March of 2019

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Rain and fog stop football final

Football

Mar 31, 2019 2 mins read 444 views
Eco-friendly bags distributed to kick start plastic ban

Penden Cement Authority Limited (PCAL)

Mar 31, 2019 2 mins read 439 views
Shopkeepers seek alternative to plastic bags

Ban

Mar 31, 2019 2 mins read 451 views
Lone waste firm in Mongar struggles to sustain

Waste

Mar 31, 2019 1 mins read 502 views
Where will the ban go?

Letter to the editor

Mar 31, 2019 1 mins read 483 views
At the cost of the state

Editorial

Mar 31, 2019 2 mins read 452 views
Works to chart mineral resource development plan begin soon

Mining project

Mar 31, 2019 2 mins read 408 views
ADB to support health facilities manage waste in eight dzongkhags

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Mar 31, 2019 1 mins read 453 views
Mangdechhu project spins a turbine

Hydropower

Mar 31, 2019 1 mins read 448 views
Students learning without understanding

Education

Mar 31, 2019 4 mins read 472 views
Gelephu-Daganga bus veers off road

Accident

Mar 31, 2019 0 mins read 538 views
SJ thromde starts reinforcement of plastic ban

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 2 mins read 438 views
Where the capital city's garbage ends up

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 2 mins read 431 views
Waste Management: A blame game

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 2 mins read 565 views
Untreated liquid waste, a problem in Thimphu

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 1 mins read 435 views
Medical waste on the rise

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 5 mins read 445 views
Whence the waste problem?

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 4 mins read 439 views
"We are the sweepers of Thimphu city"

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 1 mins read 375 views
A school without dustbins

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 2 mins read 481 views
Waste in the name of religion?

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 3 mins read 394 views
Demystifying Community Information Centres

Perspective

Mar 29, 2019 6 mins read 496 views
Plastic ban confusing people, says minister

Ban

Mar 29, 2019 1 mins read 366 views
Four decades in trash business

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 2 mins read 379 views
Waste encroaching agriculture land

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 2 mins read 427 views
Best friends no more

Letter to the editor

Mar 29, 2019 1 mins read 402 views
The trashy issue

Editorial

Mar 29, 2019 2 mins read 392 views
The economics of waste

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 5 mins read 536 views
Nu 55M for hospitality and entertainment?

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Mar 29, 2019 4 mins read 409 views
What a waste!

Waste

Mar 29, 2019 5 mins read 486 views
Medalists expect recognition

Award

Mar 28, 2019 2 mins read 395 views
Happy to see many great changes

Q&A

Mar 28, 2019 4 mins read 377 views
Memelakha landfill

Letter to the editor

Mar 28, 2019 0 mins read 429 views
Saving animals

Editorial

Mar 28, 2019 2 mins read 401 views
Stray animals, a nuisance in Thimphu

Stray animals

Mar 28, 2019 2 mins read 436 views
BAFRA bans import of black clay

Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA)

Mar 28, 2019 2 mins read 401 views
Boy drowns

Accident

Mar 28, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Purjang of Lam Kunzang Wangdi held in Bartsham

Purjang

Mar 28, 2019 2 mins read 404 views
222 Class X students forgo govt. scholarship

Scholarship

Mar 28, 2019 2 mins read 540 views
His Majesty The King

Consecration

Mar 28, 2019 1 mins read 0 views
BOC aims for major sports development

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Mar 27, 2019 2 mins read 374 views
No farm road to Sachilo chiwog

Road

Mar 27, 2019 1 mins read 387 views
Damaged Taklai irrigation canal leaves paddy fields fallow

Irrigation

Mar 27, 2019 3 mins read 462 views
Reinforcement on plastic ban is a good initiative

Letter to the editor

Mar 27, 2019 1 mins read 461 views
Data matters

Editorial

Mar 27, 2019 2 mins read 401 views
CST students to compete at e-Yantra robotics competition

College of Science and Technology (CST)

Mar 27, 2019 2 mins read 444 views
Woman sentenced to nine years for statutory rape

Crime

Mar 27, 2019 2 mins read 395 views
Tshethar tshogpas to be registered as CSO

Tshethar tshogpas

Mar 27, 2019 2 mins read 383 views
Plastic ban, no fooling matter

Ban

Mar 27, 2019 3 mins read 443 views
TVET programmes

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

Mar 27, 2019 0 mins read 416 views
A platform to buy Bhutanese products online

Bhutanese products

Mar 26, 2019 1 mins read 416 views
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