April of 2001

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Bhutan’s security must be safeguarded by its people

Sharing the views of their fellow citizens in other dzongkhags, the people of Chukha said they were fully prepared to support military...

Apr 21, 2001 3 mins read 411 views
Hydroelectric projects fuel Chukha dzongkhag’s prosperity

The establishment of mega hydro-power projects like Chukha and Tala had been the key behind the rapid economic strid...

Apr 21, 2001 4 mins read 711 views
Wangduephodrang pledges full support to safeguard the country’s security

As they concluded the mid term review of the Eighth Plan on March 31, t...

Apr 07, 2001 6 mins read 587 views
Wangduephodrang farmers’ lives improved by Eighth Plan activities

The decision to relocate the Wangduephodrang township was finalised during the Eighth Plan r...

Apr 07, 2001 7 mins read 584 views
BCCL back on its feet

BCCL (Bhutan Carbide and Chemical Ltd.)

Apr 27, 2001 1 mins read 474 views
Thai week

Bhutan-Thailand

Apr 27, 2001 0 mins read 479 views
Friends of Bhutan

Visitors

Apr 27, 2001 0 mins read 460 views
Dzongkha promotion

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Apr 27, 2001 0 mins read 480 views
Crown Prince supports the national sports

Chhoetse Penlop

Apr 27, 2001 0 mins read 438 views
Sipa-Chi-Doe concludes in Mongar

Festival (A-Z)

Apr 27, 2001 1 mins read 546 views
Kathmandu-Thimphu share experiences in city building

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Apr 27, 2001 1 mins read 451 views
Million hungry : what to do?

WFP (World Food Program)

Apr 27, 2001 2 mins read 473 views
Centre For Bhutan Studies : The Attributes and Values of Bhutanese Folk and Popular Songs

Centre For Bhutan Studies (CBS)

Apr 27, 2001 1 mins read 497 views
Progress at Tala project

Hydro Project

Apr 27, 2001 0 mins read 449 views
Project Dantak in Bhutan : a refflection

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Apr 27, 2001 1 mins read 467 views
People of Zhemgang look forward to geog-based planning

Dzongkhags

Apr 27, 2001 2 mins read 434 views
A course for : "non-professional" drivers

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 27, 2001 2 mins read 463 views
Photography beyond mere hobby

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

Apr 27, 2001 2 mins read 481 views
A life in the "Bagos"

Ethic Groups

Apr 27, 2001 3 mins read 447 views
The Divine and the Diabolic : a review

Books

Apr 27, 2001 3 mins read 386 views
Foreign minister in Europe on goodwill visit

Foreign Affairs

Apr 27, 2001 1 mins read 362 views
An act of compassion

Dratshang

Apr 27, 2001 1 mins read 393 views
Bhutanese dirver to appear in Alipore court

BCCL (Bhutan Carbide and Chemical Ltd.)

Apr 27, 2001 1 mins read 358 views
Experts discuss environmental legislation in Bhutan

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Apr 27, 2001 2 mins read 379 views
Employees first

Letters to the Editor

Apr 27, 2001 4 mins read 371 views
Tolerating intolerance

Editorial

Apr 27, 2001 3 mins read 414 views
Lack of career choice: whose fault?

Letters to the Editor

Apr 27, 2001 2 mins read 428 views
Serving the nation

Royal Bhutan Army (RBA)

Apr 27, 2001 2 mins read 425 views
Chukha generates more revenue in 2000

Hydro Project

Apr 27, 2001 1 mins read 369 views
Bhutan receives an ambulance helicopter

Health- International Assistance

Apr 27, 2001 1 mins read 423 views
Former IOC President visits Bhutan

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Apr 13, 2001 1 mins read 376 views
Kuensel to begin online daily papers

Kuensel

Apr 13, 2001 1 mins read 444 views
Back to traditional cures?

Indigenous Hospital

Apr 13, 2001 3 mins read 450 views
His Majesty hightlights the role of teachers in nation building

Bhutan’s biggest asset and strength is its people. And the quality of the Bhutanese people would be dete...

Apr 14, 2001 6 mins read 423 views
Dagana pledges full support to solve the militant problem

Bhutan belongs to the Bhutanese, said the people of Dagana. And people must be ready to make sacrifices to protect their o...

Apr 14, 2001 5 mins read 454 views
People of Samtse support any course of action against the militants

The ULFA and the Bodo militants had posed the greatest security challenge to Bhutan today. B...

Apr 14, 2001 4 mins read 394 views
Dzongkha promotion activities in high gear

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Apr 13, 2001 2 mins read 403 views
South Asian countries to cooperate in "Education for All"

Conferences

Apr 13, 2001 2 mins read 421 views
Uniform prices

Letters to the Editor

Apr 13, 2001 0 mins read 403 views
Smoking and tobacco use by youngsters

Letters to the Editor

Apr 13, 2001 2 mins read 387 views
Working together against unemployment

Letters to the Editor

Apr 13, 2001 3 mins read 370 views
A regional effort

Editorial

Apr 13, 2001 3 mins read 395 views
The first turbine at Kurichu project commissioned

Hydro Project

Apr 13, 2001 4 mins read 385 views
Eighth plan activities benefit the people of Dagana

All the 16 dzongkhags, in which the developmental activities had been reviewed, have shown that the implementation of the Eighth Plan polici...

Apr 14, 2001 5 mins read 375 views
Samtse achieves 75 percent of its development targets

Bhutan was one of the last countries in South East Asia to begin its development process yet in the last 40 years of development the B...

Apr 14, 2001 5 mins read 390 views
Cultural property

Religion

Apr 13, 2001 0 mins read 446 views
History of Bhutan

Centre For Bhutan Studies (CBS)

Apr 13, 2001 0 mins read 410 views
Achilles track club

Disabled

Apr 13, 2001 0 mins read 500 views
Gunmen fire at vehicle

Terrorist

Apr 13, 2001 0 mins read 444 views
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