March of 1996

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The Health sector : gearing up for the 8th plan

Health Policy

Mar 15, 1996 4 mins read 613 views
A growing awareness of animal health care

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Mar 15, 1996 4 mins read 555 views
Eastern farms grow potato seed

Agriculture/Horticulture

Mar 16, 1996 1 mins read 495 views
Kiran Humagai wins Phuentsholing open tennis tournament

Tennis

Mar 01, 1996 2 mins read 515 views
Annual Public Works Division meeting concludes

Roads

Mar 01, 1996 2 mins read 535 views
High demand for new ploughs

Agriculture Activities

Mar 01, 1996 2 mins read 594 views
Bhutan open table tennis

Tennis

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 517 views
Walking to spread global peace

Personalities

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 514 views
Quality of milk not good

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 671 views
Pharmaceutical shop in Tsimalakha

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 474 views
Precaution to prevent accidents

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 531 views
Appropriate water taxation policy

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 535 views
Rent on actual cost - a difficult process

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 509 views
Dzongkha - the national language

Letters to the Editor

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 585 views
To work or not to work ?

Editorial

Mar 01, 1996 3 mins read 562 views
"Swiss assistance is to the grass roots and on fertile ground"

Personalities

Mar 01, 1996 5 mins read 493 views
Too many bars - too little business

Business

Mar 01, 1996 3 mins read 441 views
Graduates complete legal course<br>

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Mar 01, 1996 2 mins read 477 views
Armed men attack and rob houses

Crime

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 485 views
Man killed by stepson

Accident

Mar 01, 1996 1 mins read 570 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 469 views
The RIM complex: bogged down

Institutions

Mar 01, 1996 3 mins read 469 views
Good response for Jabmi training

Judiciary

Mar 01, 1996 5 mins read 449 views
Class X and XII examinations

Education-BBE

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 519 views
Gups training

Home Affairs

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Ministers meeting

SAARC Activities

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 498 views
Three killed

Accident

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 572 views
His Majesty to visit India

His Majesty

Mar 01, 1996 0 mins read 607 views
New kerosene cards effective

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 488 views
Telephone bills - what's wrong?

Telecommunication Department

Mar 08, 1996 2 mins read 505 views
Cranes depart for higher environment

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 500 views
Missing manholes

Lost and Fund

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 488 views
Cylinder confusion

Bhutan - Trade

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 467 views
Accidents caused by negligence

Accident

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 529 views
Fees are high for some

Letters to the Editor

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 463 views
Rents add pressure on tenants

Letters to the Editor

Mar 08, 1996 0 mins read 507 views
High earnings : it can be a matter of interpretation

Letters to the Editor

Mar 08, 1996 2 mins read 512 views
A clarification on the RIM complex

Letters to the Editor

Mar 08, 1996 2 mins read 511 views
A "special" relationship

Editorial

Mar 08, 1996 3 mins read 448 views
Reconditioned cars break down

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Mar 08, 1996 2 mins read 593 views
Students sentenced for theft

Education- Student

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 510 views
Public transport poor in the east

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Mar 08, 1996 3 mins read 509 views
Woman loses hand

Accident

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 553 views
Gups training

Home Affairs

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 453 views
Crime back in Phuentsholing

Crime

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 472 views
Shortage of diesel

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 513 views
High Court revokes life sentence

Crime

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 531 views
Dungsum Cement Project under way

Penden Cement Authority Ltd. (PCAL)

Mar 08, 1996 2 mins read 472 views
India will not allow anti-Bhutan activities

Bhutan- India

Mar 08, 1996 1 mins read 515 views
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