August of 2019

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Briefly

Aug 08, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Actor arrested for an alleged stabbing case

Crime

Aug 07, 2019 0 mins read 378 views
Videographer in Babesa bullying case arrested

Crime

Aug 07, 2019 1 mins read 416 views
Watching TV in Ngawang Dramtoe

Feature Story

Aug 07, 2019 3 mins read 385 views
Bhutan looks to CSA for climate resilient agriculture

Agriculture

Aug 07, 2019 2 mins read 430 views
Why no doctors?

Letter to the Editor

Aug 07, 2019 0 mins read 413 views
Watching remote Dramtoe

Editorial

Aug 07, 2019 2 mins read 387 views
Local leaders worried water source at Buyang could dry up

Water

Aug 07, 2019 1 mins read 414 views
Bji Zam-Trongsa remains blocked still

Disaster

Aug 07, 2019 0 mins read 406 views
TVET yet to be made fourth stream

Education Ministry

Aug 07, 2019 2 mins read 399 views
314 dengue cases in Doksum

Health

Aug 07, 2019 2 mins read 358 views
His Majesty The King offers prayers for late Shrimati Sushma Swaraj

Foreign Affairs

Aug 07, 2019 1 mins read 399 views
Flash flood causes major damage in Punatsangchhu

Disaster

Aug 07, 2019 1 mins read 414 views
Women's league: Thimphu City Ladies will take on Sunrise FC

Sports

Aug 06, 2019 1 mins read 459 views
Chamkhar town lacks public toilet

Bumthang Dzongkhag

Aug 06, 2019 1 mins read 360 views
Finally S/jongkhar town could have reliable water

Water

Aug 06, 2019 1 mins read 354 views
Plastic ban: Trashiyangtse shows the way

Trashiyangtse Dzongkhag

Aug 06, 2019 2 mins read 346 views
How are our children growing up?

Letter to the Editor

Aug 06, 2019 0 mins read 358 views
Avoid the herd mentality

Editorial

Aug 06, 2019 2 mins read 400 views
Police forwards Taktse case to court

Crime

Aug 06, 2019 1 mins read 453 views
PM urges MoLHR's to realign APA activities to improve TVET

Annual performance agreement (APA)

Aug 06, 2019 3 mins read 386 views
TB diagnosis to become easier

Health

Aug 06, 2019 2 mins read 387 views
Man charged for murder

Crime

Aug 06, 2019 1 mins read 418 views
Lack of doctors hamper service in Dagana

Health

Aug 06, 2019 2 mins read 377 views
Finance ministry initiates salary revision for SOEs

Finance ministry

Aug 06, 2019 1 mins read 423 views
BoB Bhutan Premier League

Briefly

Aug 06, 2019 0 mins read 477 views
Sentabsa village has acute water shortage

Water

Aug 05, 2019 2 mins read 378 views
Body of mother found

Disaster

Aug 05, 2019 1 mins read 414 views
Man detained for bullying minor

Crime

Aug 05, 2019 1 mins read 361 views
Learn and earn programme: a shared responsibility

Letter to the Editor

Aug 05, 2019 1 mins read 374 views
Of rights and responsibilities

Editorial

Aug 05, 2019 2 mins read 407 views
To save the giant from extinction

Wild Life

Aug 05, 2019 2 mins read 401 views
Yangtse cordycep collectors do not prefer auction

Cordyceps

Aug 05, 2019 1 mins read 388 views
Sacred Milerapa nangten installed

Religious

Aug 05, 2019 1 mins read 381 views
Ngawang Dramtoe has no ECCD facilitator

Education Ministry

Aug 05, 2019 1 mins read 0 views
Ngawang Dramtoe has no ECCD facilitator

Education Ministry

Aug 05, 2019 1 mins read 376 views
Graffiti suspect still at large

Briefly

Aug 05, 2019 0 mins read 358 views
First ever fire training facility at Chamgang

Training

Aug 02, 2019 1 mins read 436 views
PM not convinced with quality of APA

Annual performance agreement (APA)

Aug 02, 2019 3 mins read 410 views
At the Yartsa Goenbub auction yard

Cordycep

Aug 02, 2019 2 mins read 373 views
Bhutanese observe zero waste hour

Environment

Aug 02, 2019 1 mins read 432 views
Cutting more forest is not the most expedient choice

Perspective

Aug 02, 2019 4 mins read 368 views
The Sarpang-Zhemgang Debate

Perspective

Aug 02, 2019 3 mins read 397 views
Motorist plying Indian roads warned of new traffic rules

Traffic

Aug 02, 2019 1 mins read 414 views
MoE to start TVET as optional subject next year

Education Ministry

Aug 02, 2019 2 mins read 358 views
Domestic violence leaves woman paralysed

Domestic violence

Aug 02, 2019 4 mins read 419 views
Trashigang to get another vegetable shed

Trashigang Dzongkhag

Aug 02, 2019 2 mins read 407 views
Man succumbs to dengue

Health

Aug 02, 2019 1 mins read 452 views
Need for flyover or underground roads

Letter to the Editor

Aug 02, 2019 1 mins read 392 views
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