October of 1993

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Chorten robbed

Crime

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Archery

Archery

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First woman to receive Red Scarf from His Majesty the King

Promotion

Oct 08, 1993 1 mins read 309 views
Mother donates kidney to son

Health/Doctors/Patients

Oct 08, 1993 1 mins read 277 views
Committee finalises four categories of people in Eastern Nepal camps

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Oct 08, 1993 2 mins read 260 views
Power cut

Power

Oct 08, 1993 0 mins read 383 views
Stock exchange

Royal Stock Exchange Of Bhutan(RSEB)

Oct 08, 1993 0 mins read 0 views
BDFC reviewed

Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (BDFC)

Oct 08, 1993 0 mins read 255 views
Technical graduates inducted

Institutions

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 268 views
Police arrest wanted terrorist

Terrorist

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 274 views
Bhutan participates in international religious conference

Religion

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 273 views
Taktshang Lam appointed

Dratshang

Oct 01, 1993 0 mins read 272 views
Archer dies after being hit by arrow

Accident

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 276 views
Student alleged to have committed suicide

Crime

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 388 views
New Gups join office

Home Affairs

Oct 01, 1993 0 mins read 239 views
Four village houses robbed

Terrorist

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 278 views
Two men robbed of scooter

Terrorist

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 276 views
Mutilated body found in Dorokha

Terrorist

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 339 views
Nagaland takes Memorial Gold Cup

Sport

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 297 views
Top golfer wins paid trip to Bangkok<br>

Golf

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 271 views
The tourism gamble

Editorial

Oct 01, 1993 3 mins read 318 views
Video films mark the beginning of a new film industry

Feature Film

Oct 01, 1993 7 mins read 277 views
Body found

Accident

Oct 01, 1993 0 mins read 0 views
19th Dudjom Rimpoche enthroned in Nepal<br><br>

Religious Personalities

Oct 01, 1993 2 mins read 251 views
Japanese ambassador inaugurates telecommunication link<br>

Telecommunication Department

Oct 01, 1993 2 mins read 337 views
Japanese ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan- Japan

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 409 views
Bhutan responds to earthquake tragedy in India

Natural Calamities

Oct 01, 1993 2 mins read 314 views
Plan talks conclude with significant agreements<br>

Bhutan- India

Oct 01, 1993 4 mins read 239 views
Jaipur murderers arrested

Crime

Oct 01, 1993 0 mins read 294 views
Son injures father

Crime

Oct 01, 1993 0 mins read 278 views
Home Minister optimistic about Nepal talks

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Oct 01, 1993 1 mins read 276 views
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Navigating Bhutan’s migration challenge

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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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