October of 1996

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Traditional arts and crafts : rich in historical significance

Handicraft

Oct 04, 1996 6 mins read 653 views
Gortsham community school wins khuru tournament

Sport

Oct 04, 1996 1 mins read 817 views
ISDP budget too high

Bhutan - Netherlands

Oct 04, 1996 2 mins read 704 views
Agriculture champions in traditional archery tournament

Archery

Oct 04, 1996 1 mins read 726 views
First tennis title for Karma Lam

Tennis

Oct 04, 1996 2 mins read 601 views
Junior college facilities

Letters to the Editor

Oct 04, 1996 1 mins read 705 views
Building a work force

Viewpoints

Oct 04, 1996 4 mins read 739 views
Bad driving

Editorial

Oct 04, 1996 3 mins read 673 views
Migrating animals need permits and vaccination

Animal Husbandry Disease

Oct 04, 1996 2 mins read 761 views
Pasakha concerned about road

Roads

Oct 04, 1996 1 mins read 626 views
Two killed in accident

Accident

Oct 04, 1996 1 mins read 836 views
Lottery : a source of major earnings

Lottery

Oct 04, 1996 3 mins read 682 views
WFP Country Director leaves

WFP (World Food Program)

Oct 04, 1996 1 mins read 721 views
Man killed by car

Accident

Oct 04, 1996 1 mins read 793 views
Discussing population with UNFPA

UNFPA

Oct 04, 1996 3 mins read 757 views
Lower taxes should boost trade

Revenue and Custom

Oct 04, 1996 2 mins read 624 views
Hand grenade thrown at border checkpost

Bhutan-Indo/ Border/ ULFA/Bodo

Oct 04, 1996 0 mins read 654 views
Dynamite found

Bhutan-Indo/ Border/ ULFA/Bodo

Oct 04, 1996 0 mins read 618 views
Wanted terrorist caught

Terrorist

Oct 04, 1996 2 mins read 0 views
New Punakha hospital opened

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Oct 04, 1996 2 mins read 728 views
Sports

Sport

Oct 04, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Water

Water Supply Scheme

Oct 04, 1996 0 mins read 733 views
Posts

Bhutan-Post

Oct 04, 1996 0 mins read 664 views
Loans

Bank of Bhutan (BOB)

Oct 04, 1996 0 mins read 639 views
Sensitisation

Bhutan and other Countries

Oct 04, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Zhemgang: brain drain

Dzongkhags

Oct 11, 1996 2 mins read 621 views
A football fan

Sport

Oct 11, 1996 1 mins read 576 views
Development steps up in Genekha

Dzongkhags

Oct 11, 1996 1 mins read 625 views
Himalayan adventurer in Bhutan

Visitors

Oct 11, 1996 2 mins read 670 views
Understanding renewable natural resources

Agriculture Institutions

Oct 11, 1996 1 mins read 694 views
Bank brings back loan schemes

Bank of Bhutan (BOB)

Oct 11, 1996 1 mins read 661 views
Health workers return from Phillipines training

Health Training Institute

Oct 11, 1996 1 mins read 626 views
Veteran plant under repair

Hydro Project

Oct 11, 1996 1 mins read 656 views
New forestry rules

Forest Planning/Policy Conference/Meeting

Oct 11, 1996 2 mins read 686 views
Short cut not possible

Letters to the Editor

Oct 11, 1996 0 mins read 646 views
Building a skilled labour work force

Letters to the Editor

Oct 11, 1996 1 mins read 651 views
Mail bags mishandled

Letters to the Editor

Oct 11, 1996 1 mins read 622 views
Teaching aids necessary

Viewpoints

Oct 11, 1996 2 mins read 602 views
Man and machine

Editorial

Oct 11, 1996 3 mins read 630 views
Maldivian ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan-Embassies

Oct 11, 1996 1 mins read 593 views
Japanese monks on pilgrimage to Bhutan

Pilgrimage

Oct 11, 1996 2 mins read 623 views
New rules to streamline urban development

Urban Development

Oct 11, 1996 2 mins read 644 views
IRRI reaffirms collaboration with Bhutan

International Issues

Oct 11, 1996 2 mins read 626 views
Villagers catch terrorist and army deserter

Terrorist

Oct 11, 1996 3 mins read 580 views
Phuentsholing returns to normal life : tensions ease

Bhutan-Indo/ Border/ ULFA/Bodo

Oct 11, 1996 3 mins read 695 views
UNFPA workshop

UNFPA

Oct 11, 1996 0 mins read 677 views
Preserving murals

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Oct 11, 1996 0 mins read 693 views
World Food Day

WFP (World Food Program)

Oct 11, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
SDA Mission

Bhutan - Netherlands

Oct 11, 1996 0 mins read 682 views
Israeli man wants to help

Agriculture

Oct 18, 1996 1 mins read 596 views
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A dialect on the brink

Mongar—A monk walks into a shop in Chhaling Gewog, Mongar, and asks, “Teru gak-pa?”, pointing toward a juice bottle on the shelf. His question, meaning “how much does it cost?”, is spoken in Chhaling Kha, an indigenous local dialect that is quietly fighting for its survival.

Jul 11, 2026 2 mins read 2,370 views
Drier monsoon forecast raises drought, flood concerns across HKH

The 2026 summer monsoon across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is expected to be drier and hotter than normal, but scienti...

Jul 11, 2026 3 mins read 3,280 views
Pilot of Sistema Biogas technology cuts LPG reliance in Chhaling Gewog

Mongar—Sonam and his family of three members now use only one LPG cylinder a year. Previously, they had to purchase a re...

Jul 11, 2026 2 mins read 4,288 views
El Niño conditions to strengthen and peak in second half of the year: What it means for Bhutan

The National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) has urged government agencies, businesses and the public to rem...

Jul 11, 2026 3 mins read 2,674 views
Over 90 job seekers placed in part-time job pilot within first month

Ninety-four workers have been placed in jobs across the hotel, retail, and e-commerce sectors, a month after launching a...

Jul 11, 2026 3 mins read 3,748 views
Nearly four in 10 elderly citizens face economic insecurity beyond income poverty: NSB

Although only about one in eight elderly citizens are classified as poor based on income and consumption, nearly four in...

Jul 08, 2026 3 mins read 3,560 views
ACC suspends 18 sawmills in Haa and Paro over alleged corruption

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has barred 18 sawmills in Haa and Paro from conducting business or entering into co...

Jul 08, 2026 2 mins read 5,214 views
BBS chief editor resigns alleging workplace harassment and discrimination

The Chief Editor of the Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) has resigned after alleging a prolonged pattern of workplace m...

Jul 08, 2026 6 mins read 17,223 views
Police investigate the death of a 21-year-old at a hotel in Paro

Police are investigating the death of a 21-year-old unemployed man whose body was found in a hotel bathroom in Paro on J...

Jul 08, 2026 1 mins read 15,756 views
Sangbaykha records first-ever WBH sighting

The  critically endangered white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis) was sighted for the first time along the Amochhu river b...

Jul 08, 2026 3 mins read 2,204 views
Fitness is not defined by body size or age

Feb 02, 2026 1 mins read 6,233 views
Movie Review: Lights, Camera, Action!

Feb 02, 2026 1 mins read 7,172 views
The Hamptons, born from the love of cooking

Feb 02, 2026 1 mins read 6,522 views
Yarn roses, tiny dolls, and business of careful hands

Crochet, the meticulous art of creating fabric from interlocked loops of yarn, was once associated with a domestic hobby...

Feb 02, 2026 2 mins read 5,808 views
Strengthening the third sector

Over the years, the civil society sector has quietly assumed a critical role in bridging policy and people. Often referr...

Dec 31, 2025 2 mins read 9,335 views
Why selective privatisation in healthcare makes sense

The debate on private sector participation in healthcare has reached an unhelpful impasse. This is mainly because it is...

Dec 30, 2025 2 mins read 8,432 views
Agencies must be held accountable for financial irregularities

The Royal Audit Authority’s (RAA) latest annual report is disturbing, to say the least. Financial irregularities reached...

Dec 29, 2025 2 mins read 9,813 views

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