October of 2020

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Domestic winter vegetable production to substitute imports

Agriculture

Oct 21, 2020 2 mins read 378 views
BTFEC funds Nu 85M to frontload waste management activities

CSO

Oct 21, 2020 1 mins read 376 views
Export of potato yet to pick up

Trade

Oct 21, 2020 2 mins read 385 views
CSI procedures frustrate borrowers

Banks

Oct 21, 2020 3 mins read 389 views
Bhutan records two new orchid species

Forest

Oct 20, 2020 2 mins read 405 views
Gangola vendors take risk to sell their farm produce

Trade

Oct 20, 2020 1 mins read 417 views
LAP-02 landowners in Damphu ready to begin construction projects

Infra-settlement

Oct 20, 2020 2 mins read 356 views
Mental wellbeing need attention

Letter to the editor

Oct 20, 2020 1 mins read 383 views
Food and vegetable production must grow

Editorial

Oct 20, 2020 2 mins read 392 views
Vegetable vendors occupy MLCP II

Thromde

Oct 20, 2020 2 mins read 392 views
Durga Puja underway with Covid-19 protocols

Religious

Oct 20, 2020 1 mins read 367 views
Fixing the rental tax system loopholes

Economy

Oct 20, 2020 2 mins read 407 views
OAG recommends resuming CST construction work

ACC-RAA-OAG

Oct 20, 2020 3 mins read 381 views
e-LaYog to save time and money for jobseekers

Labour

Oct 19, 2020 2 mins read 425 views
Paro after 100 percent dog sterilisation

Dzongkhag

Oct 19, 2020 2 mins read 404 views
Are we doing enough to save our youth

Letter to the editor

Oct 19, 2020 2 mins read 352 views
Poor country with rich landlords

Editorial

Oct 19, 2020 2 mins read 400 views
Wamrong assault case hearing to continue on October 27

Judiciary

Oct 19, 2020 1 mins read 345 views
Two Bhutanese patients test false positive for Covid-19

Health

Oct 19, 2020 3 mins read 365 views
OAG creates a Governance and Corporate Legal Service Unit

ACC-RAA-OAG

Oct 19, 2020 1 mins read 400 views
Allay LCS gets formal nod as an additional route

Road

Oct 19, 2020 2 mins read 335 views
Inflation slows in August

Economy

Oct 19, 2020 1 mins read 371 views
HRH Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck returns from Kuwait

Foreign Affairs

Oct 19, 2020 2 mins read 413 views
City leads at the end of the first round of BPL

Sports

Oct 18, 2020 1 mins read 368 views
No uniformity in treatment of corruption cases?

ACC-RAA-OAG

Oct 18, 2020 3 mins read 435 views
Yaks treated against hypodermosis

Farming

Oct 18, 2020 1 mins read 376 views
NCOA releases six climate resilient rice varieties

Agriculture

Oct 18, 2020 2 mins read 382 views
Stop wasting food

Letter to the editor

Oct 18, 2020 1 mins read 390 views
Bolstering Bhutan's agriculture production

Editorial

Oct 18, 2020 2 mins read 423 views
Thimphu TechPark employs more than a hundred

Labour

Oct 18, 2020 2 mins read 371 views
Layaps build their own school

Education

Oct 18, 2020 2 mins read 385 views
Bhutan to import 150MT of onions a month until December

Trade

Oct 18, 2020 2 mins read 369 views
HRH Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck to Kuwait

Foreign Affairs

Oct 16, 2020 1 mins read 392 views
A De-Suup relieved from duty

De-Suup

Oct 16, 2020 1 mins read 352 views
Commercial vegetable farming over cash crops in Gakiling

Agriculture

Oct 16, 2020 2 mins read 460 views
Ginger price slumps to record low

Trade

Oct 16, 2020 2 mins read 377 views
Parents condemn vehicle movements at Toorsa

Road

Oct 16, 2020 1 mins read 388 views
Happy home for the vulnerable

CSO

Oct 16, 2020 4 mins read 348 views
Enabling residents' participation in thromde elections

Perspective

Oct 16, 2020 3 mins read 390 views
Post Covid-19 economic revival opportunities

Perspective

Oct 16, 2020 6 mins read 427 views
Failed export leaves tonnes of gingers rotting

Trade

Oct 16, 2020 3 mins read 639 views
Bhutan observes world food day

Festival

Oct 16, 2020 2 mins read 377 views
The full strength of appellate court- an expectation of judicial wisdom

Letter to the editor

Oct 16, 2020 2 mins read 381 views
We pause to think

Editorial

Oct 16, 2020 2 mins read 453 views
Domestic tourism gives hope to tour agents

Tourism

Oct 16, 2020 3 mins read 438 views
High-risk area still vulnerable to Covid-19 outbreaks

Health

Oct 16, 2020 2 mins read 368 views
Haa IMTRAT mela cancelled

Festival

Oct 16, 2020 1 mins read 387 views
Export of potatoes and four other agri-products resume

Trade

Oct 16, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
Export of potatoes and four other agri-products resume

Trade

Oct 16, 2020 2 mins read 409 views
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