April of 1994

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Anti-monopoly policy pulls on

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Apr 15, 1994 2 mins read 360 views
BCCI meeting focuses on interest rates

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Apr 15, 1994 3 mins read 389 views
Three-month term bills introduced by RMA

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Apr 29, 1994 2 mins read 374 views
Third country importers face stiff competition

Imports

Apr 29, 1994 2 mins read 376 views
Druk Petroleum starts operation

Tashi Commercial Corporation

Apr 08, 1994 1 mins read 408 views
Bhutanese music & film business stifled by piracy

Shops

Apr 08, 1994 3 mins read 405 views
Two brands of alcohol out of the market

Alcohol

Apr 08, 1994 1 mins read 410 views
Tuesdays declared business holiday

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Apr 08, 1994 1 mins read 367 views
Outsiders outbid local businessmen

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Apr 22, 1994 2 mins read 305 views
Recyclable waste to be identified

City Corporation

Apr 22, 1994 1 mins read 321 views
Business fronting: a big problem

Bhutan - Trade

Apr 22, 1994 3 mins read 367 views
Transport operations to be streamlined

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 01, 1994 2 mins read 349 views
RSEB resumes trading after 2 months

Royal Stock Exchange Of Bhutan(RSEB)

Apr 01, 1994 1 mins read 324 views
Arrested

Crime

Apr 19, 1994 0 mins read 0 views
RMA to sell gold & silver coins

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Apr 15, 1994 1 mins read 339 views
Help needed in Langjophaka

Letters to the Editor

Apr 29, 1994 2 mins read 315 views
Owner injured and truck hijacked

Terrorist

Apr 29, 1994 1 mins read 296 views
Armed men continue looting

Terrorist

Apr 29, 1994 1 mins read 317 views
New JOCV coordinator arrives

Volunteers

Apr 29, 1994 1 mins read 320 views
Bhutan to cooperate with small Japanese town

Bhutan- Japan

Apr 29, 1994 1 mins read 332 views
Health surveys being conducted nationwide

Health Policy

Apr 29, 1994 1 mins read 320 views
Business fronting reports is exaggerated

Letters to the Editor

Apr 29, 1994 2 mins read 295 views
You need not die of ignorance

Letters to the Editor

Apr 29, 1994 2 mins read 337 views
Credential presented

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Apr 29, 1994 0 mins read 363 views
Outreach clinic in Lhuntsi

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Apr 29, 1994 0 mins read 327 views
Police catch veteran Thimphu burglar

Crime

Apr 29, 1994 1 mins read 311 views
Traditional archery after 2-year break

Archery

Apr 29, 1994 1 mins read 277 views
BOC conducts football coaching

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Apr 29, 1994 0 mins read 315 views
Village volunteers catch absconder

Terrorist

Apr 29, 1994 1 mins read 295 views
The pressures and trends of the taxi business in Thimphu

Business

Apr 29, 1994 3 mins read 391 views
Mayum Chonying Wangmo Dorji cremated in Bumthang

Royalties

Apr 29, 1994 3 mins read 314 views
An unsavoury business

Editorial

Apr 29, 1994 3 mins read 320 views
Preserving Manas: today's problem and tomorrow's hopes

National Park

Apr 29, 1994 5 mins read 314 views
Bhutan's election to UNCHR

International Committee Of Red Cross (ICRC)

Apr 29, 1994 0 mins read 325 views
800 children immunized

Health Immunization

Apr 29, 1994 0 mins read 314 views
Road open

Roads

Apr 29, 1994 0 mins read 0 views
Ambassadors

Bhutan-European Countries

Apr 29, 1994 0 mins read 339 views
Contraband seized

Crime

Apr 29, 1994 0 mins read 306 views
Help curb cassette piracy

Letters to the Editor

Apr 15, 1994 1 mins read 302 views
WFP donates non-food items to Public Works Division

WFP (World Food Program)

Apr 22, 1994 1 mins read 314 views
Lights down and out

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Apr 22, 1994 0 mins read 356 views
Bhutan elected to UNCHR

International Committee Of Red Cross (ICRC)

Apr 22, 1994 0 mins read 340 views
Hailstorm damage some mandarin plantations

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Apr 22, 1994 1 mins read 322 views
Bhutan attends ESCAP meet in India

Conferences

Apr 22, 1994 1 mins read 302 views
New Dorji Lopon receives Scarf

Dratshang

Apr 22, 1994 0 mins read 321 views
Switzerland will continue lasting cooperation

Foreign Affairs

Apr 22, 1994 1 mins read 359 views
Data communication to be introduced

Telecommunication Department

Apr 22, 1994 2 mins read 405 views
Chorten robbed

Crime

Apr 22, 1994 1 mins read 0 views
BCCI delegation

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Apr 22, 1994 0 mins read 317 views
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Honouring the legacy of the Great Fourth

The story of His Majesty the Fourth King is an extraordinary one in our history. At 16, His Majesty became King, following the untimely passing of his father, the Third Druk Gyalpo. His Majesty inherited a nation in transition, a country taking its first steps toward modernisation, while gradually coming out from years of isolation. Geo-politically, it was a time of turmoil and uncertainty.

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The selfless Warrior-King

The winter of 2003 would forever be etched in Bhutan’s history as the time when a King walked into the jungles of the south, especially in Samdrupjongkhar, not as a ruler commanding from afar, but as a warrior leading from the front. The air was cold, heavy with mist, and beneath the thick canopy of trees lay the sound of tension.  A nation’s patience was stretched to its limit.

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Tribute to His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo

Throughout history, the world has seen countless leaders, yet only a few have embodied the rare harmony of wisdom, compassion, and courage that defines true greatness. Bhutan is fortunate to have been blessed by such a leader in His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, a visionary Monarch whose reign ushered the nation into an era of peace, progress, and profound transforma

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King who sacrificed his youth to build a future for us

Among the many extraordinary acts of greatness that define the reign of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, what moves the heart most profoundly is something far more silent, far less seen: the quiet, invisible sacrifice of his own youth. It is a story etched deeply in the soul of the nation, for in giving up his own, he gifted a future to us.

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The Vajrayana King

As Bhutan reflects on its journey as the world’s last Vajrayana kingdom, it becomes ever more evident that the reign of His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, marks one of the most sacred and transformative eras in our history.

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