins read 321 views
Opposition reserves its opinion on pay commission report

Pay Commission

Apr 16, 2019 1 mins read 297 views
RCSC waits for judgment to take action against DG

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 16, 2019 2 mins read 278 views
Election across the border closes 98 shops in P'ling

Border

Apr 16, 2019 3 mins read 287 views
9 volleyball clubs affiliated

Volleyball

Apr 16, 2019 0 mins read 396 views
Construction owners demand better quality sand

Construction

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 266 views
Cardamom farmers question grounds of rejection

Cardamom

Apr 15, 2019 1 mins read 277 views
Farmers disappointed with cardamom price

Cardamom

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 249 views
Maize shortage hits Karma Feeds and poultry farmers

Maize

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 260 views
Adopt a pet

Letter to the editor

Apr 15, 2019 1 mins read 301 views
Make ranking schools meaningful

Editorial

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 277 views
Non-Bhutanese arrested for robbing tourists

Crime

Apr 15, 2019 1 mins read 287 views
Bhutan and Bangladesh sign five bilateral instruments

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 267 views
Cabinet extends gaydrung's tenure by three years

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 388 views
"If you want to be a good doctor, you have to be a good human being"

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering

Apr 15, 2019 3 mins read 262 views
Accident kills one in Trongsa

Accident

Apr 15, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Traditional papermaking centre opens in Yangtse

Papermaking

Apr 12, 2019 1 mins read 274 views
Challenges facing dog control programme

Dogs

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 302 views
Mothers volunteer to help lone ECCD facilitator

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 305 views
Stray horses a problem in Trashigang

Stray horses

Apr 12, 2019 1 mins read 280 views
Is Gelephu turning into a concrete jungle?

Gelephu

Apr 12, 2019 3 mins read 329 views
Views on the 4th Pay Commission Report

Perspective

Apr 12, 2019 5 mins read 363 views
Table pay revision as report not money bill: PC

Pay Commission

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 263 views
Summer session of parliament from May 23

Parliament

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 293 views
For want of electricity

Electricity

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 280 views
Biogas to the rescue

biogas plants

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 301 views
63 fire incidents reported this year

Fire accident

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 325 views
Transport loan reforms hit trading businesses

State trading cooperation of Bhutan limited (STCBL)

Apr 12, 2019 3 mins read 306 views
BFL Fund commits Nu 2.4 billion

Bhutan for Life (BFL) Fund

Apr 12, 2019 1 mins read 284 views
PC recommends annual salary indexation

Pay Commission

Apr 12, 2019 3 mins read 290 views
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