March of 1993

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BDFC faces recovery hassles

Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (BDFC)

Mar 26, 1993 2 mins read 571 views
Chorten Kora tshechu

Tshechu

Mar 26, 1993 1 mins read 0 views
Anti-rabies campaign

Animal Husbandry Disease

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 605 views
Auction in Samchi

Agriculture Policy

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 624 views
First batch of training for police in Chukha

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Mar 26, 1993 1 mins read 594 views
Fertilizer training

Agriculture Activities

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 749 views
Vasectomy operation

Health Family Planning

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 683 views
New water supply handed to villagers

Water Supply Scheme

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 723 views
37th DYT at Shemgang

Home Affairs

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 619 views
New school building opened

Education- Schools

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 637 views
New water supply scheme

Water Supply Scheme

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 712 views
Water supply training

Water Supply Scheme

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 705 views
Lunch for labourers

Dzongs

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 681 views
Extension agents training

Agriculture Activities

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 626 views
Annual rites for late Dasho Nishioka

Personalities

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 667 views
Schools in Tashiyangtsi renovated

Education- Schools

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 515 views
Model villages for cleanliness

Social Services

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 594 views
Man gored by bull

Accident

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 613 views
Education in Thimphu schools questioned

Education- Student

Mar 26, 1993 3 mins read 602 views
A bad start for tourism

Tourism

Mar 26, 1993 1 mins read 565 views
Thimphu hospital declared 'Baby Friendly'

Health Mother and Child Programme

Mar 26, 1993 1 mins read 555 views
Aikido classes open for enthusiasts

Sport

Mar 26, 1993 1 mins read 596 views
Terrorists set house on fire

Anti-National (Ngolops)

Mar 26, 1993 1 mins read 588 views
Spate of terrorism continues unabated

Anti-National (Ngolops)

Mar 26, 1993 2 mins read 600 views
Blood donation campaign gets promising response

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Mar 26, 1993 1 mins read 542 views
Terrorists attack Dalim gup's house

Anti-National (Ngolops)

Mar 26, 1993 2 mins read 583 views
Dantak chief visits bridge

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 588 views
Truck recovered

Crime

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 589 views
Foreign Minister made Vice-Chairman

Foreign Affairs

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 514 views
HM greets Begum Khaleda Zia on Bangladesh Independence Day

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 583 views
SF and police accused of killing Indian Nepalese

Anti-National (Ngolops)

Mar 26, 1993 3 mins read 595 views
Ambassador

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 0 views
IMTRAT Commandant promoted

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Mar 26, 1993 1 mins read 584 views
Man absconds with money

Crime

Mar 26, 1993 0 mins read 589 views
Councillor re-election

Royal Advisory Council (RAC)

Mar 26, 1993 1 mins read 571 views
72nd National Assembly

National Assembly

Mar 26, 1993 1 mins read 598 views
Water supply scheme

Water Supply Scheme

Mar 19, 1993 0 mins read 638 views
36th DYT of Tongsa

Home Affairs

Mar 19, 1993 0 mins read 606 views
Health campaign

Health Policy

Mar 19, 1993 0 mins read 627 views
Training, to boost vegetables

Agriculture Activities

Mar 19, 1993 0 mins read 562 views
Health meet

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Mar 19, 1993 0 mins read 0 views
GYT discusses school enrolment

Education- Schools

Mar 19, 1993 1 mins read 523 views
Many outbreaks of forest fire

Forest Fire

Mar 19, 1993 1 mins read 635 views
Shoe saves boy's legs

Accident

Mar 19, 1993 0 mins read 567 views
Wind blows off roof and starts fire

Accident

Mar 19, 1993 0 mins read 621 views
Clergy to promote health and hygiene

Health Policy

Mar 19, 1993 1 mins read 563 views
Community school inaugurated

Education- Schools

Mar 19, 1993 0 mins read 556 views
Bears raid houses

Wild Animal

Mar 19, 1993 0 mins read 584 views
Trainings to maintain water supply schemes

Water Supply Scheme

Mar 19, 1993 2 mins read 546 views
Computerisation of Budget and Accounts

Bhutan - Finance

Mar 19, 1993 2 mins read 566 views
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Recents

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A Special Audit Report by the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has identified significant procurement, planning, and governance failures in the Bhutan Integrated Taxation System (BITS 1.0), concluding that the project failed to achieve its intended objectives and resulted in substantial wasteful and avoidable expenditure of public funds.

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What solutions for Amochu project?

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Reform or stay shut

The closure of drayangs (entertainment centres) is an issue that most sensible Bhutanese, except perhaps the operators, have supported. While the current government may have pledged during the campaign to review the previous government’s decision to shut them down, any sane government should not back down from that closure.

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