May of 2020

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MPs' identification cards to be reprinted after executive's objection

National Assembly

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 538 views
S/jongkhar makes tobacco import easier

Trade

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 538 views
New lifeline for Janphutse villagers

Infra-settlement

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 549 views
Confusion over use of face masks

Letter to the editor

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 514 views
Youth tobacco survey: we need to learn more, and act

Editorial

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 582 views
Popular TashiCell data plans to get more data

Technology

May 31, 2020 1 mins read 563 views
31,257 apply for Druk Gyalpo's Relief Kidu

Kidu

May 31, 2020 3 mins read 550 views
Semester-end exams to be held before September

Education

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 642 views
Tobacco use among youth remains high

Health

May 31, 2020 4 mins read 493 views
Hailstorm leaves farmers distressed

Disaster

May 29, 2020 1 mins read 540 views
Covid-19 and my 24 years of teaching experience

Perspective

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 576 views
Shumar farmers see potential in onions

Agriculture

May 29, 2020 1 mins read 571 views
Watermelon cultivation grows

Agriculture

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 591 views
Needy students get feeding take-home ration

Education

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 517 views
Thrimshing's longest farm road in need of maintenance

Infra-settlement

May 29, 2020 1 mins read 525 views
Resurfacing of Sunkosh-Dagapela road to begin in August

Infra-settlement

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 558 views
Better hand-washing stations at CFM

Health

May 29, 2020 1 mins read 511 views
Four years on, Jigmeling Industrial Estate not ready

Industries

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 554 views
Public service agencies do not have impunity for negligence

Letter to the editor

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 540 views
Time to change gears

Editorial

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 574 views
Finance minister to unveil new budget on Monday

Finance

May 29, 2020 3 mins read 473 views
Covid-19: Health ministry prepared to handle birth and death

Health

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 504 views
Govt. won't meddle in private school fee issue: Education minister

Education

May 29, 2020 3 mins read 600 views
Tax reforms applicable retrospectively from Jan 16

Finance

May 29, 2020 3 mins read 540 views
Covid-19, a blessing for a poultry farmer in Tsaenkhar

Farming

May 28, 2020 1 mins read 551 views
Bark beetle ravage trees along Chelela bypass

Disaster

May 28, 2020 2 mins read 549 views
Robed community observes Red Dot

Health

May 28, 2020 3 mins read 558 views
Gasa PS gets a new female changing room

Education

May 28, 2020 1 mins read 551 views
Why do we feel shy or embarrassed?

Perspective

May 28, 2020 4 mins read 534 views
Local economy bounces back in Phuentsholing

Trade

May 28, 2020 2 mins read 535 views
The university for the 21st century Bhutan

Letter to the editor

May 28, 2020 1 mins read 539 views
Re-opening the schools is dangerous

Editorial

May 28, 2020 2 mins read 568 views
Cleaner's wife alleges drangpon's wife of assault

Crime

May 28, 2020 2 mins read 509 views
Amphan increases Bhutan's energy production

Hydro power

May 28, 2020 3 mins read 490 views
Thimphu highlanders lose 23 animals to Amphan

Disaster

May 28, 2020 1 mins read 541 views
Illegal entry across the International border

Crime

May 28, 2020 1 mins read 567 views
May sees a huge spike in Covid-19 cases

Health

May 28, 2020 3 mins read 511 views
Differences in opinion hold work at the PHPA I

Hydro power

May 28, 2020 2 mins read 516 views
Rainfall and temperature forecast for 2020 summer

Briefly

May 27, 2020 0 mins read 552 views
Demand for Bumthang honey declines

Farming

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 534 views
Civil servants in farming as they maintain physical distancing

Agriculture

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 548 views
`Green' menstruation in Bhutan: for health, climate and beyond

Perspective

May 27, 2020 5 mins read 615 views
DAMC is dissolved for duplication of roles

Royal Civil service Commission

May 27, 2020 2 mins read 581 views
Farmers lose maize to a windstorm in Khaling

Disaster

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 507 views
Identifying systemic loopholes

Letter to the editor

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 554 views
More than dietary and nutritional needs

Editorial

May 27, 2020 2 mins read 490 views
Industrial service centre in Gelephu taking shape

Industries

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 491 views
Man sentenced for voluntary manslaughter

Crime

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 595 views
RUB students confused about semester end exam

Education

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 515 views
Japan and Bhutan sign grant worth 174 million Japanese Yen

Award-Grant

May 27, 2020 0 mins read 564 views
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