January of 1991

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HM promotes officers

Promotion

Jan 04, 1991 0 mins read 436 views
Thimphu town strikes compromise with farmers

Dzongkhags

Jan 14, 1991 1 mins read 424 views
Community school in Tongsa

Education- Schools

Jan 19, 1991 0 mins read 406 views
Tungsten exploration to begin

Geology & Mines

Jan 25, 1991 2 mins read 459 views
SCF workshop addresses local problems

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Jan 25, 1991 2 mins read 395 views
Scout camp concludes

Education-Scout

Jan 25, 1991 1 mins read 0 views
Workshop strengthens capability of health officials

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Jan 25, 1991 1 mins read 399 views
Thimphu surveyed

City Corporation

Jan 25, 1991 1 mins read 419 views
Two injured in accident

Accident

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 0 views
Mongar VHW training

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 369 views
Health workshop

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 0 views
Greater awareness by private sector

Private Sector

Jan 25, 1991 2 mins read 410 views
Militia training begins Kurtoe

Volunteers

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 424 views
Tashigang

Volunteers

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 480 views
Bhangtar

Volunteers

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 430 views
Lopons promoted

Dratshang

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 325 views
New Managing Director for Bank

Bank of Bhutan (BOB)

Jan 25, 1991 1 mins read 416 views
Apple seedlings

Agriculture/Horticulture

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 356 views
Patient dies in Vellore

Health/Doctors/Patients

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 366 views
Arms recovered from terrorists

Terrorist

Jan 25, 1991 1 mins read 338 views
HM grants kidu soera

His Majesty

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 338 views
Exam results next week

Education-BBE

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 459 views
New Dzongkha book to be released

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Jan 25, 1991 1 mins read 378 views
Security personnel injured

Terrorist

Jan 25, 1991 0 mins read 356 views
Chirang forests destroyed

Forest Damages

Jan 25, 1991 1 mins read 334 views
A Buddhist view of the quality of education

Religion

Jan 18, 1991 5 mins read 357 views
RICB centre at Wangdi

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Jan 18, 1991 0 mins read 342 views
VHW's health workshop in Chuhha

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 356 views
Rural water supply schemes completed

Water Supply Scheme

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 362 views
Extension staff trained in agriculture

Agriculture Activities

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 345 views
Chukha reviews health activities

Health Activities

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 328 views
Garab Rimpoche lays foundation for monastery

Monasteries

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 348 views
Blessings

Wang

Jan 18, 1991 0 mins read 0 views
Police search for escaped convicts

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 360 views
Substantial growth achieved by the Bank of Bhutan Managing Director leaves Bhutan

Bank of Bhutan (BOB)

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 320 views
NWAB tour

National Women Association (NWA)

Jan 18, 1991 0 mins read 380 views
Diarrhoea and respiratory disease common in Bhutan

Health Disease

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 373 views
Gopi Pradhan tops RCSC exams

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jan 18, 1991 0 mins read 439 views
Scout camp for students begin in Punakha

Education-Scout

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 371 views
Training on mushroom cultivation completed

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 342 views
Operation desert storm

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 356 views
New UNICEF staff

UNICEF

Jan 18, 1991 0 mins read 354 views
Hoarders warned

Bhutan - Trade

Jan 18, 1991 0 mins read 325 views
Bhutan committed to children's well being

His Majesty

Jan 18, 1991 2 mins read 330 views
Militants hijack trucks

Terrorist

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 356 views
Excise duty refund raised

Bhutan - Finance

Jan 18, 1991 0 mins read 406 views
Dzong security tightened

Home Affairs

Jan 18, 1991 0 mins read 368 views
Indian Finance Minister visits Bhutan

Bhutan- India

Jan 18, 1991 1 mins read 352 views
Consumers should maintain proper channels

Letters to the Editor

Jan 11, 1991 1 mins read 396 views
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Internalising our deeper values

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Leveraging our carbon-negative status

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Solving the crisis before it deepens

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The hydropower vision is crystal clear

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The BEAST Bhutan needs

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A hard, but not a new question

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A gift to farmers

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Restoring the wing that was lost

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Lessons we dare not forget

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Epitome of friendship

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Honouring the legacy of the Great Fourth

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The urgency of civil service transformation

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Should we control social media?

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Need bold reforms to advance women in leadership roles

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Recents

Restore or lose it altogether

The country’s plan to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban lands is not simply an environmental initiative. It is a national ultimatum. We are standing at a point where the land that defines our identity is weakening under our watch.

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Bumthang ready to host historic National Day

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