August of 2021

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Kerala Blasters signs Chencho Gyeltshen for a season

Sports

Aug 31, 2021 1 mins read 578 views
Seeking ancestral connection through ruins

Feature Story

Aug 31, 2021 2 mins read 755 views
On the change in academic assessment

Letter to the Editor

Aug 31, 2021 2 mins read 603 views
It is not the end

Editorial

Aug 31, 2021 2 mins read 645 views
Mountain Hazzlenut venture lays off 76 staff

Agriculture

Aug 31, 2021 3 mins read 591 views
Phuentsholing students reach Phadhuna

Education

Aug 31, 2021 2 mins read 612 views
7-day quarantine critical to everyone's safety

Health

Aug 31, 2021 2 mins read 634 views
Drinking water problem in Gelephu town

Water

Aug 30, 2021 2 mins read 587 views
Truckers want rates increased

Transport

Aug 30, 2021 2 mins read 550 views
Focus on mental health

Letter to the Editor

Aug 30, 2021 1 mins read 582 views
Fair recruitment procedures important

Editorial

Aug 30, 2021 2 mins read 529 views
UN 50 roadshow at Wangbama Central School

Festival

Aug 30, 2021 2 mins read 606 views
MDP loses loaders

Labour

Aug 30, 2021 2 mins read 0 views
MDP loses loaders

Labour

Aug 30, 2021 2 mins read 0 views
MDP loses loaders

Labour

Aug 30, 2021 2 mins read 627 views
Missing bodies found

Disaster

Aug 30, 2021 1 mins read 553 views
13 shops punished for violating safety protocols

Health

Aug 30, 2021 0 mins read 603 views
Many in Paro surrender community lhakhangs to Dratshang

Religious

Aug 30, 2021 2 mins read 0 views
Many in Paro surrender community lhakhangs to Dratshang

Religious

Aug 30, 2021 2 mins read 546 views
Situation on border improves, Govt. revises Covid-19 protocols

Health

Aug 30, 2021 3 mins read 541 views
Druk Thimphu Boxing Championship saw 40 boxers

Sports

Aug 29, 2021 1 mins read 548 views
Litishong farmers begin winter chilli plantation

Agriculture

Aug 29, 2021 1 mins read 570 views
Landslides, erosion and floods: Next big killer

Letter to the Editor

Aug 29, 2021 1 mins read 718 views
Fighting Covid-19 strong and tight

Editorial

Aug 29, 2021 2 mins read 529 views
High Court upholds lower court judgment on BBS recruitment case

Judiciary

Aug 29, 2021 1 mins read 557 views
Lone industrial gas plant in Gelephu struggles to sustain

Industries

Aug 29, 2021 2 mins read 561 views
Sorig Zhiney and Luejong for well-being of those with disabilities

Health

Aug 29, 2021 2 mins read 566 views
Newly elected office bearers to pursue BCCI's legal status

Trade

Aug 29, 2021 2 mins read 626 views
EVs with GBT charging standard not specified in bidding document

Transport

Aug 29, 2021 3 mins read 540 views
Change of Maochhu course strands people

Disaster

Aug 26, 2021 3 mins read 610 views
Farmers worried of paddy yield without irrigation water

Water

Aug 26, 2021 2 mins read 587 views
RIM to become TOEFL IBT test centre

Education

Aug 26, 2021 2 mins read 689 views
Agencies should address tshethar issue

Letter to the Editor

Aug 26, 2021 1 mins read 544 views
Did we miss the warning?

Editorial

Aug 26, 2021 2 mins read 546 views
BCCI to conduct office-bearers' election today

Trade

Aug 26, 2021 2 mins read 532 views
Big Ticket Initiative to substitute import of livestock products

Agriculture

Aug 26, 2021 2 mins read 518 views
Rainfall in southern region to reduce in the next two days

Disaster

Aug 26, 2021 1 mins read 651 views
Schools to continue face-face teaching during a lockdown: JB Rai

Education

Aug 26, 2021 2 mins read 627 views
Swollen Mochhu wipes out Gasa tshachhu

Disaster

Aug 26, 2021 3 mins read 549 views
Students in Phuentsholing cope with online classes

Education

Aug 27, 2021 3 mins read 581 views
Govt. yet to decide on home minister candidate

Politics

Aug 27, 2021 1 mins read 0 views
Govt. yet to decide on home minister candidate

Politics

Aug 27, 2021 1 mins read 565 views
Pema Rigsel qualifies for elimination round

Sports

Aug 27, 2021 1 mins read 567 views
Most drayangs don't fulfill technical standards to re-open

Entertainment

Aug 27, 2021 3 mins read 0 views
Most drayangs don't fulfill technical standards to re-open

Entertainment

Aug 27, 2021 3 mins read 691 views
Thromde workers above Dechen Zam to relocate in two months

City

Aug 27, 2021 2 mins read 604 views
U-turn-life in the making

Feature Story

Aug 27, 2021 3 mins read 556 views
Clearing the air over Bhutan's forest resources ?

Perspective

Aug 27, 2021 6 mins read 622 views
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When Words Create Worlds

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