July of 2004

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Need to strengthen Indo-Bhutan border security

National Assembly

Jul 23, 2004 4 mins read 317 views
Interest for BDFC loans reduced to 10%

National Assembly

Jul 23, 2004 3 mins read 323 views
All religious artefacts will have to be registered

National Assembly

Jul 16, 2004 3 mins read 277 views
Haa observes World Population Day

World Population Day

Jul 16, 2004 1 mins read 307 views
Poverty free South Asia: a distant dream

International Convention

Jul 16, 2004 3 mins read 323 views
Rice production increased by 58 percent says report

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Jul 16, 2004 2 mins read 293 views
Villages to have internet connection

Computer/Internet

Jul 16, 2004 3 mins read 325 views
Bhutan needs a comprehensive policy on tourism

Tourism

Jul 16, 2004 2 mins read 321 views
A special bond

Bhutan- Norway

Jul 16, 2004 1 mins read 302 views
Bhutan is under able leadership

Bhutan - Korea

Jul 16, 2004 1 mins read 278 views
We welcome Bhutan's political reforms

Bhutan-European Countries

Jul 16, 2004 1 mins read 302 views
Bhutan is doing well economically

Bhutan- Pakistan

Jul 16, 2004 1 mins read 309 views
Towards a stronger relationship

Bhutan- Nepal

Jul 16, 2004 2 mins read 330 views
Protecting values in a changing world

Viewpoints

Jul 16, 2004 5 mins read 290 views
Debating the future

Editorial

Jul 16, 2004 3 mins read 344 views
Lives, property lost in floods and landslides

Landslides and Floods

Jul 16, 2004 2 mins read 345 views
Implications of the reduced PIT

National Assembly

Jul 16, 2004 5 mins read 298 views
Dengue under control

Health Disease

Jul 16, 2004 1 mins read 312 views
SAARC Council meet

SAARC Countries

Jul 16, 2004 0 mins read 355 views
False information

Home Affairs

Jul 16, 2004 1 mins read 427 views
Cleaning up the Kurichhu project

Hydro Project

Jul 16, 2004 1 mins read 336 views
Comprehensive census to be held next year

National Assembly

Jul 16, 2004 4 mins read 368 views
Assembly discusses expatriate workers

National Assembly

Jul 16, 2004 5 mins read 307 views
Strengthening national security

National Assembly

Jul 16, 2004 4 mins read 291 views
No clemency for those who helped the militants

National Assembly

Jul 16, 2004 4 mins read 356 views
A strategy to promote athletic sports

Sport

Jul 09, 2004 3 mins read 299 views
Mule gives birth

Animal Husbandry Activities

Jul 09, 2004 1 mins read 324 views
UNFPA country programme reviewed

UNFPA

Jul 09, 2004 2 mins read 297 views
Bhutan to participate at the World Expo 2005

Exhibition

Jul 09, 2004 1 mins read 324 views
Telecommunication important for development

National Assembly

Jul 09, 2004 2 mins read 296 views
Providing electricity to villages

National Assembly

Jul 09, 2004 5 mins read 323 views
Poor roads

National Assembly

Jul 09, 2004 2 mins read 287 views
Contracts should be awarded to Bhutanese

National Assembly

Jul 09, 2004 2 mins read 319 views
Farm roads should be given priority

National Assembly

Jul 09, 2004 2 mins read 282 views
Roads can be better

Kuensel

Jul 09, 2004 1 mins read 306 views
Where are the coins?

Kuensel

Jul 09, 2004 1 mins read 415 views
Of advances and irregularities

Letters to the Editor

Jul 09, 2004 2 mins read 302 views
Better debate

Editorial

Jul 09, 2004 3 mins read 352 views
Motor roads: a key to development and security

National Assembly

Jul 09, 2004 7 mins read 334 views
Four-year-old survives tragic accident

Accident

Jul 16, 2004 1 mins read 348 views
One drops appeal

Judiciary

Jul 09, 2004 2 mins read 336 views
The need for boundary walls

National Assembly

Jul 09, 2004 2 mins read 335 views
Houses near roads to be dismantled

National Assembly

Jul 09, 2004 3 mins read 306 views
Assembly members briefed on the boundary issue

National Assembly

Jul 09, 2004 6 mins read 316 views
Charo play Thimphu United in finals today

Sport

Jul 02, 2004 1 mins read 304 views
Thimphu clock tower groomed for city centre

City Corporation

Jul 02, 2004 2 mins read 621 views
New Guru Thongdroel

Consecration

Jul 02, 2004 2 mins read 322 views
Assembly elects new councillors

Royal Advisory Council (RAC)

Jul 02, 2004 6 mins read 316 views
Maintaining garbage trucks

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Jul 02, 2004 2 mins read 286 views
Red Cross delegation visits Bhutan

International Committee Of Red Cross (ICRC)

Jul 02, 2004 1 mins read 338 views
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A new chapter for Kuensel

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What about moral and ethical accountability?

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Citizens building a nation’s future

The fourth round of the Gelephu Mindfulness City volunteer programme, which drew a record 10,000 participants, pushing total participation beyond 22,500, must be celebrated as a national moment. The overwhelming number of volunteer...

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Sir, your advice to the younger generation?

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Time to open farms to foreign labour

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Building inclusive sports

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