April of 2000

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Environment legislation proposed

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Apr 14, 2000 3 mins read 421 views
Money launderers sentenced

Crime

Apr 14, 2000 2 mins read 314 views
New legal office created

Department of Legal Affairs

Apr 14, 2000 3 mins read 381 views
Power for Lhuntse

Power

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 334 views
WWF delegation

WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

Apr 14, 2000 0 mins read 366 views
Consecration

Consecration

Apr 14, 2000 0 mins read 713 views
Electrification and plumbing courses

Power

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 342 views
Paro has one more community school

Education- Schools

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 391 views
Hotel staff arrested

Crime

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 430 views
No destructive forest fires this season

Forest Fire

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 356 views
Urban amenities for 10 district centres

Housing

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 358 views
Buyers undeterred by Maruti car price hike

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB)

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 340 views
Poor response to Legal Deposit Act

Act

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 332 views
National archives go electronic

National Library

Apr 21, 2000 4 mins read 419 views
Conflict resolution in RNR activities

Agriculture Activities

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 356 views
Phuentsholing clean-up

City Corporation

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 361 views
Hard-core burglar caught after eluding police for years

Crime

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 300 views
New lhakhang to ease hardship of Trongsa villagers

Monasteries

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 426 views
Urban planners raise concern on Thimphu town's growth

Urban Development

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 351 views
A gift from an internet website

Computer/Internet

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 328 views
ICIMOD trains staff on GIS

Bhutan - Geological Survey

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 329 views
Steel a poor substitute for wooden flag poles

Letters to the Editor

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 360 views
How relevant is the film board when cable TV is around?

Letters to the Editor

Apr 21, 2000 3 mins read 358 views
Professionals needed

Editorial

Apr 21, 2000 3 mins read 305 views
Nu 20 million donation to eye care in Bhutan

Health Disease

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 300 views
RICB declares dividend

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Apr 21, 2000 1 mins read 332 views
Bhutan at NAM and G-77

Non-Aligned

Apr 21, 2000 2 mins read 354 views
Royal Bhutan Polytechnic students moved to Kharbandi

Institutions

Apr 21, 2000 3 mins read 365 views
Reconstruction of Taktshang Goemba begun

Monasteries

Apr 21, 2000 3 mins read 379 views
No Vehicle Day

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 21, 2000 0 mins read 357 views
Dzongdas transfered

Transfer

Apr 21, 2000 0 mins read 347 views
Houses robbed

Crime

Apr 21, 2000 0 mins read 505 views
Terrorist arrested

Terrorist

Apr 21, 2000 0 mins read 473 views
National Assembly to begin

National Assembly

Apr 21, 2000 0 mins read 544 views
Accident

Accident

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 856 views
Feeder road will facilitate export of cash crops

Agriculture/ Crops

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 332 views
Effective judicial process

Judiciary

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 350 views
New audit office construction at Kawajangsa

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 340 views
Controversy over school's disciplinary action

Education- Student

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 307 views
Public-friendly checkpoints

Royal Bhutan Army (RBA)

Apr 28, 2000 2 mins read 289 views
CDB begins training arbitrators

Construction Development Board (CDB)

Apr 28, 2000 4 mins read 290 views
Merdha: a village of cypress trees

Bhutan - Forest

Apr 28, 2000 2 mins read 384 views
Somebody sending virus?

Computer/Internet

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 322 views
Public support "No Vehicle Day"

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 311 views
EDP courses: small but effective

Private Sector

Apr 28, 2000 2 mins read 353 views
Project Dantak reviews 2000-2001 work plan

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 321 views
Straw ropes: an alternative for farmers

Agriculture Activities

Apr 28, 2000 2 mins read 329 views
Decentralised credit improves BDFC's profitability

Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (BDFC)

Apr 28, 2000 2 mins read 316 views
Unleaded petrol introduced in Bhutan

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Apr 28, 2000 4 mins read 375 views
Chlorinated water

Letters to the Editor

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 318 views
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