February of 2006

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Outlook - Male Fire Dog

Astrological College

Feb 24, 2006 2 mins read 516 views
Grant to tackle land degradation

World Bank

Feb 24, 2006 1 mins read 567 views
National disaster risk management framework ready

Government Department

Feb 24, 2006 2 mins read 540 views
The Person in Me

Personalities

Feb 24, 2006 2 mins read 0 views
Training people for call centres

Telecommunication Department

Feb 24, 2006 2 mins read 510 views
Call of the Moment

Letters to the Editor

Feb 24, 2006 4 mins read 523 views
In transition

Editorial

Feb 24, 2006 2 mins read 0 views
From the astrologer

Astrological College

Feb 24, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
23 km Tala tunnel completed

Hydro Project

Feb 24, 2006 1 mins read 542 views
Private school students excel

Education-BBE

Feb 24, 2006 2 mins read 579 views
Tremors jolt east Bhutan

Natural Calamities

Feb 24, 2006 2 mins read 497 views
The Rooster Year that was

Wrap Up News

Feb 24, 2006 12 mins read 454 views
Fourth Job Fair

Labour and Human Resource

Feb 21, 2006 1 mins read 664 views
Election commission officials to visit India

Election Commission

Feb 21, 2006 0 mins read 530 views
Writers and poets meet in Delhi

International Convention

Feb 21, 2006 2 mins read 517 views
Ngultrum continue to gain strength

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Feb 21, 2006 1 mins read 505 views
Bamboo to replace wood for prayer flags?

Forest Social/Project/ Afforestation

Feb 21, 2006 4 mins read 474 views
Pollination causes allergy

Health Disease

Feb 21, 2006 1 mins read 490 views
Building bonds

Festival (A-Z)

Feb 21, 2006 2 mins read 496 views
Accident kills one, injures another

Accident

Feb 21, 2006 1 mins read 755 views
Scholarships for professionals low despite high demand

Education-Scholarships

Feb 21, 2006 2 mins read 496 views
Public transport service for Pemagatsel

Dzongkhags

Feb 21, 2006 2 mins read 500 views
One Nation, One People

Letters to the Editor

Feb 21, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
Changzamtog traffic nightmarish

Letters to the Editor

Feb 21, 2006 1 mins read 517 views
Are heavy school bags responsible for backaches?

Letters to the Editor

Feb 21, 2006 1 mins read 477 views
On the road

Editorial

Feb 21, 2006 2 mins read 599 views
Labourers arrested for assault

Crime

Feb 21, 2006 1 mins read 500 views
BBS TV goes nation-wide

BBS (Bhutan Broadcasting Service)

Feb 21, 2006 3 mins read 508 views
Civil service retirement age extended

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Feb 21, 2006 2 mins read 570 views
Bhutan Austria cooperation

Bhuta- Austria

Feb 17, 2006 0 mins read 505 views
Mule track

Roads

Feb 17, 2006 0 mins read 581 views
Cheaper deals, used cars?

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Feb 17, 2006 2 mins read 443 views
Low admissions worries interior private school

Education-Private schools

Feb 17, 2006 2 mins read 439 views
Bhutan bowled out

Sport

Feb 17, 2006 1 mins read 474 views
Women archers bring home silver

Awards

Feb 17, 2006 1 mins read 467 views
Rabies under control

Health Disease

Feb 17, 2006 1 mins read 543 views
More mandarin exported this season

Exports

Feb 17, 2006 2 mins read 583 views
Less pain less merit?

Druk Air

Feb 17, 2006 2 mins read 547 views
Enjoy Gardening

National Park

Feb 17, 2006 3 mins read 0 views
Paragliding soars into Bhutanese skies

Sport

Feb 17, 2006 2 mins read 539 views
No compensation for ordinary packets, Bhutan Post

Bhutan- Post

Feb 17, 2006 2 mins read 441 views
Occupational profile to match jobs and skills

Labour and Human Resource

Feb 17, 2006 2 mins read 474 views
Chortens instead of flowerbeds

Letters to the Editor

Feb 17, 2006 0 mins read 530 views
How safe is Thimphu?

Letters to the Editor

Feb 17, 2006 1 mins read 612 views
Growth: what direction?

Editorial

Feb 17, 2006 2 mins read 507 views
Man on trial for rape

Crime

Feb 17, 2006 1 mins read 546 views
Minor allegedly raped

Crime

Feb 17, 2006 1 mins read 570 views
A world free of poverty?

Agriculture

Feb 17, 2006 1 mins read 642 views
Presenting plans and priorities to development partners

Round Table Meeting

Feb 17, 2006 1 mins read 493 views
Economy grows by 8.7 percent

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Feb 17, 2006 2 mins read 554 views
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The trap of spiritual materialism

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༉ ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ ལུང་ཕྱོགས་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་ལངམ་སྦེ་མེད་པའི་ དཀའ་ངལ་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ཁུངས་མང་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ས་མཚམས་ཕྱི་ཁ...

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Recents

Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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