July of 2020

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Bhutan Premier League to begin today

Sports

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 481 views
DoF introduces insignia system

Forest

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 450 views
Thromde residents do not care about infrastructure

Thromde

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 419 views
Parking space a problem in Thimphu

Thromde

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 450 views
Looking at language teaching through Bhutanese folk tales

Review

Jul 31, 2020 1 mins read 471 views
Opportunity towards deeper decentralisation of democracy

Perspective

Jul 31, 2020 5 mins read 453 views
Reimagining Bhutanese education

Perspective

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 477 views
The King who never loses the common touch

Perspective

Jul 31, 2020 3 mins read 481 views
Dagana DT endorses annual budget through virtual meeting

Local Government

Jul 31, 2020 1 mins read 418 views
Tobacco outlets open in Phuentsholing

Narcotic

Jul 31, 2020 1 mins read 461 views
Legislature must learn a lesson

Letter to the editor

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 409 views
Keeping up with change

Editorial

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 440 views
Inside the Covid-19 isolation ward

Health

Jul 31, 2020 4 mins read 423 views
Bhutan marks 30 years of Convention on the Rights of the Child

Gender

Jul 31, 2020 1 mins read 425 views
Upcoming Parliament session expected in November

National Assembly

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 413 views
Schools will not re-open this month

Education

Jul 31, 2020 3 mins read 413 views
PM initiates Healthy Drukyul campaign

Agriculture

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 478 views
Local tailors learn western dressmaking

Entrepreneurs

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 634 views
Matsutake export takes a dip

Agriculture

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 461 views
What have we learned from Covid-19?

Letter to the editor

Jul 30, 2020 1 mins read 433 views
A bold and practical decision

Editorial

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 522 views
Court dismisses Merak road case

Judiciary

Jul 30, 2020 1 mins read 454 views
Guarding the porous border in Sarpang

Health

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 424 views
MoU to widen the energy supply

Trade

Jul 30, 2020 1 mins read 409 views
Digital payments on the rise

Finance

Jul 30, 2020 3 mins read 492 views
A solution to end the illegal tobacco trade

Narcotic

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 446 views
Retaining walls necessary along the Dangchu River in Bjimthangka

Infra-settlement

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 468 views
Lack of community support impedes dog population control programme

Thromde

Jul 29, 2020 2 mins read 424 views
54 people quarantined in Nganglam

Health

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 430 views
Hundreds apply for foreign workers with MoLHR

Labour

Jul 29, 2020 2 mins read 526 views
Bhutanese movie should target a wider audience

Letter to the editor

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 448 views
Who is responsible?

Letter to the editor

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 0 views
A solution to the labour shortage

Editorial

Jul 29, 2020 2 mins read 504 views
Boulder trucks jobless after pandemic

Transport

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 392 views
NES 2020 promises some teeth to deal with environmental issues

Environment

Jul 29, 2020 2 mins read 415 views
15 students in Mongar drop out

Education

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 451 views
210 Classes X and XII students dropped out

Education

Jul 29, 2020 3 mins read 457 views
Farmers receive semso for cattle lost to tiger

Wild Life

Jul 29, 2020 2 mins read 468 views
Bhutan received a consignment of medicines and PPEs

Briefly

Jul 29, 2020 0 mins read 453 views
Restored irrigation canal revives paddy cultivation in Ngatshang

Agriculture

Jul 28, 2020 1 mins read 407 views
BBS's importance undermined: Chairman

Media

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 413 views
Another poor show at Yartsa Genbub auction

Cordyceps

Jul 28, 2020 1 mins read 439 views
Covid-19 impact on Bhutanese in Kuwait

Health

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 940 views
Refer parliament deliberations before gewog merger

Letter to the editor

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 406 views
Invest in skills development

Editorial

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 458 views
Lack of investment in value addition slackens agri marketing

Agriculture

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 435 views
Many TVET graduates not pursuing their trades

Labour

Jul 28, 2020 3 mins read 463 views
Dasho Neten Zangmo exits BKP

Politics

Jul 28, 2020 1 mins read 464 views
OL formally tenders resignation

Politics

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 428 views
Govt. could buy back Cordyceps

Cordyceps

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 383 views
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Dec 24, 2025 2 mins read 1,233 views
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