July of 2019

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Feeding programme starts in three schools

Samdrupjongkhar Dzongkhag

Jul 31, 2019 1 mins read 430 views
Bhutan remembers her rangers past and present

Forestry

Jul 31, 2019 1 mins read 414 views
High Quality United 10-1 Phuentsholing United

Sports

Jul 31, 2019 0 mins read 404 views
Create more jobs: Economic affairs committee tells mining companies

Economic Affairs

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 424 views
Terminal construction extended by six months

Bumthang Dzongkhag

Jul 31, 2019 1 mins read 440 views
Suspected dengue outbreak cases increase in Trashiyangtse

Health

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 475 views
The long wait for water

Letter to the Editor

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 425 views
What have we learnt?

Editorial

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 440 views
Businessman invests Nu 4.5M in two startups

Business

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 439 views
No water in Kanglung

Water Issue

Jul 31, 2019 1 mins read 454 views
RSTA and police officials charged for bribery and fraud

Crime

Jul 31, 2019 3 mins read 429 views
Police detains BEO owners

Crime

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 407 views
3rd zero waste hour

Briefly

Jul 31, 2019 0 mins read 397 views
RTA's summer weaving programme ends

Royal Textile Academy (RTA)

Jul 30, 2019 1 mins read 445 views
MoH allocated 3.56 percent of total fiscal outlay

Health

Jul 30, 2019 2 mins read 460 views
Tsirang has a public toilet for the differently-abled

Tsirang Dzongkhag

Jul 30, 2019 1 mins read 380 views
No water in Rinchending lhakhang

Phuentsholing Thromde

Jul 30, 2019 2 mins read 435 views
Flexibility is not being shaky and indecisive: PM

Prime Minister

Jul 30, 2019 3 mins read 367 views
"We must ask ourselves then, where we have gone wrong"

Letter to the Editor

Jul 30, 2019 2 mins read 370 views
A good decision

Editorial

Jul 30, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
Paro grapples with increasing waste

Waste

Jul 30, 2019 1 mins read 437 views
PM discusses investment opportunities with SDF

SAARC Development Fund (SDF)

Jul 30, 2019 2 mins read 393 views
His Holiness awards appreciation letter to first DDC secretary

Award

Jul 30, 2019 1 mins read 425 views
GC roads to be returned to LG

Department of roads (DoR)

Jul 30, 2019 2 mins read 382 views
Celebrating Our Rangers

Briefly

Jul 30, 2019 0 mins read 376 views
Semi final exit for Tashi Wangdi

Sports

Jul 29, 2019 0 mins read 404 views
Latvia beats Bhutan 6-0

Sports

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 378 views
CNR starts BSc in organic agriculture

Agriculture

Jul 29, 2019 2 mins read 391 views
Dengue suspected in Doksum

Health

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 359 views
Classmates give their friend a new life

Feature Story

Jul 29, 2019 3 mins read 366 views
BCCI takes ownership of Private Sector Development Committee

Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 397 views
UN commits to ensure sustainable graduation

Graduation

Jul 29, 2019 3 mins read 398 views
Parking along Thimphu Thromde office

Letter to the Editor

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 401 views
An initiative worth replicating

Editorial

Jul 29, 2019 2 mins read 425 views
Search on for bodies in Lhuentse

Disaster

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 321 views
PM asks MoE to rework on some APA targets

Annual performance agreement (APA)

Jul 29, 2019 3 mins read 390 views
Driver accused of stealing 20 mobile phones

Crime

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 420 views
PM dissects health ministry's performance indicators

Annual performance agreement (APA)

Jul 29, 2019 2 mins read 366 views
Zhelgno residents shut down hot mix plant in Paro

Paro Dzongkhag

Jul 29, 2019 2 mins read 355 views
Bol Bam festival in Gelephu

Briefly

Jul 29, 2019 0 mins read 417 views
A multi-sport hall for Bumthang

Sports

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 384 views
Dragon boys to face Latvia in finals

Sports

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 365 views
Salary revision: What lies in wait for corporate employees and RBP?

Salary revision

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 418 views
NCHM to enhance capacity for meteorological observation in Wangchu basin valleys

National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM)

Jul 28, 2019 2 mins read 423 views
Bhutan achieve Hepatitis B control

Health

Jul 28, 2019 2 mins read 400 views
Two views on plastic ban

Ban

Jul 28, 2019 2 mins read 348 views
PM to visit Pemagatshel soon

Lyonchhen

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 334 views
The Digital Network - Is it everything to everyone in this country?

Letter to the Editor

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 363 views
The discourse

Editorial

Jul 28, 2019 2 mins read 390 views
Survival of tigers in our hands

Wild Life

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 384 views
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