January of 2003

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Salt and snow

Roads

Jan 31, 2003 1 mins read 529 views
Keeping in step

Business

Jan 31, 2003 2 mins read 475 views
Begana unit: BPC's back-up service

Power

Jan 31, 2003 2 mins read 505 views
Working on the roadside

Education- Student

Jan 31, 2003 2 mins read 670 views
New distribution system for THPA townships

Hydro Project

Jan 31, 2003 1 mins read 538 views
Fruit fly problem can be solved : says NPPC

Agriculture/Horticulture

Jan 31, 2003 2 mins read 483 views
Of Phallus : an arcane symbol

Superstition and supernatural

Jan 31, 2003 8 mins read 525 views
His Holiness consecrates new lhakhangs in Gelephu

Consecration

Jan 31, 2003 1 mins read 490 views
New fuel station for Tsirang

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Jan 31, 2003 1 mins read 539 views
IT provides hope for school dropouts

Computer/Internet

Jan 31, 2003 3 mins read 497 views
Fighting HIV/AIDS

Health-HIV/AIDS

Jan 31, 2003 1 mins read 492 views
UNHCR officials visit Bhutan

International Committee Of Red Cross (ICRC)

Jan 31, 2003 0 mins read 0 views
Osteomyelitis in children is preventable: doctors

Health Disease

Jan 31, 2003 1 mins read 512 views
Lone crane sighted in Paro

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Jan 31, 2003 2 mins read 490 views
Japanese Ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan- Japan

Jan 31, 2003 0 mins read 0 views
The Bodhgaya business

Pilgrimage

Jan 31, 2003 2 mins read 473 views
BNB to launch automatic teller machines in March

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Jan 31, 2003 1 mins read 435 views
Dealing with disability

Editorial

Jan 31, 2003 3 mins read 488 views
Power : commercial gain or social responsibility

Kuensel

Jan 31, 2003 2 mins read 434 views
Civil society and the new political order

Letters to the Editor

Jan 31, 2003 3 mins read 461 views
Return of the wild dog

Dzongkhags

Jan 31, 2003 3 mins read 454 views
Motor vehicle accidents : stark statistics

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Jan 31, 2003 2 mins read 483 views
India celebrates Republic Day

Bhutan- India

Jan 31, 2003 2 mins read 0 views
Geog boundary dispute resolved

Dzongkhags

Jan 31, 2003 1 mins read 462 views
Bhutan trust fund reports first loss

Bhutan Trust Fund (BTF)

Jan 31, 2003 3 mins read 459 views
Bhutan telecom finalises B-Mobile deal

Telecommunication Department

Jan 31, 2003 2 mins read 448 views
Fires destroy forests, property

Forest Fire

Jan 24, 2003 1 mins read 462 views
Bank employees imprisoned

Judiciary

Jan 24, 2003 2 mins read 452 views
Tick control

Animal Husbandry Disease

Jan 24, 2003 2 mins read 477 views
Gelephu : graveyard of industries ?

Dzongkhags

Jan 24, 2003 3 mins read 502 views
Rheumatic heart disease common

Health Disease

Jan 24, 2003 2 mins read 431 views
Chang Jiji allotments to start by February end

Housing

Jan 24, 2003 2 mins read 496 views
Police interrogate `notorious' burglar

Crime

Jan 24, 2003 1 mins read 539 views
Booze, disco & the city

Festival (A-Z)

Jan 24, 2003 7 mins read 460 views
2002 : another poor year for tourism

Tourism

Jan 24, 2003 3 mins read 426 views
Red ants damage potatoes

Agriculture/Insecticide/Disease

Jan 24, 2003 2 mins read 510 views
Government accounts computerised

Government Department

Jan 24, 2003 2 mins read 457 views
When gewog land becomes municipal land

Viewpoints

Jan 24, 2003 5 mins read 436 views
With proper pooling acquisition is not necessary

Letters to the Editor

Jan 24, 2003 3 mins read 415 views
The job

Editorial

Jan 24, 2003 2 mins read 471 views
Tobacco

Editorial

Jan 24, 2003 1 mins read 544 views
Peoples views on the land pooling proposal : Look before you leap<br>

Letters to the Editor

Jan 24, 2003 1 mins read 461 views
Peoples views on the land pooling proposal : We support the proposal

Letters to the Editor

Jan 24, 2003 0 mins read 495 views
Land pooling is for our own benefit

Letters to the Editor

Jan 24, 2003 2 mins read 462 views
Saying no to tobacco

Narcotics/Drugs

Jan 24, 2003 3 mins read 492 views
30,000 Bhutanese on pilgrimage in India

Pilgrimage

Jan 24, 2003 2 mins read 489 views
Municipal corporation will acquire and pool land to build Thimphu

City Corporation

Jan 24, 2003 3 mins read 481 views
Government clears Thimphu Plan

Government Department

Jan 24, 2003 1 mins read 503 views
Nepal foreign minister on informal visit

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Jan 24, 2003 1 mins read 471 views
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Recents

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The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax Act of Bhutan 2025, and major restructuring of corporate and business taxation.

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