April of 2019

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Trashiyangtse chillies hit the market

Chilies

Apr 17, 2019 1 mins read 560 views
Sustainable land management programme helps farmers in Thangrong

Agriculture

Apr 17, 2019 1 mins read 555 views
Enact Pay Commission Act: PC

Pay Commission

Apr 17, 2019 3 mins read 514 views
Delhi embassy to benefit most from proposed FSE revision

Pay Commission

Apr 17, 2019 2 mins read 572 views
The plastic ban

Letter to the editor

Apr 17, 2019 1 mins read 549 views
Bhutan Day observed in Bonn

Bhutan-German

Apr 17, 2019 1 mins read 506 views
More than Nu 300M sanctioned for PSL schemes

Priority Sector Lending (PSL)

Apr 17, 2019 2 mins read 545 views
ACC implicates Mongar DT thrizin for fraud

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Apr 17, 2019 2 mins read 515 views
GDP growth slips for the second time: ADB

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Apr 17, 2019 4 mins read 504 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 594 views
Dungkar Goenpa tshechu attracts more visitors

Dungkar Goenpa tshechu

Apr 16, 2019 1 mins read 506 views
Cardamom buyback price disappoints farmers

Cardamom

Apr 16, 2019 3 mins read 485 views
Cabbies join the fight against waste

Waste

Apr 16, 2019 2 mins read 491 views
Task force to study delinking of RITH

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Apr 16, 2019 3 mins read 563 views
Ranking schools for what?

Letter to the editor

Apr 16, 2019 1 mins read 545 views
The gaydrung enigma

Editorial

Apr 16, 2019 2 mins read 523 views
Four suicide cases in two weeks

Crime

Apr 16, 2019 1 mins read 456 views
Four men detained for alleged gang rape

Crime

Apr 16, 2019 1 mins read 550 views
Labour minister leaves for Japan to meet Bhutanese youth

Youth

Apr 16, 2019 3 mins read 552 views
Opposition reserves its opinion on pay commission report

Pay Commission

Apr 16, 2019 1 mins read 573 views
RCSC waits for judgment to take action against DG

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 16, 2019 2 mins read 493 views
Election across the border closes 98 shops in P'ling

Border

Apr 16, 2019 3 mins read 518 views
9 volleyball clubs affiliated

Volleyball

Apr 16, 2019 0 mins read 630 views
Construction owners demand better quality sand

Construction

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 509 views
Cardamom farmers question grounds of rejection

Cardamom

Apr 15, 2019 1 mins read 511 views
Farmers disappointed with cardamom price

Cardamom

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 494 views
Maize shortage hits Karma Feeds and poultry farmers

Maize

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 512 views
Adopt a pet

Letter to the editor

Apr 15, 2019 1 mins read 558 views
Make ranking schools meaningful

Editorial

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 529 views
Non-Bhutanese arrested for robbing tourists

Crime

Apr 15, 2019 1 mins read 551 views
Bhutan and Bangladesh sign five bilateral instruments

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 531 views
Cabinet extends gaydrung's tenure by three years

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 15, 2019 2 mins read 696 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 482 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 546 views
Challenges facing dog control programme

More than 300 dogs were sterilised and vaccinated during the two-week mass dog sterilisation and vaccination campaign that began on April 2 in Thimphu.

Apr 13, 2019 2 mins read 564 views
Mothers volunteer to help lone ECCD facilitator

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 507 views
Stray horses a problem in Trashigang

Stray horses

Apr 12, 2019 1 mins read 547 views
Is Gelephu turning into a concrete jungle?

Gelephu

Apr 12, 2019 3 mins read 566 views
Views on the 4th Pay Commission Report

Perspective

Apr 12, 2019 5 mins read 591 views
Table pay revision as report not money bill: PC

Pay Commission

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 494 views
Summer session of parliament from May 23

Parliament

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 521 views
For want of electricity

Electricity

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 568 views
Biogas to the rescue

biogas plants

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 582 views
63 fire incidents reported this year

Fire accident

Apr 12, 2019 2 mins read 536 views
Transport loan reforms hit trading businesses

State trading cooperation of Bhutan limited (STCBL)

Apr 12, 2019 3 mins read 549 views
BFL Fund commits Nu 2.4 billion

Bhutan for Life (BFL) Fund

Apr 12, 2019 1 mins read 519 views
PC recommends annual salary indexation

Pay Commission

Apr 12, 2019 3 mins read 559 views
A good example

Letter to the editor

Apr 12, 2019 1 mins read 0 views
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Recents

Addressing the engineer shortage

Bhutan is entering one of the most ambitious periods of development in its history. Hydropower projects are expanding, major infrastructure investments are taking shape, and the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is expected to open new avenues for economic growth. However, a major constraint could undermine these ambitions: shortage of engineers.

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