April of 2020

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Covid-19 has hit football referees hard

Sports

Apr 30, 2020 1 mins read 395 views
ABTO seeks long-term concessional loans

Tourism

Apr 30, 2020 3 mins read 471 views
Dawn of the Smart Village

Perspective

Apr 30, 2020 4 mins read 480 views
Court staff take up vegetable farming

Agriculture

Apr 30, 2020 1 mins read 509 views
True neighbourliness

Letter to the editor

Apr 30, 2020 2 mins read 387 views
Beyond the kidu

Editorial

Apr 30, 2020 2 mins read 498 views
Policeman suspected of stabbing detained

Crime

Apr 30, 2020 1 mins read 425 views
How Haa is preparing for worse scenario

Haa

Apr 30, 2020 2 mins read 486 views
NPL accounts eligible for interest waiver

Kidu

Apr 30, 2020 2 mins read 382 views
13,006 receive the Druk Gyalpo's Relief Kidu

Kidu

Apr 30, 2020 4 mins read 438 views
Wood-based industries close without skilled labourers

Industries

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 422 views
Science and the Internet: the new normal for learning

Perspective

Apr 29, 2020 3 mins read 417 views
Two airlines operating relief flights

Transport

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 458 views
Wildlife biologist wins the Whitley Awards

Wildlife

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 431 views
Let's fight unemployment

Letter to the editor

Apr 29, 2020 1 mins read 449 views
Waiving off house rent

Editorial

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 395 views
Import of rice increase by 18 percent

Trade

Apr 29, 2020 1 mins read 409 views
Man stabbed in Samdrupjongkhar

Crime

Apr 29, 2020 1 mins read 419 views
Hotel and restaurants expect rent waivers

Health

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 393 views
Nu 15.5M spent on testing people for Covid-19

Health

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 413 views
Private schools look at mid-May to resume classes

Education

Apr 29, 2020 3 mins read 456 views
Footballers head back to village, some apply for kidu

Sports

Apr 28, 2020 2 mins read 439 views
How will Covid-19 change Bhutan?

Perspective

Apr 28, 2020 4 mins read 389 views
Most Bhutanese still engaged in agriculture

Agriculture

Apr 28, 2020 2 mins read 422 views
Things aren't looking good. But there's a lot we can do

Perspective

Apr 28, 2020 5 mins read 444 views
Actual learning has just begun

Letter to the editor

Apr 28, 2020 1 mins read 416 views
The sector must grow if it is the biggest employer

Editorial

Apr 28, 2020 1 mins read 456 views
Chef quarantined after touching notes tossed from facility

Health

Apr 28, 2020 2 mins read 469 views
Hardware shops see a surge in demand, run out of goods

Trade

Apr 28, 2020 2 mins read 391 views
Four Bhutanese in New York recovered

Health

Apr 28, 2020 2 mins read 461 views
Covid-19 triggers increased agricultural activities

Agriculture

Apr 28, 2020 3 mins read 548 views
Former army chief Goongloen Lam Dorji passes away

Bereavement

Apr 27, 2020 3 mins read 591 views
My Covid-19 experience

Perspective

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 451 views
40th and 41st DeSuup accelerated training programmes announced

Training

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 585 views
Exceptional times call for creative solutions

Letter to the editor

Apr 27, 2020 1 mins read 398 views
Preparing for change

Editorial

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
SAARC Development Fund marks 10 years of project funding

Award-grant

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 473 views
Mongar FCB has gathered stock for three months

Health

Apr 27, 2020 1 mins read 447 views
World Bank commits USD5M to Bhutan for Covid-19 response

Bank

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 401 views
World Bank provides USD 40M to deal with economic impact

Bank

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 428 views
Youth unemployment rate drops to 11.9%

Labour

Apr 27, 2020 3 mins read 443 views
Haa still without a doctor

Health

Apr 26, 2020 2 mins read 405 views
Macroeconomic stabilisation plan in the face of Covid-19 pandemic

Perspective

Apr 26, 2020 5 mins read 400 views
Sangay Menla - Medicine Buddha

Diversion

Apr 26, 2020 3 mins read 451 views
Passengers say cabbies are hiking fares

Transport

Apr 26, 2020 1 mins read 417 views
"I've a bigger responsibility to shoulder"

Health

Apr 26, 2020 2 mins read 371 views
Be more responsible to combat Covid-19

Letter to the editor

Apr 26, 2020 1 mins read 395 views
There is no reason to panic

Editorial

Apr 26, 2020 1 mins read 404 views
UNDP extends support in Covid-19 response

Award- grant

Apr 26, 2020 1 mins read 366 views
Highlanders of Thimphu have adequate food stocks

Health

Apr 26, 2020 2 mins read 408 views
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