September of 2019

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Villagers claim NRDCL damaged road

Samdrupjongkhar Dzongkhag

Sep 11, 2019 2 mins read 357 views
Change begins from workplace

Environment

Sep 11, 2019 3 mins read 400 views
On your article "19-year-old implicated in murder of minor"

Letter to the Editor

Sep 11, 2019 1 mins read 386 views
A collective responsibility

Editorial

Sep 11, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
Who will develop the transport hub in Gelephu?

Gelephu Thromde

Sep 11, 2019 2 mins read 409 views
USD 20M ADB support for health facilities

Health

Sep 11, 2019 2 mins read 415 views
Bhutanese delegation attends UNCCD COP14

Foreign Affairs

Sep 11, 2019 1 mins read 381 views
26-year-old man arrested for attacking cabbie in Gelephu

Crime

Sep 11, 2019 1 mins read 396 views
Most patients in Samtse contacted dengue in Phuentsholing

Health

Sep 11, 2019 2 mins read 439 views
Policy intervention needed to create jobs, says private sector

Ministry of Labour and Human Resource (MoLHR)

Sep 11, 2019 3 mins read 440 views
Strengthening and promoting cooperation in preventing corruption

Briefly

Sep 11, 2019 0 mins read 446 views
BFF Academy humbles PUFC 11-3

Sports

Sep 10, 2019 2 mins read 400 views
Tenzin Lekphel declines DNT presidentship

Politics

Sep 10, 2019 2 mins read 408 views
Villagers question elected leaders for want of road

Trashigang Dzongkhag

Sep 10, 2019 2 mins read 418 views
Parents should make your children to read

Letter to the Editor

Sep 10, 2019 1 mins read 433 views
So that we are not beaten hollow

Editorial

Sep 10, 2019 2 mins read 396 views
Health ministry to create playful parenting

Health

Sep 10, 2019 1 mins read 440 views
Mr Bhutan 2017 convicted for defamation and harassment

Crime

Sep 10, 2019 2 mins read 456 views
Apple export sees lowest price and falling production

Trade

Sep 10, 2019 3 mins read 358 views
Developing education materials

Briefly

Sep 10, 2019 0 mins read 389 views
Local brick: space constraint cuts production in Mongar

Entrepreneur

Sep 09, 2019 1 mins read 443 views
Helping people build homes

CSO

Sep 09, 2019 1 mins read 510 views
Lower back pain common among working-age population

Health

Sep 09, 2019 2 mins read 435 views
Conserve or Utilise?

Letter to the Editor

Sep 09, 2019 0 mins read 400 views
Making media accountable

Editorial

Sep 09, 2019 2 mins read 449 views
186

Health

Sep 09, 2019 4 mins read 560 views
Dengue claims a life in Samdrupjongkhar

Health

Sep 09, 2019 1 mins read 395 views
CLC

Community Learning Centres (CLC)

Sep 09, 2019 2 mins read 456 views
Project Launch

Briefly

Sep 09, 2019 0 mins read 457 views
Pelden Wangchuk becomes the youngest TOD winner

Sports

Sep 08, 2019 2 mins read 470 views
Rinchen Lethro wins the best leader award

Awards

Sep 08, 2019 2 mins read 449 views
Sarpang-Gelephu sees increasing taekwondo enthusiasts

Sports

Sep 08, 2019 2 mins read 432 views
Take this as a lesson to improve health facilities

Letter to the Editor

Sep 08, 2019 1 mins read 431 views
Complacency should be nipped in the bud

Editorial

Sep 08, 2019 2 mins read 442 views
Study suggests replacing imported construction materials with timber

Industry

Sep 08, 2019 2 mins read 413 views
Fake overseas employment agents still abound

Ministry of Labour and Human Resource (MoLHR)

Sep 08, 2019 2 mins read 424 views
BCCI expects to collect Nu 7.48M in fees and donations

Economy

Sep 08, 2019 2 mins read 397 views
e-PEMS responsible for ambulance without fuel?

Health

Sep 08, 2019 3 mins read 426 views
Dengue cases should be in single digits next year: PM

Health

Sep 08, 2019 2 mins read 432 views
Media Forum

Briefly

Sep 08, 2019 0 mins read 456 views
Six Bhutanese archers to compete in ISPS Handa Cup in Japan

Sports

Sep 06, 2019 1 mins read 427 views
GT member warned for not wearing tshoglham

Trongsa Dzongkhag

Sep 06, 2019 1 mins read 405 views
Three former lecturers deny sexual assault charges

Crime

Sep 06, 2019 2 mins read 491 views
Fire leaves 14 families homeless

Disaster

Sep 06, 2019 1 mins read 406 views
The Statesman on a yak and an enduring friendship

Perspective

Sep 06, 2019 3 mins read 449 views
There is more than what people know in the Taktse case

Perspective

Sep 06, 2019 5 mins read 519 views
College of Language and Culture Studies: finding new direction

Perspective

Sep 06, 2019 4 mins read 408 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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