April of 1996

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NEC draft document finalised

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 360 views
Cement block making machine installed

Hydro Project

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 404 views
First batch of meter readers and linespersons

Power

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 362 views
Taekwondo coaches' refresher course

Sport

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 400 views
Trashigang 's only sawmill picks up

Dzongkhags

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 377 views
Driglam Namzha course for UN staff

Driglam Namgshag

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 397 views
Better blocks

Letters to the Editor

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 358 views
Painful formalities

Letters to the Editor

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 367 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 373 views
Dogs without teeth

Letters to the Editor

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 385 views
A valuable lesson

Editorial

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 375 views
The travails of travel

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 398 views
House near border burgled

Crime

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 368 views
Chilip in national tournament

Archery

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 406 views
Lecturers begin orientation

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 410 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 354 views
Price of meat to be regulated

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 359 views
Exhibition on the history of Bhutan

Bhutan - History

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 383 views
Sweeping Thimphu town clean

City Corporation

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 369 views
Fire razes huts

Accident

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 373 views
ICSE students to repeat Dzongkha paper

Education-BBE

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 369 views
Seventh round of Bhutan-Nepal talks on in Kathmandu

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Apr 05, 1996 2 mins read 335 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 384 views
Sex education

Health-HIV/AIDS

Apr 05, 1996 0 mins read 384 views
Films

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Apr 05, 1996 0 mins read 342 views
Archery

Archery

Apr 05, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Entrepreneurs course

Private Sector

Apr 05, 1996 1 mins read 328 views
Research on hypertension and anemia

Health Mother and Child Programme

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 404 views
The Central Maintenance Unit : more than what it seems

Power

Apr 12, 1996 3 mins read 368 views
Orientation an eye-opener, say lecturers

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Apr 12, 1996 2 mins read 344 views
Communication training for health staff

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 406 views
Authentic music

Letters to the Editor

Apr 12, 1996 0 mins read 405 views
Traffic control needed

Letters to the Editor

Apr 12, 1996 0 mins read 388 views
Awareness and initiatives on environment

Letters to the Editor

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 387 views
We must live up to our parents' efforts

Letters to the Editor

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 363 views
Schools need libraries

Letters to the Editor

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 375 views
Bilateral process vital

Editorial

Apr 12, 1996 4 mins read 338 views
Paintings for the Machen of the Punakha Dzong in progress

Handicraft

Apr 12, 1996 2 mins read 380 views
The Village Health Worker to the rescue

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Apr 12, 1996 5 mins read 385 views
Monk falls to death

Accident

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 384 views
Druk Air wins archery tournament

Archery

Apr 12, 1996 2 mins read 438 views
Consumers agree on water charges

City Corporation

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 349 views
STCB wins case Recovery may be difficult

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB)

Apr 12, 1996 2 mins read 311 views
Clean-up campaign: a disappointment

City Corporation

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 381 views
Bilateral process to continue

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Apr 12, 1996 1 mins read 370 views
Music

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Apr 12, 1996 0 mins read 365 views
Table tennis

Tennis

Apr 12, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
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Network divide unacceptable: NA Good Governance Committee

Some 252 locations across the country still lack access to mobile network services. Member of Parliament (MP) for Bongo-Chapcha and member of the Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly, Pemba, highlighted this while presenting a follow-up report on the poor mobile network and telecommunication services in the highlands.

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ICIMOD honours three champions of cryosphere and rangeland reform

Kathmandu, Nepal — The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has honoured three individuals from Bhutan and China with the Dr Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025 for their contributions to protecting fragile mountain ecosystems and strengthening resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH).

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