July of 1995

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Dasho Tsering Wangda receives Red Scarf

Promotion

Jul 14, 1995 0 mins read 283 views
Helvetas Vice- President visits Bhutan

Helvetas

Jul 14, 1995 1 mins read 267 views
Member of Indo-Bhutan team dies in Lunana

Accident

Jul 14, 1995 1 mins read 263 views
Apple floor price stays at US$ 450

Agriculture/Horticulture

Jul 14, 1995 2 mins read 267 views
YHS wins inter-High School quiz

Competition (A-Z)

Jul 14, 1995 1 mins read 283 views
YHS boys, Drugyal girls win basketball

Sport

Jul 14, 1995 1 mins read 288 views
Price of domestic letters increase

Bhutan-Post

Jul 14, 1995 1 mins read 285 views
Druk Air Golf tournament concludes

Golf

Jul 14, 1995 1 mins read 276 views
Flash flood in Lhuntsi

Landslides and Floods

Jul 14, 1995 0 mins read 313 views
Need to issue ration cards

Letters to the Editor

Jul 14, 1995 2 mins read 279 views
Teachers should be optimistic

Letters to the Editor

Jul 14, 1995 1 mins read 277 views
Power shortage

Letters to the Editor

Jul 14, 1995 1 mins read 278 views
Departments's gain , houseowner's loss

Letters to the Editor

Jul 14, 1995 2 mins read 239 views
Elections on

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Jul 14, 1995 3 mins read 297 views
From total eradication to control: The battle against Malaria goes on in the south

Health Malaria Control

Jul 14, 1995 8 mins read 298 views
Indian projects: a success

Bhutan- India

Jul 14, 1995 1 mins read 269 views
Sustainable development to be discussed

Bhutan - Netherlands

Jul 14, 1995 2 mins read 236 views
Population concern

World Population Day

Jul 14, 1995 2 mins read 301 views
Helvetas celebrates : 20 years in Bhutan

Helvetas

Jul 14, 1995 3 mins read 305 views
Basketball

Sport

Jul 14, 1995 0 mins read 0 views
Monsoon Ball

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Jul 14, 1995 0 mins read 252 views
Family robbed

Terrorist

Jul 14, 1995 0 mins read 298 views
RSEB to educate clients

Royal Stock Exchange Of Bhutan(RSEB)

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 261 views
Tourist guides to be educated : end of an amusing era

Tourism

Jul 07, 1995 3 mins read 302 views
Indian general visits

Bhutan- India Defence

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 263 views
Japanese grant for agriculture signed

Bhutan- Japan

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 263 views
Survey of Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary calls for improved management

WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

Jul 07, 1995 2 mins read 277 views
DMO's meet for seminar on National Immunisation Day

Health Immunization

Jul 07, 1995 2 mins read 271 views
Where have Thimphu's marathon runners gone?

Athletic (A-Z)

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 229 views
BYDA to start language and writing courses in Dzongkha

Associations

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 261 views
At the Thimphu Hospital

Crime

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 243 views
Zhidhey not fragile

Letters to the Editor

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 287 views
Erratic power

Letters to the Editor

Jul 07, 1995 0 mins read 326 views
No name of hotel

Letters to the Editor

Jul 07, 1995 0 mins read 283 views
No professionalism

Letters to the Editor

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 266 views
A scramble for housing

Editorial

Jul 07, 1995 3 mins read 304 views
Danger of flood

Letters to the Editor

Jul 07, 1995 0 mins read 294 views
Are incentives attractive enough for teachers ?

Education-Teacher

Jul 07, 1995 6 mins read 279 views
Gelephu symposium on malaria

Health Malaria Control

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 267 views
Inter School Basketball Carnival begins

Sport

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 284 views
Revised rules discourage fronting and ban pornography

Bhutan - Trade

Jul 07, 1995 2 mins read 295 views
Unknown insect destroys foliage

Agriculture/Insecticide/Disease

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 293 views
Passport smuggling : a new racket

Crime

Jul 07, 1995 1 mins read 328 views
RBA win controversial football league

Sport

Jul 07, 1995 2 mins read 296 views
Training for entrepreneurs

Bhutan - Trade

Jul 07, 1995 0 mins read 296 views
RCSC trainee officers

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jul 07, 1995 0 mins read 265 views
Passports lost

Lost and Fund

Jul 07, 1995 0 mins read 268 views
Road blocks

Roads

Jul 07, 1995 0 mins read 0 views
Women's meet

SAARC Countries

Jul 07, 1995 0 mins read 285 views
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King who made culture Bhutan’s shield

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Recents

Healing for peace: A day of compassion, courage, and quiet miracles in Thimphu

Thimphu, November 8 — It was a day filled with warmth, compassion, and quiet miracles. Around a thousand were treated at the Royal Institute of Management (RIM) on Saturday for “Healing for Peace,” an extraordinary event led by renowned traditional healers Master Chris Leong and Master Erik Leong, supported by a team of 20 Tit Tar practitioners and 100 DeSuung volunteers.

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Lessons we dare not forget

The words shared by His Majesty the King on the 70th birth anniversary of Drukgyal Zhipa were more than a son’s remembrance. They were a national awakening. The advice of the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, given to his son and shared with his people, reads like a moral charter for the country, a mirror reflecting both what we have achieved and what we risk losing if we become complacent.

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