June of 2004

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Fuel price increased

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Jun 18, 2004 1 mins read 0 views
Dress code

Kuensel

Jun 11, 2004 0 mins read 416 views
Foreign minister to visit India

Bhutan- India

Jun 04, 2004 0 mins read 370 views
Buddhism in electronic archives

National Library

Jun 04, 2004 2 mins read 316 views
Parking fees to start from July

City Corporation

Jun 25, 2004 2 mins read 368 views
Fishing in restricted waters

Fishery Department

Jun 25, 2004 2 mins read 399 views
Tenders affect quality translation

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Jun 25, 2004 2 mins read 400 views
Bhutan exhibition in Hawaii

Exhibition

Jun 25, 2004 2 mins read 395 views
Samtse dzongkhag in quarter finals

Sport

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 369 views
Oman thrashes Bhutan in ACC trophy

Sport

Jun 25, 2004 0 mins read 379 views
Choden lower secondary C-division league champions

Sport

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 430 views
Mirage, Mystiques win Coronation Cup

Sport

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 376 views
More urban infrastructure

Urban Development

Jun 25, 2004 3 mins read 448 views
Domestic violence

Social Problem (Bhutan)

Jun 25, 2004 5 mins read 422 views
Dissuading animal slaughter

Chortens

Jun 25, 2004 2 mins read 326 views
Flaming taxi injures five

Accident

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 321 views
Cutting down on expired veterinary drugs

Animal Husbandry Activities

Jun 25, 2004 2 mins read 344 views
Prolonging Memelakha landfill

City Corporation

Jun 25, 2004 3 mins read 379 views
Government familiarised with JICA assistance priorities

JICA

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 363 views
Consumers clamour for meat price regulation

Consumers

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 329 views
Nu. 8.3 million to clear outdated pesticides

Helvetas

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 304 views
Urban plans misunderstood

Letters to the Editor

Jun 25, 2004 2 mins read 292 views
Girls are not behind

Letters to the Editor

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 321 views
Advances not irregularities

Letters to the Editor

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 329 views
Debating priorities

Editorial

Jun 25, 2004 3 mins read 313 views
Decentralised rules clear for DYT, dzongkhag

Home Affairs

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 350 views
Cordyceps costNu. 37,000 a kg

Agriculture

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 317 views
New lake threatens Bomdeling valley

Lake

Jun 25, 2004 2 mins read 394 views
Minor raped, murdered

Crime

Jun 25, 2004 1 mins read 323 views
National Assembly begins

National Assembly

Jun 25, 2004 0 mins read 0 views
Druk Wangyal Chhortens : a tribute and a legacy

Chortens

Jun 25, 2004 3 mins read 379 views
"Kha Tshig Kangnay" - Foot and Mouth Disease

Animal Husbandry Disease

Jun 18, 2004 2 mins read 344 views
Roads reduced rural poverty

Roads

Jun 18, 2004 3 mins read 339 views
LPG quota allotment lifted

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Jun 18, 2004 2 mins read 350 views
JICA technical support to boost agriculture production

JICA

Jun 18, 2004 1 mins read 295 views
Medicines Act will be enforced in 2005

Act

Jun 18, 2004 2 mins read 318 views
Coronation Cup finals

Sport

Jun 18, 2004 1 mins read 356 views
Bhutan play Bahrain today in ACC quarter-finals

Sport

Jun 18, 2004 1 mins read 316 views
RAA introduces environmental auditing

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Jun 18, 2004 2 mins read 398 views
Health sector impressive, should improve human resource

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Jun 18, 2004 2 mins read 350 views
Motithang park: will it survive?

National Park

Jun 18, 2004 2 mins read 344 views
Sixth annual conference on medical sciences

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Jun 18, 2004 1 mins read 304 views
Private firm offers satellite & Internet services

Private Sector

Jun 18, 2004 2 mins read 341 views
A punch flies at the archery range

Crime

Jun 18, 2004 1 mins read 381 views
New petroleum dealer

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Jun 18, 2004 1 mins read 371 views
Druk iron begins trial run

Companies

Jun 18, 2004 1 mins read 375 views
Steel prices drop

Construction Development Board (CDB)

Jun 18, 2004 1 mins read 306 views
LDCs need assistance to reduce poverty

International Organisations

Jun 18, 2004 1 mins read 369 views
HROs clear about their roles

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

Jun 18, 2004 2 mins read 627 views
The implications of increased power tariff

Kuensel

Jun 18, 2004 2 mins read 323 views
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Adding colours to life

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The recent floods are not of our making

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The silence that kills

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Recents

Honouring the legacy of the Great Fourth

The story of His Majesty the Fourth King is an extraordinary one in our history. At 16, His Majesty became King, following the untimely passing of his father, the Third Druk Gyalpo. His Majesty inherited a nation in transition, a country taking its first steps toward modernisation, while gradually coming out from years of isolation. Geo-politically, it was a time of turmoil and uncertainty.

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The selfless Warrior-King

The winter of 2003 would forever be etched in Bhutan’s history as the time when a King walked into the jungles of the south, especially in Samdrupjongkhar, not as a ruler commanding from afar, but as a warrior leading from the front. The air was cold, heavy with mist, and beneath the thick canopy of trees lay the sound of tension.  A nation’s patience was stretched to its limit.

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Tribute to His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo

Throughout history, the world has seen countless leaders, yet only a few have embodied the rare harmony of wisdom, compassion, and courage that defines true greatness. Bhutan is fortunate to have been blessed by such a leader in His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, a visionary Monarch whose reign ushered the nation into an era of peace, progress, and profound transforma

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King who sacrificed his youth to build a future for us

Among the many extraordinary acts of greatness that define the reign of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, what moves the heart most profoundly is something far more silent, far less seen: the quiet, invisible sacrifice of his own youth. It is a story etched deeply in the soul of the nation, for in giving up his own, he gifted a future to us.

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The Vajrayana King

As Bhutan reflects on its journey as the world’s last Vajrayana kingdom, it becomes ever more evident that the reign of His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, marks one of the most sacred and transformative eras in our history.

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