September of 2020

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Tigers win first Paro derby of the season

Sports

Sep 30, 2020 1 mins read 417 views
Bhutan and Japan hold consultations on economic cooperation

Economy

Sep 30, 2020 1 mins read 424 views
Poor chilli yield worries farmers

Agriculture

Sep 30, 2020 1 mins read 420 views
Three youth pursue commercial vegetable farming

Farming

Sep 30, 2020 2 mins read 401 views
Gangtey tshechu ends today

Culture

Sep 30, 2020 1 mins read 432 views
Commercial paddy production in Gelephu takes a dip

Agriculture

Sep 30, 2020 1 mins read 457 views
Farmers need more support to produce dairy products

Letter to the editor

Sep 30, 2020 1 mins read 400 views
Saving Paro from another planning disaster

Editorial

Sep 30, 2020 2 mins read 405 views
Ridhawo will receive sufficient irrigation water

Water

Sep 30, 2020 1 mins read 435 views
Security guard held for murder

Crime

Sep 30, 2020 1 mins read 472 views
Sergithang farmers hope to reduce consumption of imported rice

Agriculture

Sep 30, 2020 1 mins read 359 views
Covid-19 sends food prices ratcheting up

Health

Sep 30, 2020 2 mins read 437 views
Opposition Party questions govt. on CFM closure

Politics

Sep 30, 2020 2 mins read 455 views
Residents unhappy with Paro valley development project

Dzongkhag

Sep 29, 2020 2 mins read 444 views
Pawo's Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom enters 2021 Oscars

Entertainment

Sep 29, 2020 1 mins read 401 views
An app could do the contact tracing

Letter to the editor

Sep 29, 2020 1 mins read 428 views
Sharing cost

Editorial

Sep 29, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
S/jongkhar schools to resume on October 4

Education

Sep 29, 2020 2 mins read 412 views
Highlanders use technology to survey pastureland

Technology

Sep 29, 2020 2 mins read 381 views
Global Covid-19 death toll touches million mark

Health

Sep 29, 2020 3 mins read 385 views
MoF calls for uniform travel allowances for all agencies

Finance

Sep 29, 2020 5 mins read 446 views
Wholesale traders waiting for SOP to start importing

Trade

Sep 25, 2020 3 mins read 413 views
Netizens on social media are neither an investigating officer nor a judge

Letter to the editor

Sep 25, 2020 2 mins read 413 views
The tobacco dilemma

Editorial

Sep 25, 2020 2 mins read 418 views
Bhutan and Bangladesh to sign preferential trade agreement

Foreign Affairs

Sep 25, 2020 2 mins read 374 views
Bhutan's first govt. bond, worth Nu 3B, well-received

Finance

Sep 25, 2020 2 mins read 378 views
An independent office to address water shortage: PM

Water

Sep 25, 2020 3 mins read 413 views
Tenzin Lekphel is the ideal candidate for BIMSTEC SG: PM

Politics

Sep 25, 2020 3 mins read 497 views
Paro United FC scores first win

Sports

Sep 24, 2020 1 mins read 403 views
Policeman stabs comrade to death

Crime

Sep 24, 2020 1 mins read 367 views
No mandate to give a legal opinion: ACC

ACC-RAA-OAG

Sep 24, 2020 2 mins read 384 views
Solar fence proves effective in Shongphu

Agriculture

Sep 24, 2020 2 mins read 413 views
Phuentsholing truckers are jobless

Labour

Sep 24, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
Phuentsholing truckers are jobless

Labour

Sep 24, 2020 2 mins read 405 views
Online learning needs parents and teachers' effort

Letter to the editor

Sep 24, 2020 1 mins read 401 views
Rethinking education

Editorial

Sep 24, 2020 3 mins read 0 views
Thimphu Thromde ready for a second lockdown

Thromde

Sep 24, 2020 3 mins read 369 views
Thimphu devises measures from the lockdown lessons

Dzongkhag

Sep 24, 2020 3 mins read 0 views
Thimphu devises measures from the lockdown lessons

Dzongkhag

Sep 24, 2020 3 mins read 395 views
Coming together important to fight Covid-19 pandemic: PM at the UNGA

Foreign Affairs

Sep 24, 2020 2 mins read 382 views
12th Plan reprioritisation focuses on social sectors

Finance

Sep 24, 2020 4 mins read 385 views
Trhuebab

Perspective

Sep 20, 2020 3 mins read 0 views
Dagana aims to produce over 270MT of tomato and onion

Agriculture

Sep 20, 2020 1 mins read 370 views
Paro FC routed twice on home ground

Sports

Sep 20, 2020 1 mins read 422 views
Samdrupjongkhar lifts lockdown

Lockdown

Sep 20, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
Samdrupjongkhar lifts lockdown

Lockdown

Sep 20, 2020 2 mins read 364 views
To safeguard our national heritage

Letter to the editor

Sep 20, 2020 1 mins read 386 views
Going abroad to work

Editorial

Sep 20, 2020 2 mins read 443 views
Tashi Air redeploys its employees

Transport

Sep 20, 2020 2 mins read 399 views
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