April of 2019

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HRAB files complaint against Airbnb

Hotel and Restaurant Association of Bhutan (HRAB)

Apr 08, 2019 3 mins read 270 views
Performance appraisal customised for education sector

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 08, 2019 3 mins read 281 views
Dog bite cases highest among students

Dogs

Apr 08, 2019 2 mins read 303 views
Border gates close

Border

Apr 08, 2019 0 mins read 268 views
Apa Boktong aids community workers

Construction

Apr 07, 2019 2 mins read 290 views
Public library needs attention

Public library

Apr 07, 2019 1 mins read 284 views
Ministry plans to get two TVET institutions accredited

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

Apr 07, 2019 2 mins read 275 views
When the tiger comes down

Wildlife

Apr 07, 2019 2 mins read 256 views
April is cervical cancer awareness month

Health

Apr 07, 2019 2 mins read 247 views
Transport and transit, crucial to move from aid to trade

Transport

Apr 07, 2019 5 mins read 253 views
We cannot afford indecision

Editorial

Apr 07, 2019 2 mins read 317 views
Leaky pipes and poor drainage at P/ling's new vegetable market

Vegetable markets

Apr 07, 2019 1 mins read 268 views
New POL depot with twice the capacity

POL (Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants)

Apr 07, 2019 1 mins read 297 views
Automobile workshop owners asked to pay hiked rent or vacate

Automobile workshops

Apr 07, 2019 3 mins read 249 views
Tourist arrivals up by 7.61 percent

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Apr 07, 2019 2 mins read 267 views
Common centre for handmade papermaking

Handmade papermaking

Apr 07, 2019 0 mins read 244 views
Revised stipend for school feeding in next fiscal year

Education

Apr 05, 2019 3 mins read 268 views
TVET programme yet to find a ministry

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

Apr 05, 2019 2 mins read 263 views
An industrial estate for Tsirang?

Industrial estate

Apr 05, 2019 2 mins read 319 views
End of an era

Perspective

Apr 05, 2019 2 mins read 298 views
Making cooking gas conveniently available

Perspective

Apr 05, 2019 4 mins read 241 views
Letter from Vilnius

Perspective

Apr 05, 2019 4 mins read 293 views
Regional tourists important for tourism: HRAB

Hotel and Restaurant Association of Bhutan (HRAB)

Apr 05, 2019 4 mins read 245 views
What's in a name?

Hotel

Apr 05, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
Dadgari bazaar, a popular market for Bhutanese

Dadgari bazaar

Apr 05, 2019 1 mins read 351 views
Proper monitoring of medical and e-waste required

Letter to the editor

Apr 05, 2019 1 mins read 295 views
Who will bell the cat?

Editorial

Apr 05, 2019 2 mins read 476 views
Accelerating MCH programme awaits resources

Mother and child health (MCH)

Apr 05, 2019 1 mins read 310 views
MoH to propose delinking referral hospitals to new RCSC commission

Health

Apr 05, 2019 1 mins read 261 views
HE expense costing the exchequer dear

Hospitality and entertainment (HE)

Apr 05, 2019 4 mins read 261 views
Did economic growth benefit the poor?

Poverty

Apr 05, 2019 5 mins read 257 views
When hospital passageway becomes a home

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Apr 04, 2019 1 mins read 283 views
Visitor

Visitor

Apr 04, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Hailstones strike 30 households in Shermung, Mongar

Department of Disaster Management (DDM)

Apr 04, 2019 1 mins read 285 views
Raining cats and dogs!

Dogs

Apr 04, 2019 2 mins read 278 views
EU ambassadors visit Bhutan

European Union (EU)

Apr 04, 2019 1 mins read 260 views
BSB proposes a national accreditation body

Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB)

Apr 04, 2019 1 mins read 270 views
Concrete should replace bitumen

Letter to the editor

Apr 04, 2019 0 mins read 317 views
A letter to dogcatchers

Letter to the editor

Apr 04, 2019 0 mins read 289 views
Court offers TCC and TT last chance

Land

Apr 04, 2019 2 mins read 318 views
Evaluation finds DES relevant to address unemployment

Direct Employment Scheme (DES)

Apr 04, 2019 3 mins read 279 views
An ambitious campaign on drugs begin

Drugs

Apr 04, 2019 3 mins read 256 views
Gaydrung issue questions parliament resolutions

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 04, 2019 4 mins read 244 views
Chess sets donated

Chess

Apr 04, 2019 0 mins read 265 views
Three days on, plastic ban wrapped in confusion

Ban

Apr 03, 2019 1 mins read 293 views
No blood count machine at Trongsa hospital

Trongsa hospital

Apr 03, 2019 2 mins read 258 views
Collegians promote cloth bags to fight plastic

Ban

Apr 03, 2019 1 mins read 260 views
Bhutanese driver assaulted in Assam

Crime

Apr 03, 2019 1 mins read 283 views
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