August of 1997

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India remains Bhutan's most important development partner

Bhutan-India

Aug 15, 1997 4 mins read 449 views
India and Bhutan: A Voyage of Friendship

Bhutan-India

Aug 15, 1997 5 mins read 462 views
Typhoid

Health Disease

Aug 22, 1997 0 mins read 561 views
Cycling to help the world

Visitors

Aug 01, 1997 1 mins read 491 views
A local weed makes good in international medicine

Indigenous Hospital

Aug 01, 1997 5 mins read 544 views
Call for timely soil conservation

Forest Social/Project/ Afforestation

Aug 01, 1997 1 mins read 457 views
Entrepreneur of the year award

Private Sector

Aug 01, 1997 1 mins read 478 views
Armed forces tennis

Tennis

Aug 01, 1997 1 mins read 453 views
Book fair opens to good response

Books

Aug 01, 1997 1 mins read 509 views
NRTI training addresses farmers' needs

Natural Resources Training Institute (NRTI)

Aug 01, 1997 2 mins read 473 views
Juvenile delinquents learn new skills

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

Aug 01, 1997 2 mins read 425 views
Football finals tomorrow

Sport

Aug 01, 1997 1 mins read 455 views
Adolescent issues discussed

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Aug 01, 1997 2 mins read 508 views
Rural problems and sustainable development

Viewpoints

Aug 01, 1997 4 mins read 562 views
Adolescence in Bhutan

Editorial

Aug 01, 1997 3 mins read 562 views
Burglars caught

Crime

Aug 01, 1997 1 mins read 432 views
Looking towards a domestic service

Druk Air

Aug 01, 1997 1 mins read 494 views
Model of Trongsa Dzong as centre piece for Austrian exhibition

Exhibition

Aug 01, 1997 1 mins read 432 views
Government subsidises non-profitable bus routes

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Aug 01, 1997 2 mins read 460 views
Baby killed

Crime

Aug 01, 1997 0 mins read 464 views
Teenage suicide

Crime

Aug 01, 1997 0 mins read 431 views
UNICEF looking ahead

Health Nutrition Programme

Aug 01, 1997 2 mins read 414 views
His Holiness conducts Thri ceremony

Dratshang

Aug 01, 1997 1 mins read 385 views
Sherubtse college

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Aug 01, 1997 0 mins read 393 views
Football

Sport

Aug 01, 1997 0 mins read 0 views
Drowned

Accident

Aug 01, 1997 0 mins read 504 views
Robbed

Crime

Aug 01, 1997 0 mins read 0 views
Prayer

Monasteries

Aug 01, 1997 0 mins read 550 views
FMD affects meat supply from Phuentsholing

Animal Husbandry Disease

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 417 views
SAARC trade adopts new approach

Bhutan - Trade

Aug 08, 1997 2 mins read 486 views
Helping the farmers

Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (BDFC)

Aug 08, 1997 3 mins read 424 views
Sangay Dorji hopes to visit Bhutan

Visitors

Aug 08, 1997 3 mins read 452 views
Locally produced cement blocks may replace imported bricks

Construction Development Board (CDB)

Aug 08, 1997 4 mins read 436 views
"Take Five" debuts in Thimphu

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Aug 08, 1997 0 mins read 431 views
Noryang Auto win inter-departmental tournament

Sport

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 417 views
Checks on fuel outlets by Trade Division

Bhutan - Trade

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 413 views
Adolescent health and counselling workshop concludes<br><br>

Education-Youth/Counselling/Delinquence

Aug 08, 1997 2 mins read 397 views
Our national language: our identity

Letters to the Editor

Aug 08, 1997 2 mins read 483 views
NEC looking into alternative for plastic bags

Letters to the Editor

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 391 views
A national and spiritual loss

Editorial

Aug 08, 1997 2 mins read 490 views
Promoting Bhutanese music

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 447 views
Agriculture exhibition for Thri crowd

Exhibition

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 406 views
Chukha sponsors school

Hydro Project

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 403 views
RBP takes a friendly approach

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 430 views
Inter-school football begins in Changlimithang

Sport

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 433 views
Bhutan takes up new Olympic sport

Olympics

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 489 views
Surge in desecration of lhakhangs

Crime

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 386 views
His Holiness administers Thri in Haa

Wang

Aug 08, 1997 1 mins read 415 views
Temperatures rise

Meteorology-Climate/Weather

Aug 08, 1997 0 mins read 414 views
Bangladesh mourns

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Aug 08, 1997 0 mins read 441 views
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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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The promise of Bhutan-Thailand Free Trade Agreement

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Time to open farms to foreign labour

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Dec 24, 2025 2 mins read 2,421 views
Building inclusive sports

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Dec 23, 2025 2 mins read 2,574 views
Punatsangchhu-I restarts, but at a heavy price

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Dec 22, 2025 2 mins read 3,117 views
Cost of complacent breathing

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Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 2,299 views
Entrepreneurs need support, not slogans

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Dec 19, 2025 2 mins read 2,268 views
A common destiny, a collective future

The 118th National Day of Bhutan, celebrated in the sacred Bumthang Valley at the historic Wangduechoeling Palace grounds, was more than a commemoration of nationhood. It was a moment of collective reflection and renewed purpose, s...

Dec 18, 2025 3 mins read 2,735 views
A historic National Day

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Dec 17, 2025 2 mins read 1,908 views
The true measure of public service

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Dec 16, 2025 2 mins read 1,898 views
Impact Finance Forum: A promising start

The recently concluded SDG Impact Finance Forum showed the potential for global investments in the country.

Dec 15, 2025 2 mins read 1,928 views
Sir, your advice to the younger generation?

Choose your environment Your environment is the invisible hand that constantly shapes the way you think, feel, and act....

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 1,812 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Our global culture has conditioned us to spend the best of ourselves in the pursuit of a “decent living” whatever that m...

Sep 22, 2025 4 mins read 5,296 views
Restore or lose it altogether

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Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 2,162 views
Zero tolerance for online crimes

This week, Australia enforced the ban on social media access for children under 16. This is unprecedented and bold. Whil...

Dec 12, 2025 2 mins read 2,300 views
Will our education transformation be equitable?

The government’s allocation of Nu 30 billion for education transformation in the 13th Plan, second only to the economic...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,919 views
The never-ending tourism debate

The discussion on tourism policy is like Atsara Phentho’s chham. In other words, a lot of motion without progress. On Mo...

Dec 10, 2025 2 mins read 2,582 views
Ready to take off from GMC

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Recents

Best Class 10 results of the past three years

The Class 10 results declared today are the best of the past five years. This is the first time in five years that the pass percentage of the Bhutan Council for School Examination and Assessment (BCSEA) has increased drastically compared to the previous year.

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