March of 1995

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Fire threatens town

Forest Fire

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 587 views
Armed raiders suspected to be from refugee camps

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 718 views
Better water for Phuentsholing

City Corporation

Mar 31, 1995 2 mins read 654 views
Meat prices go up

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 634 views
Vehicles targetted in Phuentsholing

Crime

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 589 views
Fuji TV to raise funds for Bhutan

Feature Film

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 698 views
EMS for the east

Bhutan-Post

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 652 views
Teachers return from Australia with new ideas

Education-Teacher

Mar 31, 1995 2 mins read 660 views
Compulsory sale of book should be announced

Letters to the Editor

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 660 views
The private school is the answer

Letters to the Editor

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 664 views
A social responsibility

Editorial

Mar 31, 1995 3 mins read 600 views
New thrompon takes charge

City Corporation

Mar 31, 1995 2 mins read 620 views
Monastic school coming up

Monastic School

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 640 views
Amputation rejected

Health/Doctors/Patients

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 698 views
Telecom wins khuru

Sport

Mar 31, 1995 0 mins read 659 views
Patient reacts late

Health/Doctors/Patients

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 543 views
Additional Forest Guards Welcomed

Forestry Institution

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 585 views
Basketball begins

Sport

Mar 31, 1995 0 mins read 564 views
Farewell audience

Bhutan- India

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 577 views
Largest industrial venture opened

Bhutan Ferro Alloys Ltd (BFAL)

Mar 31, 1995 2 mins read 554 views
Lt. Gen. Oberoi visits Bhutan

Bhutan- India Defence

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 564 views
Symposium useful, say planners

Planning Ministry

Mar 31, 1995 2 mins read 593 views
Bangladesh National Day

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Mar 31, 1995 1 mins read 533 views
Storm

Meteorology-Climate/Weather

Mar 31, 1995 0 mins read 639 views
Chhorten kora

Festival (A-Z)

Mar 31, 1995 0 mins read 547 views
Stamps

Bhutan-Post

Mar 31, 1995 0 mins read 0 views
Opened

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Mar 31, 1995 0 mins read 585 views
Intellectuals

SAARC Summit

Mar 31, 1995 0 mins read 615 views
Climate change

Meteorology-Climate/Weather

Mar 31, 1995 0 mins read 0 views
Man injured while protecting neighbour's house

Crime

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 575 views
Social goals difficult

Conferences

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 571 views
Government tries to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents

Education-Youth/Counselling/Deliquence

Mar 24, 1995 3 mins read 577 views
Shares on sale

Penden Cement Authority Ltd. (PCAL)

Mar 24, 1995 2 mins read 592 views
Race to promote AIDS workers

Institutions

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 578 views
Engineers study Indian Irrigation

Agriculture Irrigation

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 578 views
Yangtsi's first Junior school

Education- Schools

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 614 views
Manas plan presented

National Park

Mar 24, 1995 2 mins read 561 views
Education's problem

Letters to the Editor

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 570 views
Parental anxiety

Letters to the Editor

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 554 views
Comments on kerosene

Letters to the Editor

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 579 views
Going public

Editorial

Mar 24, 1995 3 mins read 607 views
A national re-afforestation strategy

Forest Social/Project/ Afforestation

Mar 24, 1995 2 mins read 570 views
Forestry management needs adjusting

Forest Planning/Policy Conference/Meeting

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 588 views
Parents win admission struggle

Education- Schools

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 619 views
Thimphu schools bursting under pressure

Education- Schools

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 563 views
Rangjung festivities end

Festival (A-Z)

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 617 views
A new cremation ground

Crematorium

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 643 views
Reluctant parents may be depriving children

Education- Schools

Mar 24, 1995 1 mins read 636 views
Sewerage: relief in sight

City Corporation

Mar 24, 1995 2 mins read 577 views
Digital system coming

Telecommunication Department

Mar 24, 1995 2 mins read 536 views
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