March of 2002

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Anti-AIDS campaign stepped up

Health-HIV/AIDS

Mar 08, 2002 1 mins read 529 views
Security stengthened in south-eastern dzongkhags

Government Department

Mar 14, 2002 1 mins read 435 views
Categorisation goes on

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Mar 14, 2002 0 mins read 516 views
Constitution committee meets

Constitutions

Mar 14, 2002 0 mins read 528 views
Is Brown Trout responsible for the diminishing stock of Yue-Nga

Fishery Department

Mar 29, 2002 2 mins read 545 views
Agriculture ministry becomes first victim of web hacker

Agriculture

Mar 29, 2002 1 mins read 536 views
Enrollments rise but not enough teachers

Education- Student

Mar 29, 2002 2 mins read 557 views
Minister to attend global health forum

International Convention

Mar 29, 2002 1 mins read 478 views
Bangladesh marks independence day

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Mar 29, 2002 1 mins read 545 views
Safe driving emphasised

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Mar 29, 2002 1 mins read 533 views
Doksum: does it have a future ?

Dzongkhags

Mar 29, 2002 2 mins read 527 views
Dhaps keep their age-old tradition going

Bhutan - Tradition

Mar 29, 2002 2 mins read 519 views
Convocation

Forestry Institution

Mar 29, 2002 0 mins read 0 views
Chukha Tshechu's status as public event improves

Tshechu

Mar 29, 2002 1 mins read 443 views
Guidelines drawn to relocate workshops

Bhutan - Trade

Mar 29, 2002 1 mins read 558 views
Bhutanese among 24 arrested for consuming tongba in Jaigaon

Crime

Mar 29, 2002 1 mins read 452 views
Construction standard in Bhutan is poor, says survey

Construction Development Board (CDB)

Mar 29, 2002 1 mins read 509 views
Book may help Dzongkha development

Books

Mar 29, 2002 1 mins read 462 views
Zhung Dronyer

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

Mar 29, 2002 0 mins read 545 views
Man killed

Accident

Mar 29, 2002 0 mins read 0 views
NTTA begins setting standard for vocational skills

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

Mar 29, 2002 2 mins read 526 views
Constitution

Government Department

Mar 29, 2002 0 mins read 621 views
School mobilises help for fire victims

Accident

Mar 29, 2002 1 mins read 419 views
BNB lowers interest rates. Will other FIs follow?

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Mar 29, 2002 2 mins read 493 views
Civic responsibilities

Editorial

Mar 29, 2002 2 mins read 463 views
Lungtenzampa traffic (comments from kuenselonline)

Kuensel

Mar 29, 2002 1 mins read 440 views
Eureka, again!

Kuensel

Mar 29, 2002 3 mins read 462 views
Why Drangpon?

Letters to the Editor

Mar 29, 2002 2 mins read 465 views
Tourism industry still in doldrums

Tourism

Mar 29, 2002 2 mins read 442 views
Shady deals in government procurement

Crime

Mar 29, 2002 4 mins read 431 views
Extortion ?

Crime

Mar 29, 2002 2 mins read 561 views
Bhutan embarks on an ambitious HRD target in Ninth Plan

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Mar 29, 2002 3 mins read 471 views
A friendly visit

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Mar 29, 2002 0 mins read 461 views
Fuel quality blamed as vehicle fuel pumps fail

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Mar 22, 2002 3 mins read 464 views
Forest fires: north Trashigang under a blanket of smoke

Forest Fire

Mar 22, 2002 2 mins read 417 views
A village thrives on potato farming

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Mar 22, 2002 2 mins read 452 views
College admission

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Mar 22, 2002 2 mins read 463 views
Sacred texts to be stored in computers

Computer/Internet

Mar 22, 2002 1 mins read 433 views
Nu 125 million Danish support to urban sector

International Assistance

Mar 22, 2002 1 mins read 430 views
Friendship association opened in Chandigarh

Associations

Mar 22, 2002 1 mins read 472 views
NIIT engages local partner to start IT institute<br>

Computer/Internet

Mar 22, 2002 1 mins read 415 views
Some work underway, some in pipeline to improve Phuentsholing town

Dzongkhags

Mar 22, 2002 1 mins read 452 views
"Agents of change"

Exhibition

Mar 22, 2002 1 mins read 460 views
Farmers & rural development at the centre of RNR exhibition

Agriculture Institutions

Mar 22, 2002 3 mins read 485 views
Care for Thimphu's stray dogs

Animal Husbandry Activities

Mar 22, 2002 2 mins read 491 views
Thimphu FC beaten 5-1 in a friendly, Bhutan ranked 202 by FIFA

Sport

Mar 22, 2002 1 mins read 472 views
"Eureka" - necessity leads to farmer's innovation

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Mar 22, 2002 3 mins read 443 views
Did Chang Jiji fall on the blind spot?

City Corporation

Mar 22, 2002 2 mins read 472 views
Towards better understanding

Editorial

Mar 22, 2002 3 mins read 485 views
NTTA assists tshoglham makers

Letters to the Editor

Mar 22, 2002 1 mins read 474 views
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Hailstorm damages crops and property in Sarpang

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