August of 2022

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Focusing on One Health can curb outbreaks

Editorial

Aug 08, 2022 2 mins read 389 views
Bhutan's energy likely to be costly in Indian market

Perspective

Aug 07, 2022 3 mins read 377 views
Access to cellular network important

Letter to the Editor

Aug 07, 2022 1 mins read 488 views
On roads again

Editorial

Aug 07, 2022 2 mins read 503 views
Study recommends establishing CSI markets abroad

Trade

Aug 07, 2022 2 mins read 440 views
Thimphu roads, a nightmare for students and pedestrians

Road

Aug 07, 2022 3 mins read 409 views
Snake bite kills a student

Grievance

Aug 07, 2022 0 mins read 371 views
RUB seeks legal counsel to appeal to Supreme Court

Education

Aug 07, 2022 2 mins read 496 views
Air transport gears for change

Transport

Aug 07, 2022 3 mins read 417 views
Entire Gangola-Lhuentse highway to be blacktopped by next year

Road

Aug 04, 2022 1 mins read 430 views
Poor cellular network connectivity affects service delivery

Technology

Aug 04, 2022 2 mins read 574 views
Parking space crunch should be addressed

Letter to the Editor

Aug 04, 2022 1 mins read 379 views
Woman gets 5-year jail term for drug trafficking

Judiciary

Aug 04, 2022 1 mins read 379 views
Villagers rattled by tiger attack

Wild Life

Aug 04, 2022 1 mins read 373 views
Should Bhutan stop importing non-essential items?

Trade

Aug 04, 2022 3 mins read 426 views
Dealing with rising HIV cases

Health

Aug 04, 2022 2 mins read 426 views
People misusing border exit relaxation

Road

Aug 03, 2022 1 mins read 460 views
The monsoon woes again!

Letter to the Editor

Aug 03, 2022 1 mins read 448 views
Trashigang DT raises issue of budget constraints

Local Government

Aug 03, 2022 1 mins read 440 views
Tsirang Thromde proposes to do away with 30-minute parking system

Thromde

Aug 03, 2022 1 mins read 417 views
Riverside Walk in Thimphu inaugurated

Thromde

Aug 03, 2022 1 mins read 426 views
"Special concession" on export of wheat and sugar to Bhutan

Food

Aug 03, 2022 2 mins read 458 views
Beast of burden becoming a burden in Tsento gewog

Stray

Aug 03, 2022 2 mins read 513 views
Saying no to sexual harassment

Editorial

Aug 03, 2022 2 mins read 392 views
Hawkers ask for business time extension

Trade

Aug 02, 2022 1 mins read 495 views
Trashigang town residents call for an early warning system

Thromde

Aug 02, 2022 1 mins read 542 views
"JICA will continue to cooperate in many ways"

Question and Answer

Aug 02, 2022 4 mins read 379 views
Timely data important for timely decision

Letter to the Editor

Aug 02, 2022 1 mins read 431 views
The agriculture stats call for intervention

Editorial

Aug 02, 2022 2 mins read 446 views
Court convicts BPC Director of sexually harassing staff

Judiciary

Aug 02, 2022 2 mins read 427 views
Plan to secure tigers of the rivers

Wild Life

Aug 02, 2022 2 mins read 415 views
Forty new HIV cases detected

Health

Aug 02, 2022 2 mins read 434 views
National savings fall by 6.14 percent

Finance

Aug 02, 2022 2 mins read 408 views
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