October of 2020

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Two apprehended for illegal transaction of hashish

Crime

Oct 06, 2020 1 mins read 391 views
PHPA I dam feasibility: third party review underway

Hydro power

Oct 06, 2020 2 mins read 383 views
Leading causes of morbidity in the country see significant decline

Health

Oct 06, 2020 3 mins read 404 views
Landslides force 7 families to evacuate

Disaster

Oct 05, 2020 1 mins read 411 views
New irrigation canal boosts paddy cultivation

Water

Oct 05, 2020 1 mins read 471 views
Students recognised for their academic excellence

Education

Oct 05, 2020 2 mins read 384 views
Authorities should monitor unequal cost-sharing in paying water bills

Letter to the editor

Oct 05, 2020 1 mins read 401 views
Of opportunities and risks

Editorial

Oct 05, 2020 2 mins read 432 views
RIM and DLG to enhance capability of local leaders

Local Government

Oct 05, 2020 2 mins read 383 views
DNT fields Dawa to contest Chhoekhor-Tang bye-election

Politics

Oct 05, 2020 2 mins read 364 views
Services hampered without electricity at Jomotshangkha hospital

Health

Oct 05, 2020 1 mins read 398 views
Relief Kidu extends until December

Kidu

Oct 05, 2020 2 mins read 466 views
Govt. launches credit guarantee coverage of Nu 3B

Finance

Oct 05, 2020 2 mins read 377 views
Friends of frontliners

Health

Oct 04, 2020 1 mins read 449 views
Grocers sold more non-essential during lockdown

Trade

Oct 04, 2020 2 mins read 441 views
Schools in S'jongkhar resume today

Education

Oct 04, 2020 1 mins read 365 views
Why is homelessness growing in Bhutan?

Economy

Oct 04, 2020 2 mins read 585 views
Health ministry clarifies rumours of possible lockdown

Health

Oct 04, 2020 2 mins read 431 views
Changzamtog road needs maintenance

Letter to the editor

Oct 04, 2020 1 mins read 376 views
Looking inward more important than LDC graduation

Editorial

Oct 04, 2020 2 mins read 431 views
Mind Tools to develop competent civil servants

Labour

Oct 04, 2020 1 mins read 434 views
Getting out of Sarpang difficult without bus services

Transport

Oct 04, 2020 2 mins read 454 views
MHPA resumes power generation

Hydro power

Oct 04, 2020 1 mins read 419 views
Chili theft is a growing concern in Paro

Crime

Oct 04, 2020 2 mins read 377 views
How herd immunity works. Can it stop Covid-19 spread?

Health

Oct 04, 2020 4 mins read 397 views
Attention crisis in the age of digital technology

Perspective

Oct 02, 2020 7 mins read 368 views
Shooting price of tomato and onion in Phuentsholing

Trade

Oct 02, 2020 1 mins read 404 views
Celebrating Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary

Award-Grant

Oct 02, 2020 1 mins read 522 views
PII will recruit more Bhutanese

Labour

Oct 02, 2020 2 mins read 410 views
Food security project to cultivate 1,320ha of wetland

Agriculture

Oct 02, 2020 2 mins read 397 views
Those with flu must visit clinic: health minister

Health

Oct 02, 2020 2 mins read 395 views
Government signs air travel bubble arrangement with India

Transport

Oct 02, 2020 2 mins read 464 views
Returnees from overseas trained in entrepreneurship skills

Entrepreneurs

Oct 02, 2020 2 mins read 390 views
Vanishing structures of Thimphu

Thromde

Oct 02, 2020 2 mins read 402 views
An undeniable exemplary leadership- Selfless Sacrifices of our King

Letter to the editor

Oct 02, 2020 2 mins read 390 views
Dealing with cybercrime

Editorial

Oct 02, 2020 2 mins read 466 views
Covid-19 cases in Mongar improving

Health

Oct 02, 2020 1 mins read 347 views
Eight specialised firms recruit more than 100 youth

Labour

Oct 02, 2020 3 mins read 408 views
Phuentsholing community still has active infection

Health

Oct 02, 2020 2 mins read 424 views
Covid-19 derails Bhutan off LDC graduation track

Health

Oct 02, 2020 2 mins read 404 views
MHPA remains shut after Chamdey Gangchhu flood

Hydro power

Oct 02, 2020 4 mins read 402 views
Absolutely nothing genuinely works in samsara

Perspective

Oct 01, 2020 4 mins read 344 views
Serial burglar nabbed

Crime

Oct 01, 2020 1 mins read 512 views
Ugyen Academy FC snatched three consecutive wins in the BPL

Sports

Oct 01, 2020 1 mins read 398 views
Rise in suicide cases is worrisome

Letter to the editor

Oct 01, 2020 1 mins read 380 views
On the farmer's market

Editorial

Oct 01, 2020 2 mins read 432 views
Tomato growers in Haa reap bumper harvest and price

Agriculture

Oct 01, 2020 2 mins read 384 views
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