June of 2006

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Relocation for balance development

National Assembly

Jun 23, 2006 2 mins read 424 views
Security chokes tourism in east

National Assembly

Jun 23, 2006 2 mins read 409 views
Silver award

Awards

Jun 23, 2006 0 mins read 357 views
Seminar

Centre For Bhutan Studies (CBS)

Jun 23, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Order of Australia

Awards

Jun 23, 2006 0 mins read 421 views
Grant assistance

Bhutan- Japan

Jun 23, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Hot Hotel

Private Sector

Jun 23, 2006 0 mins read 433 views
Rural credit not feasible at 10 percent

National Assembly

Jun 23, 2006 1 mins read 413 views
Excise refund: Nu. 625 million

National Assembly

Jun 23, 2006 2 mins read 379 views
High vegetable prices favours Bhutanese farmers

Agriculture/ Crops/Mushroom

Jun 23, 2006 2 mins read 374 views
Sherubtse: not moving forward?

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Jun 23, 2006 3 mins read 422 views
Do more girls chew doma than boys?

Bhutan - Tradition

Jun 23, 2006 1 mins read 438 views
Assembly discusses land issues

National Assembly

Jun 23, 2006 3 mins read 452 views
37,573 foreign workers in Bhutan

Jun 23, 2006 1 mins read 406 views
The woes of health services

Kuensel

Jun 23, 2006 1 mins read 418 views
We, the people

Editorial

Jun 23, 2006 2 mins read 439 views
Bhutan-China boundary must be finalised

National Assembly

Jun 23, 2006 3 mins read 445 views
Bhutan-India border reaches last stage of demarcation

National Assembly

Jun 23, 2006 2 mins read 368 views
One report, two interpretations?

National Assembly

Jun 23, 2006 2 mins read 409 views
Ninth Plan extended by a year

National Assembly

Jun 20, 2006 0 mins read 355 views
Je Khenpo in Haa

Religious Personalities

Jun 20, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
Visit

Visitors

Jun 20, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Excise refund

Revenue and Custom

Jun 20, 2006 0 mins read 459 views
RMA meet

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Jun 20, 2006 0 mins read 381 views
World Cup: synchronised kick-offs to cut unfair advantage

Sport

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 378 views
Nu. 4.3 billion for dzongkhags and gewogs

National Assembly

Jun 20, 2006 1 mins read 327 views
Kalyon's report

National Assembly

Jun 20, 2006 1 mins read 379 views
Financial sector assets 25,000 billion

National Assembly

Jun 20, 2006 0 mins read 378 views
Towards quality construction

National Assembly

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 0 views
2006-2007 Sector Allocations

National Assembly

Jun 20, 2006 4 mins read 319 views
2006-07 budget estimates

National Assembly

Jun 20, 2006 1 mins read 370 views
Bear mauls man

Accident

Jun 20, 2006 1 mins read 513 views
Pine loopers are back

Institutions

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 374 views
Phuentsholing extends municipal boundary

City Corporation

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 379 views
Bhutan - summer retreat

Tourism

Jun 20, 2006 1 mins read 345 views
Grasping the indefinable

Education- Institutions

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 398 views
"It is easy to go wrong"

DANIDA

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 361 views
ATP: giving skills and experience

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 383 views
Heavy rains stall work on Samtse-Phuentsholing highway

Roads

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 388 views
Promote Organic Farming

Letters to the Editor

Jun 20, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
Implement meat ban strictly

Letters to the Editor

Jun 20, 2006 1 mins read 384 views
Is it ethical?

Kuensel

Jun 20, 2006 1 mins read 427 views
Ropes, a better alternative

Letters to the Editor

Jun 20, 2006 1 mins read 387 views
Objectivity: a key issue

Editorial

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 406 views
Zhabtog Laymi, till the Ninth Plan

National Assembly

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 335 views
A verification of an investigation

National Assembly

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 419 views
Economy slows down in 2005

National Assembly

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 379 views
What not to expect from Tala

Hydro Project

Jun 20, 2006 2 mins read 377 views
Nw dzongkhag, gewog boundaries

National Assembly

Jun 20, 2006 5 mins read 358 views
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Recents

NC revisits reservations to the CRPD

The National Council today unanimously supported the already adopted reservations on Articles 23, 27, and 29 of the Amendment to the Reservations to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

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