May of 2021

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10 Covid-19 cases recover in Mongar

Health

May 31, 2021 1 mins read 498 views
Pandemic affects dew-yangka sale

Trade

May 31, 2021 1 mins read 608 views
DoR plans to construct four check dams at Aieslip

Infrastructure

May 31, 2021 2 mins read 535 views
Joining the education debate

Letter to the editor

May 31, 2021 3 mins read 537 views
Looking before we jump

Editorial

May 31, 2021 2 mins read 522 views
Man dies after allegedly beaten by eight in Gelephu

Crime

May 31, 2021 1 mins read 577 views
New Indian variant likely behind current outbreak

Health

May 31, 2021 3 mins read 576 views
NC's environment committee recommends ratifying privileges and immunities of GFC

National Council

May 31, 2021 3 mins read 524 views
Govt. proposes deferring implementation of GST by a year

Parliament

May 31, 2021 2 mins read 627 views
NA to deliberate Police Bill in next session

National Assembly

May 31, 2021 3 mins read 574 views
The invisible enemy

Perspective

May 30, 2021 5 mins read 614 views
Tergola and Selela losing junipers

Forest

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 580 views
Another fleeting memory?

Letter to the editor

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 460 views
Addendum

Corrigendum

May 30, 2021 0 mins read 583 views
The rising Covid-19 cases

Editorial

May 30, 2021 1 mins read 480 views
LG can change cordyceps collection timing, says agriculture minister

Parliament

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 494 views
Govt. initiated network to improve internet connection

Technology

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 585 views
Isolation wards established for Covid-19 cases

Health

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 473 views
Instant measures commence after record Covid-19 cases

Health

May 30, 2021 1 mins read 469 views
Bhutan at the P4G Summit

Foreign Affairs

May 30, 2021 1 mins read 515 views
External debt projected to increase to Nu 225B by end of June

Parliament

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 503 views
Quarantine services cost Nu 610M so far

Health

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 460 views
Education reforms questioned in National Assembly

National Assembly

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 516 views
Never ending woes of vendors in Thimphu

City

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 437 views
Vegetable sheds in zones bound to fail: Thrompon

City

May 28, 2021 3 mins read 522 views
Chamgang changing

Feature Story

May 28, 2021 4 mins read 568 views
Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) for Urban Systems

Perspective

May 28, 2021 3 mins read 499 views
The Startup Way of Thinking

Perspective

May 28, 2021 3 mins read 550 views
Bhutan at her best, and for good reasons.

Perspective

May 28, 2021 5 mins read 510 views
Rainfall damages roads in Mongar

Disaster

May 28, 2021 1 mins read 528 views
Wangphu Mangmi terminated for holding license

Judiciary

May 28, 2021 1 mins read 502 views
House owners in Mongar pay urban house tax

Dzongkhag

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 523 views
JPLP case sets new procedural precedent

Letter to the editor

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 509 views
Let's not neglect education

Editorial

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 532 views
Nu 3B budget earmarked for Covid-19 response

Health

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 531 views
Few weeks delay for second dose should not be an issue: NI-TAG

Health

May 28, 2021 3 mins read 585 views
237 reported cases of teenage pregnancy in 18 dzongkhags in 2020

Health

May 28, 2021 4 mins read 678 views
Budget focuses on sustaining economic activities

Parliament

May 28, 2021 4 mins read 509 views
Japan supports 10 more post-grad scholarships

Education

May 27, 2021 2 mins read 493 views
No irrigation canal in Wangling to cultivate paddy

Water

May 27, 2021 2 mins read 572 views
NA and NC deadlocked on Mines and Minerals Bill

Parliament

May 27, 2021 2 mins read 504 views
Involve more youth in impactful discussions

Letter to the editor

May 27, 2021 1 mins read 478 views
Getting at the source is the key

Editorial

May 27, 2021 1 mins read 503 views
Villagers want Covid-19 cases and their livestock isolated

Health

May 27, 2021 1 mins read 527 views
KAB contributes menstrual products to schools

Health

May 27, 2021 1 mins read 538 views
ECB extends postal ballot registration for three more days

Election

May 27, 2021 2 mins read 486 views
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