July of 2019

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Feeding programme starts in three schools

Samdrupjongkhar Dzongkhag

Jul 31, 2019 1 mins read 617 views
High Quality United 10-1 Phuentsholing United

Sports

Jul 31, 2019 0 mins read 571 views
Create more jobs: Economic affairs committee tells mining companies

Economic Affairs

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 611 views
Terminal construction extended by six months

Bumthang Dzongkhag

Jul 31, 2019 1 mins read 592 views
Suspected dengue outbreak cases increase in Trashiyangtse

Health

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 648 views
The long wait for water

Letter to the Editor

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 615 views
What have we learnt?

Editorial

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 608 views
Businessman invests Nu 4.5M in two startups

Business

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 632 views
No water in Kanglung

Water Issue

Jul 31, 2019 1 mins read 622 views
RSTA and police officials charged for bribery and fraud

Crime

Jul 31, 2019 3 mins read 620 views
Police detains BEO owners

Crime

Jul 31, 2019 2 mins read 585 views
3rd zero waste hour

Briefly

Jul 31, 2019 0 mins read 573 views
RTA's summer weaving programme ends

Royal Textile Academy (RTA)

Jul 30, 2019 1 mins read 617 views
MoH allocated 3.56 percent of total fiscal outlay

Health

Jul 30, 2019 2 mins read 633 views
Tsirang has a public toilet for the differently-abled

Tsirang Dzongkhag

Jul 30, 2019 1 mins read 533 views
No water in Rinchending lhakhang

Phuentsholing Thromde

Jul 30, 2019 2 mins read 617 views
Flexibility is not being shaky and indecisive: PM

Prime Minister

Jul 30, 2019 3 mins read 535 views
"We must ask ourselves then, where we have gone wrong"

Letter to the Editor

Jul 30, 2019 2 mins read 548 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 615 views
PM discusses investment opportunities with SDF

SAARC Development Fund (SDF)

Jul 30, 2019 2 mins read 585 views
His Holiness awards appreciation letter to first DDC secretary

Award

Jul 30, 2019 1 mins read 644 views
GC roads to be returned to LG

Department of roads (DoR)

Jul 30, 2019 2 mins read 541 views
Celebrating Our Rangers

Briefly

Jul 30, 2019 0 mins read 554 views
Semi final exit for Tashi Wangdi

Sports

Jul 29, 2019 0 mins read 563 views
Latvia beats Bhutan 6-0

Sports

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 531 views
CNR starts BSc in organic agriculture

Agriculture

Jul 29, 2019 2 mins read 543 views
Dengue suspected in Doksum

Health

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 530 views
Classmates give their friend a new life

Feature Story

Jul 29, 2019 3 mins read 528 views
BCCI takes ownership of Private Sector Development Committee

Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 552 views
UN commits to ensure sustainable graduation

Graduation

Jul 29, 2019 3 mins read 575 views
Parking along Thimphu Thromde office

Letter to the Editor

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 580 views
An initiative worth replicating

Editorial

Jul 29, 2019 2 mins read 616 views
Search on for bodies in Lhuentse

Disaster

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 480 views
PM asks MoE to rework on some APA targets

Annual performance agreement (APA)

Jul 29, 2019 3 mins read 558 views
Driver accused of stealing 20 mobile phones

Crime

Jul 29, 2019 1 mins read 584 views
PM dissects health ministry's performance indicators

Annual performance agreement (APA)

Jul 29, 2019 2 mins read 546 views
Zhelgno residents shut down hot mix plant in Paro

Paro Dzongkhag

Jul 29, 2019 2 mins read 508 views
Bol Bam festival in Gelephu

Briefly

Jul 29, 2019 0 mins read 615 views
A multi-sport hall for Bumthang

Sports

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 563 views
Dragon boys to face Latvia in finals

Sports

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 530 views
Salary revision: What lies in wait for corporate employees and RBP?

Salary revision

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 589 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 636 views
Bhutan achieve Hepatitis B control

Health

Jul 28, 2019 2 mins read 574 views
Two views on plastic ban

Ban

Jul 28, 2019 2 mins read 535 views
PM to visit Pemagatshel soon

Lyonchhen

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 494 views
The Digital Network - Is it everything to everyone in this country?

Letter to the Editor

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 554 views
The discourse

Editorial

Jul 28, 2019 2 mins read 582 views
Survival of tigers in our hands

Wild Life

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 569 views
Government explores land to relocate Olakha workshops

Thimphu Thromde

Jul 28, 2019 1 mins read 393 views
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Recents

RAA uncovers major procurement lapses in the Nu 610M BITS projects

A Special Audit Report by the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has identified significant procurement, planning, and governance failures in the Bhutan Integrated Taxation System (BITS 1.0), concluding that the project failed to achieve its intended objectives and resulted in substantial wasteful and avoidable expenditure of public funds.

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What solutions for Amochu project?

Phuentsholing—Erratic climatic conditions combined with changing geological patterns have turned the developing Amochu township area into a recurring flood-prone zone in recent years, with the latest disruption occurring even before the onset of the monsoon.

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RCSC faces growing ‘missing middle’ amid exodus

A widening shortage of mid-career civil servants is creating what officials describe as a “missing middle” across government agencies, raising concerns about leadership succession, institutional continuity and the long-term resilience of the country’s public sector workforce.

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Reform or stay shut

The closure of drayangs (entertainment centres) is an issue that most sensible Bhutanese, except perhaps the operators, have supported. While the current government may have pledged during the campaign to review the previous government’s decision to shut them down, any sane government should not back down from that closure.

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