January of 1981

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Nursery school upgraded to junior high school

Education- Schools

Jan 24, 1981 0 mins read 413 views
Special training in rural development planning

Rural Development

Jan 31, 1981 1 mins read 405 views
1980 graduates complete their NSS

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Jan 31, 1981 0 mins read 393 views
Drinking water supply for Sibsoo

Water Supply Scheme

Jan 31, 1981 1 mins read 463 views
Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference

Non-Aligned

Jan 31, 1981 1 mins read 387 views
His Majesty to go on tour of Eastern Bhutan

His Majesty - National Tour

Jan 31, 1981 0 mins read 386 views
Snowfall

Meteorology-Climate/Weather

Jan 24, 1981 0 mins read 0 views
Bhutanese archers visiting India

Sport

Jan 24, 1981 1 mins read 408 views
Sales opening ceremony of "Penden Cement" in Gomtu, Pagli

Penden Cement Authority Ltd. (PCAL)

Jan 24, 1981 1 mins read 419 views
Dzongkhag Yargye Tshogchung

Dzongkhags

Jan 24, 1981 3 mins read 350 views
RICB to take up pool housing scheme at Gaylegphug

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Jan 17, 1981 1 mins read 436 views
UNICEF project support communication and information officer

Transfer

Jan 17, 1981 0 mins read 415 views
DSCD of the Department of Information

Telecommunication Department

Jan 17, 1981 1 mins read 407 views
Penden cement plant Gomtu

Penden Cement Authority Ltd. (PCAL)

Jan 17, 1981 1 mins read 452 views
Land development work at Gaylegphug

Dzongkhags

Jan 17, 1981 1 mins read 412 views
Sale of United Nations stamps and envelopes

UNDP

Jan 10, 1981 0 mins read 280 views
UNDP rural and urban sanitation consultant

UNDP

Jan 10, 1981 1 mins read 368 views
A consultant parasitologist for Serbithang veterinary laboratory, Thimphu

Animal Husbandry Disease

Jan 10, 1981 1 mins read 351 views
Inauguration of the Chuni Domkhar Bridge

Bridges

Jan 10, 1981 0 mins read 366 views
His Majesty visit to India

His Majesty the King paid a two-day official visit to India from January 9 to 12,1981. His Majesty was received at the Palam Airport by the Indian President Mr. Sanjiva Reddy, the Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi,

Jan 11, 1981 1 mins read 374 views
Report from Tongsa

Sport

Jan 03, 1981 0 mins read 338 views
Asian Art Bangladesh 1981

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Jan 03, 1981 1 mins read 424 views
The appointment of four senior ramjams

Appointed

Jan 03, 1981 1 mins read 340 views
His Majesty the King to visit India

Bhutan- India

Jan 03, 1981 0 mins read 0 views
Equine development in Bhutan

Animal Husbandry Policy

Jan 03, 1981 1 mins read 399 views
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