January of 2000

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Millennium shots

Millennium

Jan 07, 2000 2 mins read 431 views
Information centre for Bhutanese youth

Education-Youth/Counselling/Deliquesce

Jan 07, 2000 2 mins read 341 views
RICB celebrates 25 years

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Jan 07, 2000 1 mins read 388 views
Bhutan and the new millennium

Millennium

Jan 07, 2000 6 mins read 425 views
Education conference : heading for decentralisation

Education-Policy/Planning/Conference Workshop

Jan 07, 2000 2 mins read 413 views
Chharo: latest entrant into the Bhutanese feature film industry

Feature Film

Jan 07, 2000 2 mins read 417 views
Tour operators & hoteliers society to be formed

Tourism

Jan 07, 2000 1 mins read 328 views
Norwegian ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Jan 07, 2000 1 mins read 400 views
Burglars help solve case

Crime

Jan 07, 2000 1 mins read 340 views
Possibility of new langur species in Zhemgang and Trongsa

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Jan 07, 2000 1 mins read 355 views
Bumthang: preserving its pine forests

Forest Fire

Jan 07, 2000 1 mins read 332 views
Woman run over by bus

Accident

Jan 07, 2000 1 mins read 370 views
Raising evaluation standards in Bhutan

Letters to the Editor

Jan 07, 2000 3 mins read 350 views
Of the new millennium

Letters to the Editor

Jan 07, 2000 2 mins read 352 views
The pool vehicle

Editorial

Jan 07, 2000 3 mins read 377 views
Too much money

Bank of Bhutan (BOB)

Jan 07, 2000 4 mins read 304 views
Chukha produces record power in driest year

Hydro Project

Jan 07, 2000 2 mins read 337 views
Wangchu diverted : Tala on track

Hydro Project

Jan 07, 2000 2 mins read 329 views
Dance review

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Jan 07, 2000 0 mins read 365 views
New bridges

Bridges

Jan 07, 2000 0 mins read 321 views
Khuruthang open

Dzongkhags

Jan 07, 2000 0 mins read 337 views
Danish grant to update Foreign Ministry

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Jan 14, 2000 1 mins read 318 views
Commission for petroleum dealers revised

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Jan 14, 2000 1 mins read 299 views
Tour companies market Gangkhar Puensum on the internet illegally

Tourism

Jan 14, 2000 2 mins read 312 views
Car finance: too many buyers for too few cars

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Jan 14, 2000 2 mins read 317 views
New bridge for 1,200 households

Bridges

Jan 14, 2000 1 mins read 292 views
25 years : RICB comes a long way

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Jan 14, 2000 2 mins read 307 views
Punakha residents move to their new town

Dzongkhags

Jan 14, 2000 2 mins read 318 views
Druk Air to buy aircrafts

Druk Air

Jan 14, 2000 2 mins read 318 views
Crime drops in the capital

Crime

Jan 14, 2000 1 mins read 470 views
Reaching education to remote communities

Education- NFE

Jan 14, 2000 2 mins read 332 views
A book on Rhododendron flowers

Books

Jan 14, 2000 1 mins read 340 views
A forgotten metal industry, buried in the past

Bhutan - History

Jan 14, 2000 5 mins read 491 views
Telecom committed to improving service

Letters to the Editor

Jan 14, 2000 1 mins read 285 views
Good exposure for bus passengers

Letters to the Editor

Jan 14, 2000 1 mins read 309 views
Watch conmen who seek alms

Letters to the Editor

Jan 14, 2000 2 mins read 338 views
IT : the only choice

Editorial

Jan 14, 2000 3 mins read 332 views
U.S. officials visit Bhutan

Visitors

Jan 14, 2000 1 mins read 301 views
Established operators dominate tourism

Tourism

Jan 14, 2000 2 mins read 339 views
Expressway for Thimphu

Roads

Jan 14, 2000 2 mins read 282 views
Norway and Bhutan strengthen relations

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Jan 14, 2000 2 mins read 323 views
Football

Sport

Jan 14, 2000 0 mins read 0 views
Irrigation

Agriculture Irrigation

Jan 14, 2000 0 mins read 430 views
Water supply

Water Supply Scheme

Jan 14, 2000 0 mins read 380 views
Conference

Education-Policy/Planning/Conference Workshop

Jan 14, 2000 0 mins read 549 views
Scout camp

Education-Scout

Jan 14, 2000 0 mins read 395 views
Customers win, videos lose, from clash among cable providers

Television (TV)

Jan 21, 2000 3 mins read 292 views
An unusual spate of diarrhoeal cases in Thimphu

Health Disease

Jan 21, 2000 1 mins read 303 views
Employee duplicates receipts and embezzles Nu 400,000

Embezzlement/Gambling

Jan 21, 2000 1 mins read 330 views
Internet, E-mail tariffs reduced to increase e-commerce

Computer/Internet

Jan 21, 2000 3 mins read 325 views
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The urgency of civil service transformation

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A small kingdom’s great prayer for the world

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Recents

An unprecedented number of people attended the Global Peace Prayer Festival on November 8, with estimates of over 85,000 people in and around the venue.

An unprecedented number of people attended the Global Peace Prayer Festival on November 8, with estimates of over 85,000 people in and around the venue. People began arriving in Changlimithang as early as midnight, and by the time prayers began, the football stadium, as well as the Centenary Park were filled with devotees.

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