April of 2000

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Environment legislation proposed

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Apr 14, 2000 3 mins read 469 views
Money launderers sentenced

Crime

Apr 14, 2000 2 mins read 357 views
New legal office created

Department of Legal Affairs

Apr 14, 2000 3 mins read 437 views
Power for Lhuntse

Power

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 384 views
WWF delegation

WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

Apr 14, 2000 0 mins read 440 views
Consecration

Consecration

Apr 14, 2000 0 mins read 853 views
Electrification and plumbing courses

Power

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 406 views
Paro has one more community school

Education- Schools

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 436 views
Hotel staff arrested

Crime

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 514 views
No destructive forest fires this season

Forest Fire

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 408 views
Urban amenities for 10 district centres

Housing

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 398 views
Buyers undeterred by Maruti car price hike

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB)

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 410 views
Poor response to Legal Deposit Act

Act

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 373 views
National archives go electronic

National Library

Apr 21, 2000 4 mins read 485 views
Conflict resolution in RNR activities

Agriculture Activities

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 413 views
Phuentsholing clean-up

City Corporation

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 427 views
Hard-core burglar caught after eluding police for years

Crime

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 375 views
New lhakhang to ease hardship of Trongsa villagers

Monasteries

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 474 views
Urban planners raise concern on Thimphu town's growth

Urban Development

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 414 views
A gift from an internet website

Computer/Internet

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 370 views
ICIMOD trains staff on GIS

Bhutan - Geological Survey

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 384 views
Steel a poor substitute for wooden flag poles

Letters to the Editor

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 407 views
How relevant is the film board when cable TV is around?

Letters to the Editor

Apr 21, 2000 3 mins read 428 views
Professionals needed

Editorial

Apr 21, 2000 3 mins read 373 views
Nu 20 million donation to eye care in Bhutan

Health Disease

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 357 views
RICB declares dividend

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 390 views
Bhutan at NAM and G-77

Non-Aligned

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 409 views
Royal Bhutan Polytechnic students moved to Kharbandi

Institutions

Apr 21, 2000 3 mins read 427 views
Reconstruction of Taktshang Goemba begun

Monasteries

Apr 21, 2000 3 mins read 437 views
No Vehicle Day

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 21, 2000 0 mins read 406 views
Dzongdas transfered

Transfer

Apr 21, 2000 0 mins read 409 views
Houses robbed

Crime

Apr 21, 2000 0 mins read 594 views
Terrorist arrested

Terrorist

Apr 21, 2000 0 mins read 556 views
National Assembly to begin

National Assembly

Apr 21, 2000 0 mins read 617 views
Accident

Accident

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 1,010 views
Feeder road will facilitate export of cash crops

Agriculture/ Crops

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 416 views
Effective judicial process

Judiciary

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 417 views
New audit office construction at Kawajangsa

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 395 views
Controversy over school's disciplinary action

Education- Student

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 365 views
Public-friendly checkpoints

Royal Bhutan Army (RBA)

Apr 28, 2000 2 mins read 345 views
CDB begins training arbitrators

Construction Development Board (CDB)

Apr 28, 2000 4 mins read 371 views
Merdha: a village of cypress trees

Bhutan - Forest

Apr 28, 2000 2 mins read 455 views
Somebody sending virus?

Computer/Internet

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 366 views
Public support "No Vehicle Day"

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 358 views
EDP courses: small but effective

Private Sector

Apr 28, 2000 2 mins read 418 views
Project Dantak reviews 2000-2001 work plan

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 375 views
Straw ropes: an alternative for farmers

Agriculture Activities

Apr 28, 2000 2 mins read 399 views
Decentralised credit improves BDFC's profitability

Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (BDFC)

Apr 28, 2000 2 mins read 386 views
Unleaded petrol introduced in Bhutan

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Apr 28, 2000 4 mins read 436 views
Chlorinated water

Letters to the Editor

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 405 views
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Recents

GST debate intensifies as inflation rises, government proposes expanded exemptions

Just five months into the new 5 percent GST regime, food inflation has soared to 6.83 percent, leaving consumers asking: where are the promised savings? While lawmakers push to exempt 22 new essential items like cooking oil and rice to protect the poor , tax officials warn that adding more exemptions will only invite massive tax evasion. Who is really winning here? The consumers or the businesses?

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