February of 2019

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BAFRA seizes banned vegetables

Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA)

Feb 08, 2019 1 mins read 316 views
The Development of Bhutan's Relations with India

Perspective

Feb 08, 2019 20 mins read 275 views
One-third of glaciers will melt by 2100: ICIMOD

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Feb 08, 2019 4 mins read 345 views
Bureaucratic hurdles burden academicians

Research

Feb 08, 2019 4 mins read 314 views
Expedite loan payment deferment

Letter to the editor

Feb 08, 2019 1 mins read 337 views
The Economics problem

Editorial

Feb 08, 2019 2 mins read 326 views
15 private schools to enroll class XI students on scholarship

Education

Feb 08, 2019 4 mins read 515 views
Golden jubilee celebrations wrap up

Bhutan-India

Feb 08, 2019 2 mins read 339 views
Snow forecast

National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology forecasts

Feb 08, 2019 0 mins read 294 views
Gold cup semis kick off today

Football

Feb 18, 2019 1 mins read 296 views
Gelephu residents ask for substitutes to plastic

Gelephu thromde

Feb 18, 2019 3 mins read 292 views
Grafting to boost hazelnut production

Hazelnut production

Feb 18, 2019 2 mins read 331 views
e-services not efficient

Letter to the editor

Feb 18, 2019 2 mins read 385 views
The purpose of salary revision

Editorial

Feb 18, 2019 2 mins read 455 views
JAB president re-elected

Re-elected

Feb 18, 2019 0 mins read 302 views
Three accused in Trongsa land case seek approver from court

Crime

Feb 18, 2019 2 mins read 343 views
Samdrupjongkhar prepares for flower exhibition

Flower exhibition

Feb 18, 2019 2 mins read 336 views
Gender mainstreaming, a priority in 12th Plan

Gender

Feb 18, 2019 3 mins read 339 views
Placement of Class XI students in private schools to complete tomorrow

Education

Feb 18, 2019 3 mins read 330 views
Paro FC to play Nepal Army in Gold Cup semi-final

Football

Feb 17, 2019 1 mins read 331 views
Fuel prices hiked

Fuel

Feb 17, 2019 1 mins read 0 views
Fire guts labour camp at MHPA

Fire accident

Feb 17, 2019 0 mins read 336 views
Freedom House rates Bhutan as partly free

Report

Feb 17, 2019 1 mins read 350 views
WWF's bend the curve challenge for schools

Schools

Feb 17, 2019 1 mins read 331 views
Sarpang to mechanise farming

Agriculture

Feb 17, 2019 2 mins read 334 views
What have we learnt from the earn and learn programme in Japan?

Letter to the editor

Feb 17, 2019 1 mins read 344 views
A bureaucratic gridlock?

Editorial

Feb 17, 2019 1 mins read 346 views
Tsirang's new hospital awaits additional staff

Hospitals

Feb 17, 2019 2 mins read 329 views
Artists to celebrate HM's birthday with Bhutanese abroad

His Majesty The King

Feb 17, 2019 0 mins read 343 views
PHPA I's commission pushed to 2024

Hydropower

Feb 17, 2019 2 mins read 379 views
Gold Cup reaches quarterfinals

Football

Feb 15, 2019 2 mins read 320 views
Bajo town conducts rimdro for wellbeing of its residents

Religion

Feb 15, 2019 1 mins read 312 views
Pazaps, a significant part of Punakha Dromchoe

Dromchoe

Feb 15, 2019 2 mins read 339 views
Mongar hospital designated as teaching hospital

Hospitals

Feb 15, 2019 2 mins read 383 views
The basket weaver near Darachhu

Bamboo products

Feb 15, 2019 1 mins read 319 views
Opposition appraised on earn and learn programme in Japan

Parliament

Feb 15, 2019 2 mins read 326 views
Drinking water shortage irks Kanglung residents

Drinking water shortage

Feb 15, 2019 1 mins read 348 views
19 years on, residents wait for a bridge over Diklai river

Bridge

Feb 15, 2019 2 mins read 370 views
Trongsa starts zero litter awareness programme

Trongsa

Feb 15, 2019 1 mins read 297 views
DoR to cut a bypass road in Ossey before monsoon

Road

Feb 15, 2019 2 mins read 296 views
A university with a dysfunctional heart

Letter to the editor

Feb 15, 2019 1 mins read 335 views
Keep vagrant animals off the city roads

Editorial

Feb 15, 2019 1 mins read 282 views
Tertiary hospital likely to come up where education city was planned

Hospitals

Feb 15, 2019 1 mins read 311 views
Bhutan commits to eliminate cervical cancer

Health

Feb 15, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
Bhutan commits to eliminate cervical cancer

Health

Feb 15, 2019 2 mins read 495 views
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