April of 1996

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NEC draft document finalised

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 408 views
Cement block making machine installed

Hydro Project

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 431 views
First batch of meter readers and linespersons

Power

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 395 views
Taekwondo coaches' refresher course

Sport

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 436 views
Trashigang 's only sawmill picks up

Dzongkhags

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 414 views
Driglam Namzha course for UN staff

Driglam Namgshag

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 422 views
Better blocks

Letters to the Editor

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 402 views
Painful formalities

Letters to the Editor

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 411 views
Speed breakers

Letters to the Editor

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 0 views
Not just locals

Letters to the Editor

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 424 views
Dogs without teeth

Letters to the Editor

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 424 views
A valuable lesson

Editorial

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 416 views
The travails of travel

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 436 views
House near border burgled

Crime

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 405 views
Chilip in national tournament

Archery

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 439 views
Lecturers begin orientation

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 458 views
Entrepreneur of the year

Private Sector

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 0 views
Stronger winds this year

Meteorology-Climate/Weather

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 400 views
Price of meat to be regulated

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 397 views
Exhibition on the history of Bhutan

Bhutan - History

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 419 views
Sweeping Thimphu town clean

City Corporation

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 423 views
Fire razes huts

Accident

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 409 views
ICSE students to repeat Dzongkha paper

Education-BBE

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 403 views
Seventh round of Bhutan-Nepal talks on in Kathmandu

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 365 views
Forest fire

Forest Fire

Apr 05, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Mineral trainees

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

Apr 05, 1996 0 mins read 425 views
Sex education

Health-HIV/AIDS

Apr 05, 1996 0 mins read 432 views
Films

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Apr 05, 1996 0 mins read 376 views
Archery

Archery

Apr 05, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Entrepreneurs course

Private Sector

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 359 views
Research on hypertension and anemia

Health Mother and Child Programme

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 432 views
The Central Maintenance Unit : more than what it seems

Power

Apr 12, 1996 3 mins read 403 views
Orientation an eye-opener, say lecturers

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Apr 12, 1996 2 mins read 381 views
Communication training for health staff

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 438 views
Authentic music

Letters to the Editor

Apr 12, 1996 0 mins read 436 views
Traffic control needed

Letters to the Editor

Apr 12, 1996 0 mins read 421 views
Awareness and initiatives on environment

Letters to the Editor

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 420 views
We must live up to our parents' efforts

Letters to the Editor

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 397 views
Schools need libraries

Letters to the Editor

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 412 views
Bilateral process vital

Editorial

Apr 12, 1996 4 mins read 372 views
Paintings for the Machen of the Punakha Dzong in progress

Handicraft

Apr 12, 1996 2 mins read 411 views
The Village Health Worker to the rescue

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Apr 12, 1996 5 mins read 421 views
Monk falls to death

Accident

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 429 views
Druk Air wins archery tournament

Archery

Apr 12, 1996 2 mins read 526 views
Consumers agree on water charges

City Corporation

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 393 views
STCB wins case Recovery may be difficult

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB)

Apr 12, 1996 2 mins read 343 views
Clean-up campaign: a disappointment

City Corporation

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 413 views
Bilateral process to continue

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 407 views
Music

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Apr 12, 1996 0 mins read 410 views
Table tennis

Tennis

Apr 12, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
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