Project 108

June of 1997

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Laya and Lunana receive assistance

International Assistance

Jun 06, 1997 2 mins read 795 views
World Environment Day

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Jun 06, 1997 1 mins read 824 views
Information on Microsoft windows

Computer/Internet

Jun 06, 1997 2 mins read 805 views
Armed men injure and attack three people

Crime

Jun 06, 1997 1 mins read 761 views
Mongar high school tops ICSE results

Education-BBE

Jun 06, 1997 1 mins read 808 views
Tsangpo BHU inaugurated

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Jun 06, 1997 1 mins read 846 views
Bongo's sports meet

Sport

Jun 06, 1997 1 mins read 710 views
Police step up awareness

Education- Student

Jun 06, 1997 1 mins read 820 views
Leaders discuss tourism in Manila

Tourism

Jun 06, 1997 1 mins read 795 views
Nestle products at MRP

Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB)

Jun 06, 1997 1 mins read 745 views
Bhutanese students win university award

Education- Student

Jun 06, 1997 1 mins read 790 views
Snow leopard population studied

Survey

Jun 06, 1997 2 mins read 740 views
Basketball attracts sponsors

Sport

Jun 06, 1997 2 mins read 754 views
Suggestions for better traffic control

Letters to the Editor

Jun 06, 1997 1 mins read 818 views
Developing the country's manpower

Letters to the Editor

Jun 06, 1997 2 mins read 743 views
Hoarding licenses

Editorial

Jun 06, 1997 3 mins read 782 views
Spiritual path and spiritual materialism

Religion

Jun 06, 1997 13 mins read 698 views
ICRC delegation on goodwill visit

International Committee Of Red Cross (ICRC)

Jun 06, 1997 1 mins read 688 views
49th day ceremony for the late Je Khenpo held

Diseased Personalities

Jun 06, 1997 3 mins read 720 views
Basketball tournament

Sport

Jun 06, 1997 0 mins read 998 views
Forest management

Bhutan-Australia

Jun 06, 1997 0 mins read 0 views
Tourism Training

Tourism

Jun 06, 1997 0 mins read 826 views
Dantak commander

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Jun 06, 1997 0 mins read 759 views
Preserving thankas

National Museum

Jun 13, 1997 2 mins read 765 views
Respected traditional healer passes away

Personalities

Jun 13, 1997 3 mins read 799 views
Gedu's machinery to be sold as scrap

GWMC (Gedu Wood Manufac. Corporation)

Jun 13, 1997 2 mins read 712 views
Attractive prizes attract players to tournament

Golf

Jun 13, 1997 2 mins read 756 views
Man held on rape charge

Crime

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 756 views
Dungtshos learn record keeping

Indigenous Hospital

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 723 views
Disposing used engine oil safely

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 747 views
School ranking wrong

Letters to the Editor

Jun 13, 1997 0 mins read 742 views
RIM clarifies on raffles

Letters to the Editor

Jun 13, 1997 3 mins read 755 views
Education : growing needs

Editorial

Jun 13, 1997 3 mins read 688 views
Dantak gives guest house to Sengor

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 818 views
Sustaining forests, Bhutan's "life veins"

Bhutan-Austria

Jun 13, 1997 3 mins read 643 views
Waiters trained in service

Tourism

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 757 views
Brawlers in court

Crime

Jun 13, 1997 0 mins read 792 views
Hello ... another new number?

Telecommunication Department

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 704 views
Lhakhang robbed by gunmen

Crime

Jun 13, 1997 0 mins read 801 views
Bhutan ranked 155 in HDI

UNDP

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 665 views
New Rigney offers traditional courses

Handicraft

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 755 views
Tour operators to thrash out problem

Tourism

Jun 13, 1997 2 mins read 790 views
Garbage disposal site breeds flies

City Corporation

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 752 views
Firearms used to poach Black Bear

National Park

Jun 13, 1997 2 mins read 782 views
STCB shares still on

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB)

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 711 views
BTF close to US$25 million

Bhutan Trust Fund (BTF)

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 731 views
Be alert, says RBP

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 755 views
WWF commits Nu. 52.5 million for parks<br>

WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 650 views
National Assembly begins this week

National Assembly

Jun 13, 1997 1 mins read 746 views
Electricity tariff

Power

Jun 13, 1997 0 mins read 815 views
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Recents

Protect chhuzhing before it is too late

Bhutan is losing its paddy land faster than it is protecting it. The country has recorded 868 cases of structures built on chhuzhing (wetland) without prior approval. Rice self-sufficiency has fallen to 25 percent, and the country spends billions of ngultrum each year importing the grain it once grew itself.

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Pelsung to move from training first to building around demand

I think the first year has validated Pelsung’s mandate of preparing the youth of Bhutan for GMC and 10X Bhutan, while also showing us where the model needs to evolve. We think about our work through two distinct pathways. Professional Readiness is for young people who need the skills and employability to work in GMC and emerging sectors.

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Tunnel 26 raises the bar for Bhutanese cinema

Directed by award-winning filmmaker DD Kinley, Tunnel 26 takes Bhutanese cinema into new territory, with a story of horror, survival and human connection. Its ensemble casts includes Nepali actors Anna Sharma and Anoop Bikram Shahi, Indian model Roshni Dada, and Bhutanese actors Sangay Tsheltrim, Phuntshok Dhoden, and Deki Lhamo, among others.

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