June of 2019

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A stunted agriculture sector

Editorial

Jun 01, 2019 2 mins read 581 views
Non-subsidised LPG prices drop by Nu 118

Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Jun 01, 2019 1 mins read 611 views
Delayed monsoon causing heatwaves

Disaster

Jun 01, 2019 1 mins read 601 views
ACC freezes another 19.96 acres of land

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jun 01, 2019 3 mins read 642 views
PD for teachers

Briefly

Jun 01, 2019 0 mins read 607 views
Geotechnical seminar

Seminar

Jun 30, 2019 0 mins read 607 views
WB study assess policy, examines area of priorities

World Bank

Jun 30, 2019 3 mins read 535 views
Livestock fest to encourage cattle rearing

Livestock

Jun 30, 2019 1 mins read 550 views
Digital request button enhances fairness: NA secretariat

National Assembly

Jun 30, 2019 2 mins read 561 views
Defunct MRI - What does it indicate?

Letter to the Editor

Jun 30, 2019 1 mins read 620 views
Clog the hole and clean the system

Editorial

Jun 30, 2019 1 mins read 590 views
Second disaster resilient mobile network core opens

Bhutan Telecom (BT)

Jun 30, 2019 2 mins read 587 views
Public and officials face challenges with drungkhag's relocation

Gelephu drungkhag

Jun 30, 2019 2 mins read 725 views
Drujeygang outpost to serve more than four gewogs

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Jun 30, 2019 1 mins read 575 views
Water flagship programme from 2021

Water

Jun 30, 2019 2 mins read 614 views
Businesses resort to buying water in Thimphu

Water

Jun 30, 2019 2 mins read 543 views
Govt. stands its ground on cut-off point

National Council

Jun 28, 2019 2 mins read 683 views
Man caught for auto stripping

Crime

Jun 28, 2019 1 mins read 570 views
Parents sensitised on preventing drug abuse

Chithuen Phendey Association (CPA)

Jun 28, 2019 2 mins read 548 views
Why did they not attend to our baby?

Health

Jun 28, 2019 4 mins read 583 views
All sound and no fury

Perspective

Jun 28, 2019 4 mins read 650 views
Weak electric fencing in Bidung

Electric fencing

Jun 28, 2019 1 mins read 544 views
Grafting improves hazelnut production

Mountain Hazelnut Project

Jun 28, 2019 2 mins read 549 views
"UNICEF is committed to support Bhutan"

Q&A

Jun 28, 2019 5 mins read 488 views
Towards protecting water source

Water

Jun 28, 2019 2 mins read 590 views
Placing water sector in the centre

National Adaptation Plan (NAP)

Jun 28, 2019 2 mins read 556 views
Money.money.money!

Letter to the Editor

Jun 28, 2019 2 mins read 558 views
The irony of water-rich Bhutan

Editorial

Jun 28, 2019 2 mins read 624 views
Comprehensive National Development Plan 2030 launched

Comprehensive National Development Plan (CNDP)

Jun 28, 2019 3 mins read 754 views
Govt. explores hiring medical specialists from India

Health

Jun 28, 2019 1 mins read 576 views
Parliament session concludes, leaves room for improvement

Parliament

Jun 28, 2019 4 mins read 554 views
Drugs in Chamgang central jail

Crime

Jun 28, 2019 2 mins read 620 views
Water level at Thorthormi stable

Thorthormi Lake

Jun 28, 2019 0 mins read 534 views
Cricket ground construction resumes, but challenges remain

Sports

Jun 27, 2019 2 mins read 548 views
No clear policy or legislation on housing: RAA

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Jun 27, 2019 2 mins read 546 views
Billions lost through vehicle quota

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Jun 27, 2019 3 mins read 611 views
Rice self-sufficiency at 45 percent

Agriculture

Jun 27, 2019 3 mins read 534 views
Heavy rain cuts off S/jongkhar thromde's water supply

Disaster

Jun 27, 2019 2 mins read 506 views
Open more LPG outlets

Letter to the Editor

Jun 27, 2019 1 mins read 526 views
The NDCs problem

Editorial

Jun 27, 2019 2 mins read 554 views
Assembly sitting called off due to MPs' absence

Parliament

Jun 27, 2019 1 mins read 567 views
Cancer cases top referral chart

Health

Jun 27, 2019 2 mins read 581 views
Taxi drivers and tour agent arrested

Crime

Jun 27, 2019 1 mins read 527 views
New bridge and wall fail monsoon test

Disaster

Jun 27, 2019 2 mins read 596 views
Seeking divine intervention for rain

Disaster

Jun 27, 2019 3 mins read 489 views
Omchhu river threatens to consume new bridge

Disaster

Jun 26, 2019 2 mins read 674 views
13 officials switch to non-subsidised gas

Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Jun 26, 2019 1 mins read 674 views
More damages reported in Sarpang

Disaster

Jun 26, 2019 2 mins read 543 views
The Comprehensive National Development Plan, 2030

Perspective

Jun 26, 2019 4 mins read 671 views
Documentation to strengthen species conservation

Jigme Dorji National Park (JDNP)

Jun 26, 2019 2 mins read 587 views
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ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

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