March of 1996

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The Health sector : gearing up for the 8th plan

Health Policy

Mar 15, 1996 4 mins read 492 views
A growing awareness of animal health care

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Mar 15, 1996 4 mins read 459 views
Eastern farms grow potato seed

Agriculture/Horticulture

Mar 16, 1996 1 mins read 387 views
Kiran Humagai wins Phuentsholing open tennis tournament

Tennis

Mar 01, 1996 2 mins read 406 views
Annual Public Works Division meeting concludes

Roads

Mar 01, 1996 2 mins read 438 views
High demand for new ploughs

Agriculture Activities

Mar 01, 1996 2 mins read 467 views
Bhutan open table tennis

Tennis

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 417 views
Walking to spread global peace

Personalities

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 416 views
Quality of milk not good

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 565 views
Pharmaceutical shop in Tsimalakha

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 377 views
Precaution to prevent accidents

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 433 views
Appropriate water taxation policy

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 435 views
Rent on actual cost - a difficult process

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 411 views
Dzongkha - the national language

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 460 views
To work or not to work ?

Editorial

Mar 01, 1996 3 mins read 452 views
"Swiss assistance is to the grass roots and on fertile ground"

Personalities

Mar 01, 1996 5 mins read 383 views
Too many bars - too little business

Business

Mar 01, 1996 3 mins read 350 views
Graduates complete legal course<br>

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Mar 01, 1996 2 mins read 372 views
Armed men attack and rob houses

Crime

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 389 views
Man killed by stepson

Accident

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 451 views
Terrorist arrested

Terrorist

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 0 views
Bodo militants rob shopkeeper

Bhutan-Indo/ Border/ ULFA/Bodo

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 361 views
The RIM complex: bogged down

Institutions

Mar 01, 1996 3 mins read 365 views
Good response for Jabmi training

Judiciary

Mar 01, 1996 5 mins read 351 views
Class X and XII examinations

Education-BBE

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 419 views
Gups training

Home Affairs

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Ministers meeting

SAARC Activities

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 385 views
Three killed

Accident

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 434 views
His Majesty to visit India

His Majesty

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 486 views
New kerosene cards effective

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 384 views
Telephone bills - what's wrong?

Telecommunication Department

Mar 08, 1996 2 mins read 402 views
Cranes depart for higher environment

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 405 views
Missing manholes

Lost and Fund

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 374 views
Cylinder confusion

Bhutan - Trade

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 375 views
Accidents caused by negligence

Accident

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 410 views
Fees are high for some

Letters to the Editor

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 375 views
Rents add pressure on tenants

Letters to the Editor

Mar 08, 1996 0 mins read 399 views
High earnings : it can be a matter of interpretation

Letters to the Editor

Mar 08, 1996 2 mins read 418 views
A clarification on the RIM complex

Letters to the Editor

Mar 08, 1996 2 mins read 405 views
A "special" relationship

Editorial

Mar 08, 1996 3 mins read 362 views
Reconditioned cars break down

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Mar 08, 1996 2 mins read 486 views
Students sentenced for theft

Education- Student

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 401 views
Public transport poor in the east

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Mar 08, 1996 3 mins read 395 views
Woman loses hand

Accident

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 423 views
Gups training

Home Affairs

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 352 views
Crime back in Phuentsholing

Crime

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 381 views
Shortage of diesel

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 382 views
High Court revokes life sentence

Crime

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 446 views
Dungsum Cement Project under way

Penden Cement Authority Ltd. (PCAL)

Mar 08, 1996 2 mins read 370 views
India will not allow anti-Bhutan activities

Bhutan- India

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 408 views
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