January of 2019

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The strongest and the fastest at the foothills festival

Festival

Jan 30, 2019 3 mins read 550 views
BAFRA seizes 11MT of banned vegetables since July 2016

Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA)

Jan 30, 2019 1 mins read 459 views
A country boy of Sha Khothakha

Priority Sector Lending (PSL)

Jan 30, 2019 2 mins read 475 views
Turning a blind eye on illegal import of vegetables?

Letter to the editor

Jan 30, 2019 1 mins read 552 views
Need to raise hygiene and patient care standards

Editorial

Jan 30, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
Need to raise hygiene and patient care standards

Editorial

Jan 30, 2019 2 mins read 554 views
HC orders JPLP owner to pay Nu 126.879M for tax evasion

Tax

Jan 30, 2019 3 mins read 428 views
LG given budgetary flexibility in 12th Plan

Local Government (LG)

Jan 30, 2019 3 mins read 443 views
Cut off point for Class X is off

Education

Jan 30, 2019 3 mins read 649 views
Meet the Opposition

Meet the Press

Jan 30, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Celebrating diversity at the Foothills Festival

Festival

Jan 29, 2019 3 mins read 459 views
Study finds poor hand hygiene compliance at JDWNRH's wards

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Jan 29, 2019 3 mins read 523 views
Who is responsible for short circuits, the main cause of fire incidents?

Letter to the editor

Jan 29, 2019 1 mins read 732 views
Making graduates employable

Editorial

Jan 29, 2019 2 mins read 532 views
BIABPO targets 3,000 jobs by 2023

Bhutan Industry Association for Business Process Outsourcing (BIABPO)

Jan 29, 2019 2 mins read 404 views
Bhutan moves a rank up in Corruption Perceptions Index

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jan 29, 2019 3 mins read 468 views
Runaway prisoners arrested in Arong

Prison

Jan 29, 2019 1 mins read 450 views
MHPA readies to be commissioned

Hydropower

Jan 29, 2019 1 mins read 481 views
Students perform poorly in Commerce and Economics subjects

Bhutan Council of School Examination and Assessment (BCSEA)

Jan 29, 2019 3 mins read 386 views
Plastics to be banned again

Ban

Jan 29, 2019 0 mins read 459 views
9-year-old completes cross-country cycling race

Cycling race

Jan 31, 2019 1 mins read 372 views
Exchange programme to support table tennis players

Table Tennis

Jan 31, 2019 1 mins read 410 views
Opposition questions govt's vision and plans

Press conference

Jan 31, 2019 3 mins read 421 views
How about concrete electric fencing posts?

Letter to the editor

Jan 31, 2019 1 mins read 413 views
Plastic ban must be taken seriously

Editorial

Jan 31, 2019 1 mins read 427 views
Japan donates medical equipment to JDWNRH

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Jan 31, 2019 2 mins read 410 views
Government confused on wage rate

Government

Jan 31, 2019 2 mins read 467 views
Admission to Class XI on merit basis

Education

Jan 31, 2019 2 mins read 424 views
Free education up to Class XII may breach the Constitution: Opposition

Education

Jan 31, 2019 3 mins read 346 views
Schools reopen today

Schools

Jan 31, 2019 0 mins read 371 views
TT teams from Japan to visit Bhutan

Table Tennis

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 393 views
U-18 air rifle championship witnesses over 25 participants

Air rifle

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 431 views
Mandarin export records slight increase this season

Mandarin

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 381 views
Works on to expand Gelephu thromde

Gelephu thromde

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 422 views
BizAP to support entrepreneurs

Business Acceleration Programme (BizAP)

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 382 views
All well with first NA session

National Assembly

Jan 28, 2019 3 mins read 379 views
Where is the garbage collection truck?

Letter to the editor

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 401 views
Strengthen local governments first

Editorial

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 410 views
Nima and Dawa Palden to return home next month

Conjoined twins

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 407 views
Safety practices poor at workplace

Seminar

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 439 views
Pedestrians too are causing traffic jams

Traffic jams

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 404 views
Two inmates escape from Lungzor prison

Prison

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 399 views
Creation of new SOEs expensive for the state

State-owned enterprises (SOEs)

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 371 views
Class 12 results

Education

Jan 28, 2019 0 mins read 416 views
Ugyen Academy crowned champions of Samtse Championship

Football

Jan 27, 2019 2 mins read 425 views
Preparation in full swing for foothills festival

Festival

Jan 27, 2019 2 mins read 420 views
Goede and Tharpei Lam pedestrianised

Road

Jan 27, 2019 1 mins read 373 views
Seven years without a Tshogpa

Tshogpa

Jan 27, 2019 2 mins read 404 views
Don't raise your hand

National Assembly

Jan 27, 2019 2 mins read 381 views
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