September of 1978

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POST OFFICE FOR BABESAR

Bhutan Post

Sep 24, 1978 0 mins read 588 views
WIRELESS TRAINING CENTRE INAUGURATED

Inauguration

Sep 24, 1978 1 mins read 552 views
PENDEN CEMENT PLANT TO START PRODUCTION IN APRIL 1979

PCAL

Sep 24, 1978 4 mins read 537 views
THIMPHU JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GO TO GAYLEGPHUG

School

Sep 24, 1978 0 mins read 550 views
'BHUTANESE DAY' CELEBRATED AT YANGCHENPHUG

School

Sep 24, 1978 1 mins read 526 views
FUND RAISING FOR FLOOD VICTIMS

Bhutan-India

Sep 24, 1978 1 mins read 512 views
DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT LANDING IN PARO

Drukair

Sep 24, 1978 1 mins read 711 views
THIMPHU DOMCHU

Tshechu

Sep 17, 1978 0 mins read 702 views
RESULTS OF TENNIS TOURNAMENT ORGANISED BY N.S.A.B

Tennis

Sep 17, 1978 0 mins read 522 views
DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY WINS MASSOON MEMORIAL

Football

Sep 17, 1978 0 mins read 529 views
STUDY SERVICE WORKSHOP

Workshop

Sep 17, 1978 2 mins read 591 views
INDIAN ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF VISITS THIMPHU

Visitors

Sep 17, 1978 0 mins read 570 views
FUND RASING FOR THE ERADICATION OF LEPROSY IN BHUTAN SCHEME

Diseases

Sep 17, 1978 1 mins read 594 views
IMPRESSIVE POLICE PASSING OUT PARADE

RBP

Sep 17, 1978 3 mins read 605 views
ESCAP CONFERENCE ON CO-OPERATION IN TRADE

ESCAP

Sep 17, 1978 2 mins read 519 views
TINY TOTS PUT UP AN IMPRESSIVE SHOW

School

Sep 10, 1978 1 mins read 477 views
GAYLEGPHUG TELEPHONE EXCHANGE EXPANDED

Telecom

Sep 10, 1978 0 mins read 427 views
SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER DAGA CHU OPENED

Bridge

Sep 10, 1978 0 mins read 481 views
SEMINAR ON INSTRUCTION METHODS HELD AT KHARBANDI

Seminar

Sep 10, 1978 1 mins read 509 views
MANPOWER PLANNING IN THE BANK OF BHUTAN

BOB

Sep 10, 1978 3 mins read 453 views
WORKSHOP ON PROJECT ANALYSIS OPENED

Workshop

Sep 10, 1978 2 mins read 394 views
ESCAP EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAYS 4 DAY VISIT TO BHUTAN

ESCAP

Sep 03, 1978 1 mins read 461 views
INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY VISITS BHUTAN

India's Foreign Secretary, Mr. Jagat Mehta, paid a four day visit to Bhutan between August 26 and 29. During his stay in the capital, Mr. Mehta held a series of discussions with H...

Sep 04, 1978 0 mins read 0 views
BHUTAN ATTENDS WORLD MEET TO COMBAT RACISM

Conference

Sep 03, 1978 0 mins read 476 views
NON-ALIGNED FOREIGNMINISTERS CONFERENCE

Non-Aligned Moment

Sep 03, 1978 1 mins read 474 views
SECOND ORIENTATION PROGRAMMEFOR FRESH GRADUATES A SUCCESS

Graduates

Sep 03, 1978 1 mins read 483 views
TONGSA LAYS STRESS ON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Trongsa

Sep 03, 1978 2 mins read 433 views
STUDENTS HELP TO DEVELOP BHUTAN

Students

Sep 03, 1978 2 mins read 412 views
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Fuel subsidy unsustainable as annual cost could reach Nu 14.4B

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Over 200 intruders enter Lunana cordyceps sites

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Airborne geophysical survey maps 40% of country’s land for minerals

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Flood-damaged Dagachhu hydropower plant to resume operations on May 16

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Where the Migoi still roams

Trashigang —In the high valleys of Sakteng Gewog, the legend of the Migoi, the mythical yeti, has never truly disappeared.

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Family problems major driver behind rise in youth substance abuse: Education Minister

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Startups call for support beyond seed funding

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A memoir of hustle and heartache

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From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

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Café by the waterfall

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Where tradition meets treatment

In Bhutan, healing is not a choice between past and present but a collaboration between the two. Across the country, patients move between modern clinics and traditional medicine units with ease, guided as much by...

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Between Homes

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The true wealth of Dzambhala

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No amount of money can replace you

The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency and warmth by devoted grandparents can fare well, separation from parents at this age generally causes...

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You’re not what you think you are

You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness, which is precisely what it does not mean. A more precise term might be: empty of inherent existence.

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Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a relaxed four-hour setting to reconnect with family and friends.

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The trap of spiritual materialism

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Fighting online scams

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ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

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Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

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Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country could see as few as 2,000 births by 2028.

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Unshackling the state

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The environmental toll of wars

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A costly fiasco

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National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

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Culture under threat?

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Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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