December of 2020

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Media

Dec 31, 2020 2 mins read 437 views
Man arrested for allegedly crossing the border

Crime

Dec 31, 2020 2 mins read 524 views
FMCL plans to supply vegetables by February

Farming

Dec 31, 2020 1 mins read 424 views
S'jongkhar conducts strategic health screening

Health

Dec 31, 2020 1 mins read 452 views
Waste management approach should change

Letter to the editor

Dec 31, 2020 1 mins read 412 views
The year gone by

Editorial

Dec 31, 2020 2 mins read 437 views
Nyilo celebration confined within family

Festival

Dec 31, 2020 1 mins read 446 views
More than 800 seek mental health support service

Health

Dec 31, 2020 3 mins read 453 views
MoF exempts tax for small and micro businesses

Finance

Dec 31, 2020 1 mins read 469 views
All hopes pinned on Covid-19 vaccine

Health

Dec 31, 2020 3 mins read 463 views
Most construction activities stopped in Sarpang

Dzongkhag

Dec 30, 2020 1 mins read 452 views
Dorokha town's drinking water crisis eased

Water

Dec 30, 2020 2 mins read 424 views
Coming together

Letter to the editor

Dec 30, 2020 1 mins read 0 views
Lockdown and lessons

Editorial

Dec 30, 2020 1 mins read 465 views
Fixed farmgate prices apply in Dagana and Tsirang

Farming

Dec 30, 2020 2 mins read 467 views
Punakha stocks meat and alcohol for Nyilo

Festival

Dec 30, 2020 1 mins read 443 views
Flu vaccine will continue after lockdown is eased

Health

Dec 30, 2020 2 mins read 374 views
No new cases from communities in the last 48 hours

Health

Dec 30, 2020 2 mins read 457 views
RMA records more digital transactions in second lockdown

Banks

Dec 29, 2020 2 mins read 431 views
Nationwide lockdown extended another four days

Health

Dec 29, 2020 2 mins read 384 views
Shops in Thimphu thromde's periphery run out of essentials

Trade

Dec 29, 2020 2 mins read 413 views
Fear of local transmission makes villagers cautious

Health

Dec 29, 2020 1 mins read 424 views
No market for local products

Trade

Dec 29, 2020 2 mins read 391 views
Awareness and education necessary, now more than ever

Letter to the editor

Dec 29, 2020 1 mins read 428 views
Fighting the shadow pandemic and beyond

Editorial

Dec 29, 2020 2 mins read 455 views
Chukha to the rescue of Thimphu's vegetable needs

Food

Dec 29, 2020 2 mins read 432 views
LTC to be deposited from January to March

Finance

Dec 29, 2020 2 mins read 443 views
Lack of flu clinic to check people worries highlanders

Health

Dec 29, 2020 3 mins read 419 views
Covid-19 outbreak highly contagious this time: Health Experts

Health

Dec 29, 2020 2 mins read 357 views
OCP urges people to report unfair and unreasonable prices

Economy

Dec 28, 2020 2 mins read 430 views
Families in Mongar isolation centre in good health

Health

Dec 28, 2020 1 mins read 393 views
Labour ministry initiates free online learning

Labour

Dec 28, 2020 2 mins read 412 views
Bumthang starts zoning system

Health

Dec 28, 2020 1 mins read 462 views
Being productive during the lockdown

Letter to the editor

Dec 28, 2020 1 mins read 435 views
Not missing our priority

Editorial

Dec 28, 2020 2 mins read 449 views
Dairy groups continue to export milk to India

Trade

Dec 28, 2020 1 mins read 383 views
Consumers unhappy with vegetable price hike during lockdown

Economy

Dec 28, 2020 2 mins read 410 views
Five women abused in past eight days in Thimphu

Crime

Dec 28, 2020 2 mins read 411 views
JDWNRH is safe for now: Sowai Lyonpo

Health

Dec 28, 2020 2 mins read 375 views
What is missing in reviving wetland ecosystems in Bhutan?

Perspective

Dec 27, 2020 5 mins read 547 views
Taking technology to classrooms

Letter to the editor

Dec 27, 2020 1 mins read 382 views
Keeping ourselves safe

Editorial

Dec 27, 2020 2 mins read 390 views
Residents cautious as Paro begins movement within zones

Health

Dec 27, 2020 1 mins read 422 views
Lockdown aggravates Dorokha town water shortage

Water

Dec 27, 2020 2 mins read 370 views
No community transmission besides Thimphu and Paro for now

Health

Dec 27, 2020 2 mins read 443 views
Beware of scams says BtCIRT

Media

Dec 27, 2020 2 mins read 418 views
Mass screening completes in Thimphu

Health

Dec 27, 2020 2 mins read 419 views
BFF suspends women's national championship

Sports

Dec 25, 2020 1 mins read 389 views
Dagana and Tsirang supply vegetables to Thimphu

Food

Dec 25, 2020 1 mins read 384 views
Collective responsibility: the most effective way to fight Covid-19

Perspective

Dec 25, 2020 4 mins read 424 views
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