February of 2021

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Paro hospital road widening to begin in March

Health

Feb 11, 2021 2 mins read 456 views
National women's cricket team undergoes HPP

Sports

Feb 11, 2021 1 mins read 443 views
What could have gone wrong?

Letter to the editor

Feb 11, 2021 1 mins read 498 views
A Losar food for thought

Editorial

Feb 11, 2021 2 mins read 485 views
Three arrested for making minors drink

Crime

Feb 11, 2021 1 mins read 475 views
High-level committee finalises framework to resolve NPL

Banks

Feb 11, 2021 1 mins read 556 views
Mega Dry Port construction mishap kills a minor

Accident

Feb 11, 2021 4 mins read 447 views
Sporting tournaments to resume from today

Sports

Feb 28, 2021 1 mins read 454 views
Damphu town upgrades CCTV cameras

Dzongkhag

Feb 28, 2021 1 mins read 543 views
RENEW provides livelihood training to vulnerable groups

NGO

Feb 28, 2021 2 mins read 534 views
Admiring Bhutan's success

Letter to the editor

Feb 28, 2021 1 mins read 450 views
A planning problem, perhaps?

Editorial

Feb 28, 2021 2 mins read 423 views
TCB explores digital tourism services

Tourism

Feb 28, 2021 2 mins read 454 views
DPAB upgrades to Disabled Persons' Organisation

Disable

Feb 28, 2021 2 mins read 493 views
Citrus canopy management to boost production

Agriculture

Feb 28, 2021 1 mins read 390 views
Seven-day mandatory quarantine to stay

Health

Feb 28, 2021 2 mins read 405 views
Dzongkhags try all means to help needy students

Dzongkhag

Feb 28, 2021 3 mins read 466 views
Enhancing and supporting creative industry

Industries

Feb 26, 2021 1 mins read 401 views
JICA hand over four bridges on Trongsa-Gelephu highway

Road

Feb 26, 2021 1 mins read 455 views
Ensuring the safe reopening of schools so that they can stay open

Perspective

Feb 26, 2021 5 mins read 482 views
Bringing gender mainstreaming centre stage

Gender

Feb 26, 2021 1 mins read 447 views
Archery and khuru players given six-month imprisonment

Sports

Feb 26, 2021 1 mins read 0 views
Archery and khuru players given six-month imprisonment

Sports

Feb 26, 2021 1 mins read 430 views
A big problem along a small stretch

Thromde

Feb 26, 2021 1 mins read 408 views
Tailors in Phuentsholing town bogged down

Entrepreneurs

Feb 26, 2021 2 mins read 470 views
Review team rules out negligence in the death of fall patient

Health

Feb 26, 2021 1 mins read 509 views
Students of Doksum Primary School benefit from feeding programme

Education

Feb 26, 2021 1 mins read 499 views
Organic certified products launched

Food

Feb 26, 2021 1 mins read 433 views
No one is above the law irrespective of the status

Letter to the editor

Feb 26, 2021 2 mins read 423 views
A solution to an evergreen problem

Editorial

Feb 26, 2021 2 mins read 429 views
Interest waivers are non-taxable: Finance Minister

Finance

Feb 26, 2021 1 mins read 374 views
Dagana-Wangdue bypass construction begins

Road

Feb 26, 2021 1 mins read 461 views
Covid-19 vaccination expected to begin next month

Health

Feb 26, 2021 3 mins read 452 views
Driver who injured desuups on bail

Judiciary

Feb 25, 2021 1 mins read 436 views
Doksum residents unhappy with delay in fuel depot construction

Fuel

Feb 25, 2021 2 mins read 379 views
Drinking water sources for Gelephu thromde not reliable

Water

Feb 25, 2021 2 mins read 438 views
Desuung project to solve Naja's water woes

Desuup

Feb 25, 2021 1 mins read 425 views
An e-waste concern?

Letter to the editor

Feb 25, 2021 1 mins read 471 views
Why rationalisation of gewogs must happen

Editorial

Feb 25, 2021 2 mins read 434 views
Digital infrastructure a must for 21st century economy: Taskforce

Technology

Feb 25, 2021 2 mins read 445 views
Man fatally stabs wife's alleged boyfriend

Crime

Feb 25, 2021 1 mins read 471 views
Khandrophu-Minjiwoong residents worried without tshogpa

Local Government

Feb 25, 2021 1 mins read 401 views
Procurement system: hindrance to the construction sector

Construction

Feb 25, 2021 2 mins read 439 views
Paro airport to provide platform for artists

Transport

Feb 24, 2021 1 mins read 402 views
Teer, not just a gamble but a source of income too

Economy

Feb 24, 2021 1 mins read 416 views
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