January of 1996

Archives

New approaches to Renewable Natural Resources

Agriculture Institutions

Jan 12, 1996 2 mins read 402 views
The importance of statistics

Letters to the Editor

Jan 12, 1996 1 mins read 500 views
Complaint

Letters to the Editor

Jan 12, 1996 1 mins read 434 views
Careful irrigation planning

Letters to the Editor

Jan 12, 1996 2 mins read 403 views
Beware of AIDS

Letters to the Editor

Jan 12, 1996 2 mins read 379 views
Get the drift

Editorial

Jan 12, 1996 3 mins read 441 views
Snowfall disrupts power supply

Power

Jan 19, 1996 2 mins read 448 views
Bhutan at SAARC Trade Fair

SAARC Activities

Jan 19, 1996 2 mins read 432 views
Burglar gives in to police

Crime

Jan 19, 1996 0 mins read 402 views
Mobile sale of cooking gas

Companies

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 420 views
Frequent shortages result in price hike in Trashigang

Bhutan - Trade

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 371 views
Helicopter crew evacuated

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Jan 19, 1996 2 mins read 421 views
DCC closed down

Telecommunication Department

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 417 views
Bhutan exhibition in Austria

Bhutan-Australia

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 388 views
Government officials promoted

Government Department

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 371 views
Ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan- Japan

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 605 views
Gasa hot spring

Hot Spring

Jan 19, 1996 0 mins read 471 views
Stamps

Bhutan - Finance

Jan 19, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Republic Day

Indian National Day Celebration

Jan 19, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Road

Roads

Jan 19, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Goongda Woola

Home Affairs

Jan 19, 1996 0 mins read 439 views
Business in residential areas get support

Bhutan - Trade

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 376 views
Archery : The real game is played elsewhere

Archery

Jan 19, 1996 6 mins read 424 views
New software for Revenue & Customs

Revenue and Custom

Jan 19, 1996 2 mins read 472 views
Football and Basketball camps

Sport

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 433 views
Patrolling stems crime

Crime

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 406 views
Trashigang sports association revives

Sport

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 424 views
Tala-Raidak road

Roads

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 0 views
A standby generator for Samdrup Jongkhar

Water Supply Scheme

Jan 19, 1996 1 mins read 435 views
Justice denied?

Letters to the Editor

Jan 19, 1996 0 mins read 460 views
Teachers : noble no more

Viewpoints

Jan 19, 1996 9 mins read 456 views
Live wire killings

Editorial

Jan 19, 1996 2 mins read 441 views
Cross cultural experience for UNVs

Volunteers

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 419 views
Trashigang court to clear backlog

Judiciary

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 401 views
New fire engine : an appropriate gift

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 441 views
Brothers steal cows

Crime

Jan 26, 1996 0 mins read 465 views
Maths and Science handbooks

Books

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 431 views
New township underway in Punakha

Dzongkhags

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 423 views
Housing in P/ling

Letters to the Editor

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 422 views
NES is aware of chemical waste

Letters to the Editor

Jan 26, 1996 0 mins read 469 views
Walkway for students necessary

Letters to the Editor

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 427 views
The importance of statistics recognised

Letters to the Editor

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 452 views
Housing : out of reach

Editorial

Jan 26, 1996 3 mins read 410 views
New schools to open

Education- Schools

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 435 views
Respiratory infections rise

Health Disease

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 395 views
Air Control Tower for Civil Aviation

Druk Air

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 522 views
Bad debts affect annual balance, say financial institutions

Bhutan - Finance

Jan 26, 1996 3 mins read 397 views
City Corporation clarifies commercial areas

City Corporation

Jan 26, 1996 2 mins read 465 views
Sweet news: sugar supplies return

Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB)

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 507 views
Diesel spill from truck accident

Accident

Jan 26, 1996 1 mins read 406 views
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Just five months into the new 5 percent GST regime, food inflation has soared to 6.83 percent, leaving consumers asking: where are the promised savings? While lawmakers push to exempt 22 new essential items like cooking oil and rice to protect the poor , tax officials warn that adding more exemptions will only invite massive tax evasion. Who is really winning here? The consumers or the businesses?

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