March of 1998

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Eighth Plan opens new chapter for people of Dagana

FOR THE people of Dagana, the -Eighth Plan is more than big budgets, building new townships, opening of new schools and health services and imp...

Mar 14, 1998 13 mins read 532 views
The people of Punakha a look forward to another successful Five Year Plan

THE Eighth Plan meeting at Punakha was a fine example of the government...

Mar 07, 1998 18 mins read 561 views
Takin: endangered and mysterious

National Park

Mar 27, 1998 4 mins read 495 views
Solar power lights up remote Gasa

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Mar 27, 1998 3 mins read 445 views
Porterage: a thriving tradition in Gasa dzongkhag<br>

Dzongkhags

Mar 27, 1998 4 mins read 432 views
Who to blame for late bills ?<br>

Telecommunication Department

Mar 27, 1998 2 mins read 571 views
Book on Driglam Namzha

Books

Mar 27, 1998 1 mins read 516 views
Eateries in the cap ital unhygienic<br>

Health- IECH

Mar 27, 1998 1 mins read 467 views
Preserving local tunes

UN Agencies

Mar 27, 1998 2 mins read 512 views
Bhutan on track to fight TB: WHO Rep.

Health Disease

Mar 27, 1998 1 mins read 481 views
PHS did not know

Letters to the Editor

Mar 27, 1998 1 mins read 538 views
The art of criticism

Letters to the Editor

Mar 27, 1998 3 mins read 598 views
Of schools and education

Letters to the Editor

Mar 27, 1998 1 mins read 473 views
What cost, travel ?

Editorial

Mar 27, 1998 3 mins read 458 views
Gasa poised to break isolation during Eighth Plan

“WE MIGHT be the smallest dzongkhag, in terms of population, in the country but we are going to receive one of the biggest benefits during the E...

Mar 28, 1998 10 mins read 456 views
New bus services

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Mar 27, 1998 0 mins read 655 views
NRTI students have a crucial role in nation-building : His Majesty

SPEAKING to the students at the Natural Resources Training Institute on March 10, His Majesty t...

Mar 28, 1998 2 mins read 485 views
The Layaps go home

Ethic Groups

Mar 27, 1998 10 mins read 472 views
Independence Day <br>

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Mar 27, 1998 0 mins read 430 views
LPG dealer

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Mar 27, 1998 0 mins read 454 views
Examinations<br>

Education-BBE

Mar 27, 1998 0 mins read 467 views
Of Rainbows and Clouds

Books

Mar 20, 1998 7 mins read 496 views
Japanese grant for PWD

Bhutan- Japan

Mar 20, 1998 1 mins read 459 views
Bhutanese boxers bag bronze

Sport

Mar 20, 1998 1 mins read 437 views
BNB employee and Nu 0.5 million missing

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Mar 20, 1998 1 mins read 458 views
Realising a dream

Visitors

Mar 20, 1998 2 mins read 454 views
Potato transforms lives of Phobjikha farmers<br>

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Mar 20, 1998 5 mins read 569 views
No trading without licences

Letters to the Editor

Mar 20, 1998 1 mins read 497 views
Inconvenience caused<br>

Letters to the Editor

Mar 20, 1998 0 mins read 427 views
A view on the retrenchment of civil servants related to anti-national

Letters to the Editor

Mar 20, 1998 4 mins read 382 views
Dignity of labour

Editorial

Mar 20, 1998 3 mins read 0 views
Introducing the electronic cash register

Bhutan - Trade

Mar 20, 1998 2 mins read 446 views
Suitable site required to establish new township in Wangduephodrang

Planning

Mar 20, 1998 3 mins read 524 views
Danish contribution of Nu 1.2 million for pesticide disposal<br>

DANIDA

Mar 20, 1998 1 mins read 472 views
Three injured, one arrested in two bomb incidents<br>

Explosives (Bomb)

Mar 20, 1998 1 mins read 415 views
Armed men attack Bhutanese travellers

Terrorist

Mar 20, 1998 1 mins read 420 views
Eighth Plan promises unprecedented development for Shaa people

WITH a budget exceeding the! combined outlays of the Sixth and the Seventh Five Year Plans for their dzongk...

Mar 21, 1998 14 mins read 510 views
World TB Day<br>

Health Disease

Mar 20, 1998 0 mins read 436 views
Research at Bajothang spurs higher rice yields in Punakha-Wangdue valley

Dzongkhags

Mar 20, 1998 3 mins read 447 views
Felicitations

His Majesty

Mar 20, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Trongsa fire

Accident

Mar 20, 1998 0 mins read 472 views
World Water Day

Urban Development

Mar 20, 1998 0 mins read 556 views
Sunkosh-Dagana road: improving the lifeline to Dagana<br>

Roads

Mar 13, 1998 3 mins read 435 views
Dagana Dzongkhag - selfsufficient in diary products

Dzongkhags

Mar 13, 1998 3 mins read 419 views
Licenses : what value?

Letters to the Editor

Mar 13, 1998 1 mins read 480 views
Youth: need responsibilities<br>

Viewpoints

Mar 13, 1998 4 mins read 408 views
We need accountants

Editorial

Mar 13, 1998 3 mins read 433 views
Squatters evicted

City Corporation

Mar 13, 1998 0 mins read 462 views
Thimphu observes International Women's Day

International Day

Mar 13, 1998 0 mins read 448 views
Poeple request for permanent army camp at, Dagapela

Dzongkhags

Mar 13, 1998 7 mins read 480 views
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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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