September of 1996

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Festival (A-Z)

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 229 views
Postal Act approved<br>

Bhutan-Post

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 325 views
Festival to promote traditional artisans, arts and crafts <br>

Handicraft

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 242 views
Mission<br>

Bhutan - Finance

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 233 views
Theatre

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 305 views
Australian aid

Bhutan-Australia

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Course

Institutions

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 260 views
Illegal immigrants stopped

Immigration/Census

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 260 views
Historical nunnery under renovation in Punakha

Nunneries

Sep 20, 1996 4 mins read 216 views
A growing appetite for publications

Books

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 262 views
Illegal frequencies to be stopped

Telecommunication Department

Sep 20, 1996 2 mins read 232 views
Regulators sold at illegal rates

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 233 views
Financial institutions need professionalism

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Sep 20, 1996 2 mins read 255 views
Conjunctivitis attack

Health Disease

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 237 views
"Shorter highway" not advisable

Letters to the Editor

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 261 views
The tourism debate

Viewpoints

Sep 20, 1996 4 mins read 281 views
Artisans: left behind ?

Editorial

Sep 20, 1996 3 mins read 250 views
Vishwakarma Puja celebrated

Festival (A-Z)

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 0 views
Armed terrorists rob villages

Terrorist

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 280 views
Developing a Dzongkha-English Dictionary

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 271 views
Population : a major concern

UNFPA

Sep 20, 1996 2 mins read 236 views
Bhutan's economy doing well, say experts<br>

Bhutan - Finance

Sep 20, 1996 2 mins read 232 views
Giant tumour removed

Health Disease

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 251 views
Surge of a dormant disease, Kala Azar

Health Disease

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 262 views
Tax collection being streamlined

Revenue and Custom

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 255 views
Students learn sanitation

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 260 views
Financiers being trained

Bhutan - Finance

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 248 views
Towards free trade

SAARC Activities

Sep 20, 1996 2 mins read 292 views
Lams appointed

Dratshang

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 350 views
Urban development being refined

Urban Development

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 280 views
Festival aims to promote Bhutan's artistic heritage

Handicraft

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 266 views
Sign boards

Government Department

Sep 20, 1996 0 mins read 273 views
Archery

Archery

Sep 20, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Serto

Dzongs

Sep 20, 1996 0 mins read 444 views
Car imports

Bhutan - Finance

Sep 20, 1996 0 mins read 291 views
Football

Sport

Sep 20, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Eloping couple found in Yoesipang

Social Problem (Bhutan)

Sep 27, 1996 0 mins read 295 views
Training to be related to work

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 298 views
Graduates complete orientation

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 291 views
Record sales for Emporium

Handicraft

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 272 views
Let's be nice to tourists

Viewpoints

Sep 27, 1996 3 mins read 232 views
Adolescent smoking

Letters to the Editor

Sep 27, 1996 2 mins read 309 views
A tip for teachers

Letters to the Editor

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 299 views
Saving lives

Editorial

Sep 27, 1996 2 mins read 265 views
Agriculture Ministry and KPS Ties in archery finals

Archery

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 212 views
Singapore holiday for Johnnie Walker

Golf

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 276 views
Thimphu takes first nationwide football trophy

Sport

Sep 27, 1996 3 mins read 231 views
Thimphu lottery ticket wins Maruti Zen

Lottery

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 237 views
Agreement on soil survey and land resources

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 257 views
Hit-and-run driver arrested

Accident

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 317 views
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Tribute to His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo

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King who sacrificed his youth to build a future for us

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His Majesty’s enduring legacy of environmental stewardship

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King who made culture Bhutan’s shield

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King places his crown in the people’s hands

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Legacy of a great leader

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Amochu quarriers call for flood walls after millions in losses

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Epitome of friendship

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Honouring the legacy of the Great Fourth

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The urgency of civil service transformation

none existed, electrified homes, and carried the nation through crises, including the recent Covid-19 pandemic. These ac...

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Should we control social media?

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Need bold reforms to advance women in leadership roles

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Fraudulent businesses must be punished

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Safe spaces, unsafe realities

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A small kingdom’s great prayer for the world

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Why agile governance and policy innovation matter

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Ask Mr Bhutan

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Ask Mr Bhutan

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One health, one future

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Preparing Bhutan for the AI era

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Making ESP education loan more accessible

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A teacher’s gift to the nation

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Recents

Healing for peace: A day of compassion, courage, and quiet miracles in Thimphu

Thimphu, November 8 — It was a day filled with warmth, compassion, and quiet miracles. Around a thousand were treated at the Royal Institute of Management (RIM) on Saturday for “Healing for Peace,” an extraordinary event led by renowned traditional healers Master Chris Leong and Master Erik Leong, supported by a team of 20 Tit Tar practitioners and 100 DeSuung volunteers.

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Lessons we dare not forget

The words shared by His Majesty the King on the 70th birth anniversary of Drukgyal Zhipa were more than a son’s remembrance. They were a national awakening. The advice of the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, given to his son and shared with his people, reads like a moral charter for the country, a mirror reflecting both what we have achieved and what we risk losing if we become complacent.

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