April of 1994

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Bhutan's Permanent Rep. chairs international meet

Bhutan - UN

Apr 22, 1994 1 mins read 276 views
Some reflections of the first Indian teachers in Bhutan

Education-Teacher

Apr 22, 1994 3 mins read 297 views
Customs meeting with Indian delegation

Revenue and Custom

Apr 22, 1994 3 mins read 272 views
Symposium on planning

Planning

Apr 22, 1994 2 mins read 285 views
Save the earth

Letters to the Editor

Apr 22, 1994 3 mins read 291 views
Traffic lights: a symbol of change

Editorial

Apr 22, 1994 3 mins read 325 views
Terrorist activities increases

Terrorist

Apr 22, 1994 6 mins read 277 views
Fist fight

Crime

Apr 22, 1994 0 mins read 260 views
Airline training

Druk Air

Apr 22, 1994 0 mins read 293 views
New dzongda

Promotion

Apr 22, 1994 0 mins read 401 views
Thimphu census

City Corporation

Apr 22, 1994 0 mins read 242 views
Road closed

Roads

Apr 22, 1994 0 mins read 0 views
Accident

Accident

Apr 22, 1994 0 mins read 0 views
TAB assesses rules

Tourism

Apr 15, 1994 2 mins read 247 views
UN help for school and BHUs

UN Agencies

Apr 15, 1994 1 mins read 256 views
Shocked

Letters to the Editor

Apr 15, 1994 0 mins read 277 views
Road safety

Letters to the Editor

Apr 15, 1994 0 mins read 295 views
Revenue boosted from the past year

Revenue and Custom

Apr 15, 1994 2 mins read 235 views
The only power workshop in the country

Power

Apr 15, 1994 2 mins read 267 views
Deputy Ministers assume new posts

Transfer

Apr 15, 1994 0 mins read 274 views
Man missing

Letters to the Editor

Apr 15, 1994 0 mins read 336 views
Farming system workshop

Agriculture

Apr 15, 1994 1 mins read 255 views
Businessman donates building

Education- Schools

Apr 15, 1994 0 mins read 289 views
Hospital clears allegation in an unusual case

Judiciary

Apr 15, 1994 1 mins read 283 views
Slab billing system confuses consumers

Power

Apr 15, 1994 2 mins read 232 views
Shemgang accident kills two

Accident

Apr 15, 1994 1 mins read 239 views
What is a stock and how are their prices determined

Letters to the Editor

Apr 15, 1994 3 mins read 289 views
Construction or confusion

Editorial

Apr 15, 1994 4 mins read 245 views
Danish mission finds bilateral collaboration a success

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Apr 15, 1994 3 mins read 267 views
Cars cars and cars - the wheels keep turning faster than ever

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB)

Apr 15, 1994 4 mins read 275 views
Terrorist killed by villagers during raid on house

Terrorist

Apr 15, 1994 2 mins read 267 views
Denmark finds cooperation in Bhutan "active" programme

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Apr 15, 1994 5 mins read 275 views
RCSC graduates

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 15, 1994 0 mins read 273 views
SAARC meet

SAARC Summit

Apr 15, 1994 0 mins read 0 views
RIM symposium

Institutions

Apr 15, 1994 0 mins read 242 views
Earth Day

Exhibition

Apr 15, 1994 0 mins read 0 views
Pool vehicles

Government Department

Apr 15, 1994 0 mins read 276 views
Watershed management project studied

European Economic Community

Apr 08, 1994 1 mins read 251 views
Quality control of video films

Letters to the Editor

Apr 08, 1994 1 mins read 228 views
Appropriate Technology

Letters to the Editor

Apr 08, 1994 0 mins read 291 views
Bhutan and Nepal agree on bilateral verification team

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Apr 08, 1994 1 mins read 242 views
Oral Health in healthy life

Letters to the Editor

Apr 08, 1994 1 mins read 247 views
The Mahamudra teachings

Letters to the Editor

Apr 08, 1994 2 mins read 270 views
World Health Day observed

WHO (World Health Organisation)

Apr 08, 1994 1 mins read 248 views
Environment strategy

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Apr 08, 1994 1 mins read 265 views
A significant progress

Editorial

Apr 08, 1994 2 mins read 256 views
Hailstorm desroys crops

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Apr 08, 1994 0 mins read 241 views
Scripture thieves arrested

Crime

Apr 08, 1994 2 mins read 261 views
Body found

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Apr 08, 1994 0 mins read 0 views
Tuberculosis: curable but made dangerous by default

Health Disease

Apr 08, 1994 4 mins read 239 views
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