October of 2004

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Apple exports to India drop

Exports

Oct 29, 2004 2 mins read 214 views
Dzongkha and English

Letters to the Editor

Oct 01, 2004 1 mins read 0 views
Primary school student still missing

Accident

Oct 29, 2004 1 mins read 269 views
44,000 households to be electrified by 2020

Power

Oct 29, 2004 4 mins read 203 views
New surgery technique to restore failing eyesight

Health/Doctors/Patients

Oct 29, 2004 2 mins read 220 views
Bajo wins best school farm award

Education- Schools

Oct 29, 2004 2 mins read 232 views
Is the grass really greener?

Private Sector

Oct 29, 2004 4 mins read 245 views
Promoting white water sports

Tourism

Oct 29, 2004 2 mins read 218 views
Karma Lam wins Chhoetse Penlop golf cup

Sport

Oct 29, 2004 2 mins read 203 views
More than pulling rope

Sport

Oct 29, 2004 1 mins read 235 views
Tourist season in Chamkhar valley

Tourism

Oct 29, 2004 2 mins read 256 views
BBCL optimistic about the future

Companies

Oct 29, 2004 3 mins read 199 views
Winter is a busy season for firewood

Forest Timber/ Firewood

Oct 29, 2004 2 mins read 238 views
Good luck `Raywa'

Letters to the Editor

Oct 29, 2004 1 mins read 225 views
Significance of Chhoetse Penlop : a tribute to Bhutan's Crown Prince

Letters to the Editor

Oct 29, 2004 3 mins read 254 views
What future?

Editorial

Oct 29, 2004 3 mins read 184 views
Thimphu valley loses Wood Snipe

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Oct 29, 2004 2 mins read 208 views
Pakistan PM to visit

Bhutan- Pakistan

Oct 29, 2004 1 mins read 195 views
Trongsa investiture ceremony

Chhoetse Penlop

Oct 29, 2004 1 mins read 200 views
Trongsa Dzong consecrated

Consecration

Oct 29, 2004 6 mins read 184 views
Bhutan committed to finding a lasting solution

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Oct 29, 2004 2 mins read 190 views
Accommodation pressures Sherubtse

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Oct 22, 2004 3 mins read 183 views
Samdrup Jongkhar town goes cellular

Telecommunication Department

Oct 22, 2004 1 mins read 212 views
Racing to Dochula

Tourism

Oct 22, 2004 2 mins read 193 views
Starving Peter to save Paul

WFP (World Food Program)

Oct 22, 2004 2 mins read 200 views
A visit to renew ties and promote tourism

Bhutan-Australia

Oct 22, 2004 2 mins read 207 views
Chukha wins first Druk Wangyal tournament

Sport

Oct 22, 2004 2 mins read 196 views
Gallstone

Health/Doctors/Patients

Oct 22, 2004 0 mins read 192 views
Building owners apprehensive about structural soundness

Ministry of Work & Housing

Oct 22, 2004 2 mins read 202 views
Chelela blue poppies depleted

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Oct 22, 2004 2 mins read 237 views
Nu. 23 million to support judicial reforms

DANIDA

Oct 22, 2004 1 mins read 193 views
Protecting the black necked cranes of Bomdeling

WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

Oct 22, 2004 2 mins read 192 views
Learning Shakespearean drama

Drama

Oct 22, 2004 1 mins read 187 views
National poverty line established at Nu. 740 a month

Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)

Oct 22, 2004 2 mins read 243 views
Students drown in Thimphu chhu

Accident

Oct 22, 2004 1 mins read 191 views
Heading the same way ?

Kuensel

Oct 22, 2004 0 mins read 187 views
What's better ?

Kuensel

Oct 22, 2004 1 mins read 192 views
The cost benefits of mega projects

Kuensel

Oct 22, 2004 2 mins read 233 views
Governance in a new system

Kuensel

Oct 22, 2004 1 mins read 196 views
A precious link

Editorial

Oct 22, 2004 2 mins read 225 views
Airbus to fly from October 31

Druk Air

Oct 22, 2004 2 mins read 214 views
Smoother implementation of Indian funded projects in Bhutan

Bhutan- India

Oct 22, 2004 1 mins read 262 views
The Chhoetse Penlop

Chhoetse Penlop

Oct 22, 2004 5 mins read 183 views
Crown Prince is Chhoetse Penlop

Chhoetse Penlop

Oct 22, 2004 8 mins read 212 views
Goodwill in Japan

Royalties

Oct 15, 2004 2 mins read 203 views
Paratrooper injured

Accident

Oct 15, 2004 1 mins read 186 views
42nd Imtrat Raising day

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Oct 15, 2004 2 mins read 187 views
Has Bhutanese soccer improved?

Sport

Oct 15, 2004 3 mins read 178 views
Bhutan observes 59th UN anniversary

International Day

Oct 15, 2004 1 mins read 185 views
Changzamtog school raises Nu.50,000 for Health Trust Fund

Education- Schools

Oct 15, 2004 1 mins read 184 views
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Recents

Symbol of friendship: His Majesty gifts takins to Thai Royals

As a royal gift from His Majesty The King of Bhutan, a pair of takins (one female and one male) are being gifted to Their Majesties The King and Queen of Thailand. The translocation of the two takins from Bhutan to Thailand is expected around January 2026, pending royal approval, according to the Acting Chairman of the Board of the Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand, Jade Donavanik.

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A sound problem!

“Sound check, sound check!” If you’ve attended a meeting, seminar, or workshop lately, you have likely heard this familiar phrase, usually followed by screeching microphones, echoing sound systems, or a projector refusing to cooperate.

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