May of 2002

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Urban plan & labour dominate BCCI meet

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

May 31, 2002 2 mins read 243 views
Sports gain momentum in Bumthang

Sport

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 244 views
Bee keeping introduced in Paro

Bee-Keeping

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 233 views
Wanglung by HH Je Khenpo

Wang

May 31, 2002 0 mins read 255 views
Dagana abuzz with "Village Olympics"

Athletic (A-Z)

May 31, 2002 2 mins read 204 views
New workshop brings relief to Trashigang motorists

Dzongkhags

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 223 views
PrepCom meeting in Bali

International Convention

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 248 views
"Talent hunt" in Paro

Athletic (A-Z)

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 248 views
Impact of RNR technologies assessed

Agriculture Institutions

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 221 views
Health trust fund becomes operational

Health Trust Fund

May 31, 2002 2 mins read 249 views
Dratshang

Dratshang

May 31, 2002 0 mins read 0 views
Monks, constables learn plumbing skills

Dratshang

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 269 views
NPPF invests in real estate development

National Pension Board (NPB)

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 279 views
Trans-border initiative to fight HIV/AIDS launched

Health-HIV/AIDS

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 242 views
Employment

National Employment Board (NEB)

May 31, 2002 0 mins read 201 views
Citrus mandarin: problems & prospects

Exports

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 191 views
Operators welcome govt.'s initiative to strengthen tourism industry

Tourism

May 31, 2002 2 mins read 192 views
The ethics of expression

Editorial

May 31, 2002 3 mins read 214 views
Tax exemption on house rent

Letters to the Editor

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 197 views
Licensed operators offer protection

Letters to the Editor

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 217 views
Pension value goes down

Letters to the Editor

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 205 views
Disputes should go to court

Letters to the Editor

May 31, 2002 2 mins read 204 views
Support to private sector will continue

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

May 31, 2002 1 mins read 199 views
Steps outlined to fight HIV/AIDS

Health-HIV/AIDS

May 31, 2002 3 mins read 196 views
Health: challenges ahead

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

May 31, 2002 3 mins read 215 views
District coordination meeting clears border problems

Bhutan- India

May 31, 2002 2 mins read 193 views
RICB mulls over financing scheme

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

May 24, 2002 1 mins read 234 views
Reshuffle in the dratshang

Dratshang

May 24, 2002 1 mins read 198 views
Visitor

Visitors

May 24, 2002 0 mins read 210 views
Dial 37

Telecommunication Department

May 24, 2002 0 mins read 202 views
Archery

Sport

May 24, 2002 0 mins read 0 views
Advocacy

Health Activities

May 24, 2002 0 mins read 189 views
Relative questions girl's alleged suicide

Crime

May 24, 2002 1 mins read 227 views
Project to solve drinking water shortage

Projects

May 24, 2002 1 mins read 206 views
Village benefits as more people chew doma

Business

May 24, 2002 2 mins read 228 views
Man detained

Crime

May 24, 2002 1 mins read 232 views
IFAD workshop: "to share and to learn"

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

May 24, 2002 1 mins read 172 views
24 teams playing in Coronation Cup

Sport

May 24, 2002 1 mins read 230 views
Easing the Sorchen problem

Roads

May 24, 2002 2 mins read 213 views
To use or not to use incinerators

Crematorium

May 24, 2002 2 mins read 229 views
Nu 350 m soft drink company formed

Companies

May 24, 2002 2 mins read 185 views
New school

Education- Schools

May 24, 2002 0 mins read 0 views
Food policy draft discussed

Agriculture Policy

May 24, 2002 1 mins read 213 views
Labour policy - what it says

National Employment Board (NEB)

May 24, 2002 5 mins read 194 views
At the duthroe

Editorial

May 24, 2002 1 mins read 215 views
Land polling: a further clarification

Letters to the Editor

May 24, 2002 5 mins read 192 views
Intellectual property: what next?

Act

May 24, 2002 2 mins read 236 views
World Cup: how much does it mean to Bhutanese ?

Sport

May 24, 2002 3 mins read 221 views
XXX Rum launched in Delhi

Army Welfare Project

May 17, 2002 0 mins read 294 views
Woman killed in Lungtenphu

Crime

May 17, 2002 1 mins read 213 views
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Fraud uncovered, but questions about accountability remains

Coming to light after reports of fraudulent practices, the Department of Civil Registration and Census, in January this year, alerted the Trashigang Dzongkhag Administration and instructed officials to investigate how local government authorities failed to prevent the forgery of documents that resulted in a non-national getting citizenship.

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