April of 1992

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Importers' tour

A group of Bhutanese businessmen left for Bangladesh on April 22 to visit factories and to discuss rates of commodities they would Import from Bangladesh into Bhutan.

Apr 25, 1992 0 mins read 392 views
Tashigang's 7th Plan programmes finalised

The Seventh Plan programmes for Tashigang were finalised in a meeting held at the Sherubtse College campus in Kanglung, on April 15.

Apr 25, 1992 8 mins read 395 views
Ensuring the nation's security recognised as the most important of all Seventh Plan objectives

The public meeting In Lhuntsi was unanimous in rec...

Apr 11, 1992 6 mins read 413 views
The rich get richer and the poor become poorer

UNDP

Apr 24, 1992 1 mins read 627 views
India trains Bhutanese engineers<br><br>

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

Apr 24, 1992 2 mins read 559 views
Riju-Bartsam road inaugurated

Roads

Apr 24, 1992 1 mins read 526 views
SAARC harmonises reviews<br>

SAARC Activities

Apr 24, 1992 1 mins read 565 views
SAARC expert meet

SAARC Countries

Apr 24, 1992 1 mins read 549 views
Tashigangpas reiterate pledge to safeguard the Tsawa Sum

Dzongkhags

Apr 24, 1992 4 mins read 569 views
Lobesa agriculture training

Agriculture Activities

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 556 views
Volunteers go south

Volunteers

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 574 views
Motorcycle accident

Accident

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 574 views
Two injured in accident

Accident

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 681 views
Workers rescued from slide

Accident

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 580 views
Teachers trained in assisted programme<br>

Education-Teacher

Apr 24, 1992 1 mins read 586 views
Khuru match

Sport

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 771 views
Shock<br>

Accident

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 626 views
Community school opened<br>

Education- Schools

Apr 24, 1992 1 mins read 0 views
Seminar on contagious disease

Health Disease

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 510 views
Drinking water

Water Supply Scheme

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 625 views
Chorten robbed<br>

Crime

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 618 views
Liquor tender increased

Dzongkhags

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 524 views
New gup<br>

Home Affairs

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 608 views
First Bumthang lady to drive tiller<br><br>

Dzongkhags

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 506 views
Protect this Himalayan Buddhist kingdom

Letters to the Editor

Apr 24, 1992 3 mins read 543 views
Are we buying the subtle erosion of an identity ?

Letters to the Editor

Apr 24, 1992 1 mins read 569 views
What Bhutanese perspective?

Letters to the Editor

Apr 24, 1992 1 mins read 541 views
Non formal education to raise education level in Bhutan<br>

Education- NFE

Apr 24, 1992 2 mins read 558 views
Business community in Pemagatsel urge to diversify

Dzongkhags

Apr 24, 1992 3 mins read 487 views
Dusampas call for concerted action to remove ngolop problem<br>

Dzongkhags

Apr 24, 1992 4 mins read 443 views
Their Majesties visit schools and institutes in Tashigang dzongkhag

Royalties

Apr 24, 1992 1 mins read 519 views
No unemployment of graduates<br>

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 24, 1992 6 mins read 513 views
Gypsum Mining in Pemagatshel<br>

Coal/ Mine

Apr 24, 1992 2 mins read 631 views
His Majesty meets Tashigang business community

His Majesty the King briefed the business community in Tashigang on the importance of diversifying and expanding their commercial horizons.

Apr 25, 1992 2 mins read 540 views
His Majesty awards prizes to Pemagatsel junior High School

His Majesty the King visited the Pemagatsel Junior High School on April 18 and awarded prizes to the school for being c...

Apr 25, 1992 2 mins read 549 views
Importers' tour<br>

Business

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 534 views
Plantation destroyed

Six anti-national terrorists were seen running away after setting fire to the remaining trees in the Sajbotey Teak plantation on April 17. About 14,000 feet of barbed wire was also stolen.

Apr 25, 1992 0 mins read 547 views
Sudden hail destroys crops

A sudden and unprecedented hail storm hit Punakha on April 22, doing extensive damage to wheat, buckwheat, mustard and chillis. The chimi of Shegnana reported that the crops of 100 households had been affected by th...

Apr 25, 1992 0 mins read 527 views
Tashigang's 7th Plan programmes finalised

Planning

Apr 24, 1992 9 mins read 550 views
Innocent man murdered

A 32-year old man was shot dead when armed terrorists attacked his house in Singkharka village in Surey on the night of April 18. Tshering was shot through his chest with a rifle while he was asleep in his bed.

Apr 25, 1992 0 mins read 506 views
Anti-national terrorists loot villagers

A gang of 10 or 11 terrorists attacked the house of Kharananda Adhikari of Gongdara village in Surey and robbed the family after assaulting them on the night of April 17.

Apr 25, 1992 1 mins read 532 views
Seventh Plan programmes for Pemagatsel finalised

The Seventh Plan budget for the development of Pemagatsel in the next five years is Nu.315.275 million, more than double the budget allotted in the S...

Apr 25, 1992 6 mins read 563 views
His Majesty completes tour

His Majesty - National Tour

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 563 views
Kudung received in Bhutan

Diseased Religious Personalities

Apr 24, 1992 0 mins read 531 views
Women's association organises health workshop

Dzongkhags

Apr 17, 1992 1 mins read 499 views
Mushrooms<br>

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Apr 17, 1992 0 mins read 536 views
Thousands at Chukha Tshechu

Tshechu

Apr 17, 1992 1 mins read 555 views
Walk to prevent heart problems<br>

WHO (World Health Organisation)

Apr 17, 1992 1 mins read 532 views
Orientation course: rural water supply belongs to villagers

Water Supply Scheme

Apr 17, 1992 1 mins read 514 views
keep highway clear<br>

Dzongkhags

Apr 17, 1992 1 mins read 522 views
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