October of 1991

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GPF contribution system needs improving<br>

Letters to the Editor

Oct 18, 1991 1 mins read 276 views
Training on rural water supply<br>

Water Supply Scheme

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 0 views
Haa militia complete training

Volunteers

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 342 views
Traffic through Bhur river opened<br>

Roads

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 336 views
Shaba Jr. High School holds spelling competition <br>

Competition (A-Z)

Oct 18, 1991 1 mins read 246 views
VHW training

Health Activities

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 0 views
Farmers trained<br>

Agriculture Activities

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 250 views
First khuru tournament held

Sport

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 409 views
Dental checkup

Health Activities

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 267 views
Gups appointed<br>

Dzongkhags

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 523 views
Local planks used to make benches

Education Schools

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 341 views
Convocation for diploma graduates

Institutions

Oct 18, 1991 1 mins read 249 views
P&T and civil wireless meeting

Communication Ministry

Oct 18, 1991 1 mins read 305 views
UNFPA programme review mission

UNFPA

Oct 18, 1991 1 mins read 612 views
Donor coordination meeting

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

Oct 18, 1991 2 mins read 321 views
Archery

Sport

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 0 views
Nobel prize<br>

Awards

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 267 views
Banker on visit

Visitors

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 285 views
Highly charged Assembly deliberations

National Assembly

Oct 18, 1991 10 mins read 240 views
Southern Bhutanese receive royal pardon

Anti-National (Ngolops)

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 312 views
Plan talks<br>

Planning

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 267 views
UNCDF mission

UNCDF

Oct 18, 1991 0 mins read 287 views
Winter crop management<br>

Agriculture Activities

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 320 views
Annual sports

Sport

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 308 views
Volleyball & cultural events<br>

Competition (A-Z)

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 252 views
Fatalities in accidents over the weekend

Accident

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 298 views
First Lhuntsi marathon<br>

Sport

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 294 views
Archery tournament<br>

Sport

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 369 views
Motorcyclist on world tour<br>

Visitors

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 243 views
Mic address<br>

Education- Schools

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 268 views
SF football team in Samchi,

Sport

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 250 views
Teachers attend NAPE workshop

Education-Policy/Planning/Conference Workshop

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 0 views
Health workshop<br>

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 0 views
Monthly agriculture workshop<br>

Agriculture Activities

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 249 views
BCCI office in Mongar<br>

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 329 views
Model village selected in Pemagatsel<br>

Dzongkhags

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 266 views
Man's foot rots and falls off

Accident

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 269 views
Sunday market

Sunday market/Vegetable market

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 402 views
Cattle and horse show

Animal Husbandry Institution

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 307 views
Mongar farmers buy cattle from Samchi<br>

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 237 views
Development planning workshop

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 271 views
Missing man

Accident

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 256 views
Gold Cup in Thimphu<br>

Sport

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 257 views
Bhutanese archer at Asian meet

South Asian Federation Games (SAFG)

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 234 views
National archery tournament <br>

Sport

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 252 views
Training of Judiciary staff and Thrimrabs<br>

Judiciary

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 252 views
Attempted robbery on plantation<br>

Terrorist

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 234 views
House robbed

Terrorist

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 0 views
Raid foiled

Terrorist

Oct 11, 1991 0 mins read 283 views
Canadian assistance takes a turn<br>

Bhutan-Canada

Oct 11, 1991 1 mins read 290 views
Browse Archives
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Court judgements still out of public reach

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Study records over 200 native fodder species in highland rangelands

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Drukair: History of Bhutan’s national airline

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Devotion knows no bounds

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National symposium explores AI as catalyst for 10X growth

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Amochu quarriers call for flood walls after millions in losses

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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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Nov 08, 2025 2 mins read 1,291 views
Need bold reforms to advance women in leadership roles

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Fraudulent businesses must be punished

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Nov 06, 2025 2 mins read 2,167 views
Safe spaces, unsafe realities

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A small kingdom’s great prayer for the world

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Why agile governance and policy innovation matter

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One health, one future

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Preparing Bhutan for the AI era

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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Ask Mr Bhutan

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Ask Mr Bhutan

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Making ESP education loan more accessible

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Oct 29, 2025 2 mins read 1,246 views
A teacher’s gift to the nation

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Oct 28, 2025 2 mins read 1,869 views
Walking for those who cannot walk

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Oct 27, 2025 2 mins read 776 views
Are we hoarding alcohol and cigarettes?

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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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