November of 2020

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Escape from Iraq

Foreign Affairs

Nov 06, 2020 4 mins read 358 views
Mixed report card as Govt. completes two years

Health

Nov 06, 2020 6 mins read 335 views
Everything changes and will eventually fall apart

Perspective

Nov 05, 2020 4 mins read 353 views
Lhabab Duechen

Perspective

Nov 05, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
Extending the postal ballot facility

Letter to the editor

Nov 05, 2020 1 mins read 0 views
Shaping our children's future

Editorial

Nov 05, 2020 2 mins read 340 views
Investors and entrepreneurs pour in as industrial estate takes shape finally

Entrepreneurs

Nov 05, 2020 2 mins read 329 views
Timber extraction should be prudent, experts say

Forest

Nov 05, 2020 3 mins read 324 views
Most students will have to take gap year to continue studies

Education

Nov 05, 2020 2 mins read 359 views
Ministry to launch more measures to help fight against HIV

Health

Nov 05, 2020 4 mins read 312 views
Pandemic affects vendors at Pele-La

Trade

Nov 04, 2020 1 mins read 316 views
Orange exporters desperate for workers

Trade

Nov 04, 2020 2 mins read 332 views
CFM vendors resort to vending from multiple locations

Thromde

Nov 04, 2020 2 mins read 363 views
Thimphu Thromde to complete its four-lane road by June 2021

Thromde

Nov 04, 2020 1 mins read 373 views
Elephants destroy acres of paddy fields

Wild Life

Nov 04, 2020 1 mins read 326 views
Hazelnut growers unhappy with prices

Farming

Nov 04, 2020 3 mins read 314 views
Use social media for personal good

Letter to the editor

Nov 04, 2020 1 mins read 341 views
Every vote counts

Editorial

Nov 04, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
Boulder export in Gelephu reforms

Trade

Nov 04, 2020 3 mins read 314 views
GDP bounced back in 2019

Economy

Nov 04, 2020 2 mins read 336 views
Greenhouse gives fresh vegetables in Merak

Agriculture

Nov 04, 2020 1 mins read 329 views
Only one candidate for Bumdeling's bye-election for gup

Local Government

Nov 04, 2020 1 mins read 325 views
Students say household chores impede study

Education

Nov 04, 2020 2 mins read 322 views
EIB agreement to be tabled for ratification for the second time

Banks

Nov 04, 2020 3 mins read 369 views
Thimphu man hoards thousands of illegal SP plus at home

Narcotic

Nov 03, 2020 1 mins read 333 views
A rough ride to Samtse

Road

Nov 03, 2020 2 mins read 333 views
Sonam Bja road construction cuts off Lhamoizingkha

Road

Nov 03, 2020 2 mins read 335 views
Maintain agriculture production pace post-pandemic

Letter to the editor

Nov 03, 2020 1 mins read 343 views
What keeps the drug business alive?

Editorial

Nov 03, 2020 2 mins read 324 views
A multi-disciplinary collaboration to address emerging diseases

Health

Nov 03, 2020 3 mins read 354 views
Thimphu residents begin voting for Bumthang bye-election

Election

Nov 03, 2020 1 mins read 366 views
ECB appoints assistant returning officer in Perth, Australia

Election

Nov 03, 2020 2 mins read 376 views
P/ling students to be redistributed to other dzongkhags

Education

Nov 03, 2020 2 mins read 339 views
Two bus drivers test positive for drugs

Narcotic

Nov 02, 2020 1 mins read 345 views
Covid-19 triggers progress in the ICT sector

Technology

Nov 02, 2020 1 mins read 356 views
Court asks STCBL to delay new CEO appointment

Judiciary

Nov 02, 2020 1 mins read 419 views
Brothers benefit from early chilli harvest

Agriculture

Nov 02, 2020 2 mins read 344 views
Handling goods past MDP

Letter to the editor

Nov 02, 2020 1 mins read 397 views
The risk is still around

Editorial

Nov 02, 2020 2 mins read 436 views
Trade deficit improves by -32.42 percent in 2019

Economy

Nov 02, 2020 2 mins read 315 views
The pandemic is far from over

Health

Nov 02, 2020 3 mins read 335 views
Bhutan receives Covid-19 test kits from India

Award-Grant

Nov 02, 2020 1 mins read 344 views
What will decide the Bumthang bye-election?

Politics

Nov 02, 2020 3 mins read 314 views
Fixing APA for better results

APA

Nov 02, 2020 3 mins read 367 views
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