March of 1994

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Biggest real estate from Provident Fund

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Mar 25, 1994 3 mins read 724 views
Increase in food price index

Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 624 views
Consumers irked by milk price

Animal Husbandry Policy

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 559 views
Help find a missing boy

Letters to the Editor

Mar 25, 1994 0 mins read 572 views
Stengun recovered

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Mar 18, 1994 0 mins read 889 views
Archery

Sport

Mar 25, 1994 0 mins read 0 views
Wireless stations

Telecommunication Department

Mar 25, 1994 0 mins read 0 views
Transfer & promotions

Promotion

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 688 views
Traffic lights for Thimphu

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 579 views
Agreement signed

Bhutan - Netherlands

Mar 25, 1994 2 mins read 732 views
Imported goods to be banned from veg. Market

Bhutan - Trade

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 590 views
Robbers fall to death while escaping

Accident

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 558 views
RNR extension centre opened

Agriculture Institutions

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 571 views
How about a mini zoo?

Letters to the Editor

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 569 views
The path to the Dharma (the secret way to attain Nirvana)

Letters to the Editor

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 548 views
Problematic speed breaker

Letters to the Editor

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 565 views
Houses robbed and villagers beaten

Terrorist

Mar 25, 1994 2 mins read 543 views
Gups learn from Capacity BuildingTraining

Home Affairs

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 526 views
German friends of Bhutan

Visitors

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 541 views
Forest guards graduate from Foretry Institute

Forestry Institution

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 519 views
Seminar on pluralism in the media

Conferences

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 528 views
Austrian ambassador Presents credentials

Bhutan- Austria

Mar 25, 1994 1 mins read 562 views
Traditional practices hinder health coverage

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Mar 25, 1994 2 mins read 513 views
Legends and old ways of the Paro tshechu remembered

Tshechu

Mar 25, 1994 3 mins read 617 views
Hoteliers experience intense deadline pressure for the Paro tshechu

Tshechu

Mar 25, 1994 3 mins read 525 views
Media to mend relations

Editorial

Mar 25, 1994 2 mins read 497 views
Press club

SAARC Summit

Mar 25, 1994 0 mins read 625 views
Nepal Bhutan talks

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Mar 25, 1994 0 mins read 587 views
Microscope recovered

Crime

Mar 25, 1994 0 mins read 602 views
Sentenced

Crime

Mar 25, 1994 0 mins read 0 views
Bhutan renews agreement with UNICEF

UNICEF

Mar 18, 1994 1 mins read 536 views
Telecommunication sysrem upgraded

Telecommunication Department

Mar 18, 1994 1 mins read 565 views
TAB to assess and categorise local hotels

Tourism

Mar 18, 1994 1 mins read 535 views
Woman stabbed

Crime

Mar 18, 1994 0 mins read 611 views
SAARC Secretary General visits Bhutan

SAARC Countries

Mar 18, 1994 1 mins read 0 views
Sewerage project for Thimphu and Phuentsholing underway

Urban Development

Mar 18, 1994 2 mins read 524 views
Minor Raped

Crime

Mar 18, 1994 0 mins read 549 views
Suspected killer arrested

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Mar 18, 1994 0 mins read 540 views
Walk for environment

Visitors

Mar 18, 1994 1 mins read 526 views
Gups play an important role

Home Affairs

Mar 18, 1994 1 mins read 582 views
Gold seized

Revenue and Custom

Mar 18, 1994 1 mins read 646 views
Druk air announces increased rates

Druk Air

Mar 18, 1994 2 mins read 530 views
Their majesties contribute choeshams

Royalties

Mar 18, 1994 1 mins read 535 views
New health unit for Phubjikha

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Mar 18, 1994 1 mins read 580 views
Villager robbed

Terrorist

Mar 18, 1994 0 mins read 554 views
Scrap dealers recycle waste, but camouflage crime

Business

Mar 18, 1994 4 mins read 567 views
Tourism - high season

Editorial

Mar 18, 1994 3 mins read 545 views
Shops gutted

Accident

Mar 18, 1994 0 mins read 608 views
Paro Tshechu

Tshechu

Mar 18, 1994 0 mins read 0 views
Road to open

Roads

Mar 18, 1994 0 mins read 640 views
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Recents

Fourth thromde elections set for July 15

The dhamngoi zomdu (candidate selection meetings) for Thrompon candidates will begin for the fourth local government elections of Thimphu and Phuentsholing Thromde Tshogdes, scheduled for July 15, according to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB).

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Drayang closure to remain permanent

More than two years after promising to review the closure of drayangs, the government has ruled out the possibility of reviving the entertainment venues, signalling a definitive end to an industry that once formed a significant part of the country’s nightlife economy.

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