October of 2021

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Lack of facilities impedes grassroots football

Sports

Oct 31, 2021 3 mins read 452 views
Love, hate and tragedy: A three-part history of Bhutan-Cooch relations

Perspective

Oct 31, 2021 5 mins read 565 views
Impacts of climate change: observations from the highlands

Environment

Oct 31, 2021 2 mins read 453 views
Free and fair election necessary

Letter to the Editor

Oct 31, 2021 1 mins read 561 views
Work hour or culture: which is more important?

Editorial

Oct 31, 2021 2 mins read 492 views
Land development brings hope to Tsakaling farmers

Agriculture

Oct 31, 2021 1 mins read 491 views
Climate change: a local perspective

Environment

Oct 31, 2021 4 mins read 463 views
RENEW micro finance celebrates World Savings Day

Gender

Oct 31, 2021 1 mins read 459 views
Teachers to be assessed for proficient standard next year

Education

Oct 31, 2021 4 mins read 425 views
Astrology college marks 25 years of promoting astrology

Religious

Oct 31, 2021 1 mins read 509 views
Women's football league leaders clash today

Sports

Oct 29, 2021 1 mins read 529 views
Winter timing cancelled for civil servants

RCSC

Oct 29, 2021 1 mins read 477 views
Nobgang villagers engage to protect heritage

Culture

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 489 views
Thimphu thromde to monitor unauthorised construction projects

Thromde

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 489 views
Unschooled hands that make lifelike Sculptures

Feature Story

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 489 views
Punakha police forward vehicle scam case to the OAG

Crime

Oct 29, 2021 1 mins read 479 views
Young designers participate in apparel design competition

Festival

Oct 29, 2021 1 mins read 442 views
BBLS to create a new bird area in Thimphu

Wild Life

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 444 views
Tibetan Calligraphy: A Buddhist Pilgrimage

Perspective

Oct 29, 2021 5 mins read 396 views
Second LG completes term

Local Government

Oct 29, 2021 3 mins read 467 views
Clients sue real estate company for breach of contract

Judiciary

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 458 views
Social media pose more threat to free and fair elections

Letter to the Editor

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 453 views
The gap is still huge in TVET

Editorial

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 430 views
Import of vehicles surge in vehicle rich Bhutan

Trade

Oct 29, 2021 4 mins read 441 views
Export to Assam, India undergoes major changes

Trade

Oct 29, 2021 3 mins read 455 views
Phuentsholing Township Development moving at snail's pace

Thromde

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 432 views
Health minister awarded distinguished alumni award by alma mater

Health

Oct 28, 2021 1 mins read 415 views
Streetwise phallus maker

Entrepreneurs

Oct 28, 2021 1 mins read 413 views
Transformation, A way forward

Letter to the Editor

Oct 28, 2021 2 mins read 412 views
Awards well deserved

Editorial

Oct 28, 2021 2 mins read 716 views
Bio-fertiliser plant to begin production early next year

Agriculture

Oct 28, 2021 1 mins read 407 views
Woman arrested for alleged murder of stepmother

Crime

Oct 28, 2021 1 mins read 552 views
New plant to export oxygen to India beginning next week

Trade

Oct 28, 2021 1 mins read 479 views
Firms say TVET reform needs pvt sector collaboration

Labour

Oct 28, 2021 3 mins read 593 views
Bhutan to go to polls for LG elections on December 22

Election

Oct 28, 2021 2 mins read 515 views
Broom growers see market and production decline

Agriculture

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 418 views
Along the long-forgotten Trail

Feature Story

Oct 26, 2021 3 mins read 444 views
Public library needs a change

Letter to the Editor

Oct 26, 2021 1 mins read 438 views
Help farmers mechanise

Editorial

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 442 views
Matrimonial cases dominate court cases in Mongar

Judiciary

Oct 26, 2021 1 mins read 439 views
Former Norgaygang gup and mangmi sue home secretary and two officials

Judiciary

Oct 26, 2021 1 mins read 447 views
Thimphu dzongkhag court dismisses former STCBL CEO's claim

Judiciary

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 485 views
Damtshi from early on

Education

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 490 views
A "Blue Poppy" certification for qualifying budget hotels

Tourism

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 450 views
Gelephu airport to become second international airport

Transport

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 453 views
Another Bhutanese plays for Indian football club

Sports

Oct 25, 2021 1 mins read 436 views
Diversifying Bhutan's energy sources by investing in renewable energy

Perspective

Oct 25, 2021 4 mins read 440 views
Lesson from recent crop loss to rainfall

Letter to the Editor

Oct 25, 2021 1 mins read 451 views
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