January of 2006

Archives

Milking cow made easy

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Jan 24, 2006 1 mins read 528 views
BAFRA grapples with shortage of trained manpower

Agriculture

Jan 24, 2006 2 mins read 525 views
Unsafe ground

Kuensel

Jan 24, 2006 0 mins read 607 views
Mass sterilisation campaign important

Letters to the Editor

Jan 24, 2006 0 mins read 660 views
Know the facts

Letters to the Editor

Jan 24, 2006 1 mins read 685 views
Having faith

Editorial

Jan 24, 2006 2 mins read 499 views
Waiting for snow

Astrological College

Jan 24, 2006 2 mins read 531 views
126 being treated for rabies

Health Disease

Jan 24, 2006 2 mins read 496 views
New passports to be issued in February

Foreign Affairs

Jan 24, 2006 2 mins read 489 views
Family loses house, property in fire

Accident

Jan 24, 2006 1 mins read 602 views
Five judges appointed to the High Court

Judiciary

Jan 24, 2006 1 mins read 540 views
Road safety conference

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Jan 20, 2006 0 mins read 555 views
Health Trust Fund contributions

Health Trust Fund

Jan 20, 2006 0 mins read 526 views
BAFRA conference

Agriculture

Jan 20, 2006 0 mins read 487 views
Credentials

Bhutan- Pakistan

Jan 20, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
National school games conclude

Sport

Jan 20, 2006 2 mins read 587 views
US$ 50,000 to set up information data base

UNDP

Jan 20, 2006 2 mins read 479 views
Making use of export reject mandarin

Dzongkhags

Jan 20, 2006 3 mins read 537 views
"Enjoy Gardening!"

National Park

Jan 20, 2006 2 mins read 0 views
Live call-in show recaptures radio audience

BBS (Bhutan Broadcasting Service)

Jan 20, 2006 2 mins read 539 views
A Perspective of Construction Site Safety Management in Bhutan

Ministry of Work & Housing

Jan 20, 2006 3 mins read 531 views
PM Office will not be a separate entity

Lhengye Zhungtsho

Jan 20, 2006 2 mins read 502 views
RCSC streamlines civil service positions

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jan 20, 2006 1 mins read 579 views
Burglars caught

Crime

Jan 20, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
Why only teachers?

Letters to the Editor

Jan 20, 2006 1 mins read 552 views
REWA, hope for alcoholics and drug addicts alike

Kuensel

Jan 20, 2006 1 mins read 453 views
Save life not energy

Letters to the Editor

Jan 20, 2006 1 mins read 567 views
The electorate

Editorial

Jan 20, 2006 2 mins read 605 views
28 Khamdang households fined for defamation

Judiciary

Jan 20, 2006 1 mins read 477 views
51 gewogs most vulnerable to food security

Agriculture

Jan 20, 2006 3 mins read 495 views
SAFTA stalled

SAARC Activities

Jan 20, 2006 2 mins read 475 views
107 infected with rabies

Animal Husbandry Disease

Jan 20, 2006 1 mins read 550 views
Fighting corruption should be top national agenda

Anti-corruption

Jan 20, 2006 3 mins read 493 views
WHO meeting

WHO (World Health Organisation)

Jan 17, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Youth programme

Education-Youth/Counselling/Deliquesce

Jan 17, 2006 0 mins read 546 views
RCSC promotes 14 senior civil servants

Promotion

Jan 17, 2006 1 mins read 512 views
Teachers upgrade their qualification

Education-Teacher

Jan 17, 2006 2 mins read 533 views
Bhutan reinforces measures to check the bird flu

Health Disease

Jan 17, 2006 4 mins read 548 views
Chelela forest needs proper management to regenerate

Forest Social/Project/ Afforestation

Jan 17, 2006 2 mins read 465 views
Bhutanese movies dominate screenings at Lugar

Feature Film

Jan 17, 2006 2 mins read 563 views
More focal agriculture teachers for schools

Education-Teacher

Jan 17, 2006 1 mins read 512 views
Skills important for private sector growth

Labour and Human Resource

Jan 17, 2006 2 mins read 540 views
Domestic helicopter service picks up

Druk Air

Jan 17, 2006 2 mins read 564 views
House gutted in Dechenchholing

Accident

Jan 17, 2006 1 mins read 510 views
Druk Air: baseless allegation

Letters to the Editor

Jan 17, 2006 3 mins read 568 views
Alcohol Anonymous

Letters to the Editor

Jan 17, 2006 1 mins read 536 views
Equal pay for equal work

Editorial

Jan 17, 2006 2 mins read 595 views
Bhutan-India development cooperation talks

Bhutan- India

Jan 17, 2006 1 mins read 502 views
Health to start rubella vaccination

Health Activities

Jan 17, 2006 3 mins read 587 views
Thimphu Plan moves ahead

Universal Postal Union

Jan 17, 2006 1 mins read 541 views
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Bhutan is losing its paddy land faster than it is protecting it. The country has recorded 868 cases of structures built on chhuzhing (wetland) without prior approval. Rice self-sufficiency has fallen to 25 percent, and the country spends billions of ngultrum each year importing the grain it once grew itself.

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Pelsung to move from training first to building around demand

I think the first year has validated Pelsung’s mandate of preparing the youth of Bhutan for GMC and 10X Bhutan, while also showing us where the model needs to evolve. We think about our work through two distinct pathways. Professional Readiness is for young people who need the skills and employability to work in GMC and emerging sectors.

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Tunnel 26 raises the bar for Bhutanese cinema

Directed by award-winning filmmaker DD Kinley, Tunnel 26 takes Bhutanese cinema into new territory, with a story of horror, survival and human connection. Its ensemble casts includes Nepali actors Anna Sharma and Anoop Bikram Shahi, Indian model Roshni Dada, and Bhutanese actors Sangay Tsheltrim, Phuntshok Dhoden, and Deki Lhamo, among others.

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