June of 2006

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Buna vocational institute: giving life skills

Labour and Human Resource

Jun 30, 2006 2 mins read 344 views
Should ads be banned?

International Convention

Jun 30, 2006 2 mins read 351 views
What's your kha ?

Languages

Jun 30, 2006 3 mins read 313 views
New look for old town

Dzongkhags

Jun 30, 2006 2 mins read 344 views
Discotheque shut

Bhutan - Trade

Jun 30, 2006 0 mins read 321 views
Penden cement: rising demand from India

Penden Cement Authority Ltd. (PCAL)

Jun 30, 2006 2 mins read 354 views
20,000 celluar users in Thimphu

Bhutan- Telecom

Jun 30, 2006 1 mins read 347 views
Media: new perspectives

Media

Jun 30, 2006 2 mins read 312 views
Drivers versus driving ethics

Kuensel

Jun 30, 2006 0 mins read 351 views
Colour of kabneys - keep it simple

Kuensel

Jun 30, 2006 0 mins read 289 views
Doggy dilemma

Letters to the Editor

Jun 30, 2006 1 mins read 321 views
Misinterpreted

Letters to the Editor

Jun 30, 2006 0 mins read 325 views
Regarding excess land

Kuensel

Jun 30, 2006 1 mins read 322 views
Media dilemma

Editorial

Jun 30, 2006 2 mins read 361 views
Audit Bill to promote good governance

National Assembly

Jun 30, 2006 1 mins read 323 views
Attorney general not under judiciary

National Assembly

Jun 30, 2006 2 mins read 325 views
Women upset over derogatory term

National Assembly

Jun 30, 2006 2 mins read 307 views
Military vehicles will not be checked by police

National Assembly

Jun 30, 2006 2 mins read 304 views
No change in national wage rate

National Assembly

Jun 30, 2006 2 mins read 341 views
Back to the special audit report

National Assembly

Jun 30, 2006 2 mins read 324 views
National Assembly

National Assembly

Jun 27, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Seminar

Centre For Bhutan Studies (CBS)

Jun 27, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Worker falls to death

Accident

Jun 27, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
Towards a Consumer Protection Bill

Bhutan - Trade

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 321 views
World Cup sets red card record

Sport

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 301 views
For the sake of electricity

National Assembly

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 337 views
Wangduephodrang dzong needs renovation

National Assembly

Jun 27, 2006 1 mins read 352 views
Assembly discusses fronting in the construction industry

National Assembly

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 338 views
Bhutanese media in the 17th century

Media

Jun 27, 2006 4 mins read 329 views
The Person in me

Personalities

Jun 27, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
Scissors of Swing

Business

Jun 27, 2006 3 mins read 388 views
Saktengpas learn to manage land

Dzongkhags

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 363 views
Sheep with three horns

Superstition and supernatural

Jun 27, 2006 1 mins read 352 views
A fair job selection process ?

Labour and Human Resource

Jun 27, 2006 1 mins read 366 views
Child dies of rabies

Health Disease

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 342 views
Not corrupt but incapable

Kuensel

Jun 27, 2006 1 mins read 336 views
Improve bus service

Kuensel

Jun 27, 2006 1 mins read 335 views
Criticisms should be constructive

Kuensel

Jun 27, 2006 0 mins read 358 views
The paradoxes and opportunities of orchid conservation in Bhutan

Letters to the Editor

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 311 views
Expenses: setting standards?

Editorial

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 400 views
BBC World becomes pay channel

Television (TV)

Jun 27, 2006 1 mins read 332 views
English Dzongkha dictionary goes to print

Books

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 395 views
The colours of kabneys

National Assembly

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 370 views
Consumption and sale of alcohol to be controlled?

National Assembly

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 328 views
Media & public culture

Centre For Bhutan Studies (CBS)

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 312 views
Corruption: illegal but overlooked

National Assembly

Jun 27, 2006 2 mins read 337 views
Ministry should take over feeder road

National Assembly

Jun 23, 2006 1 mins read 366 views
Tala will boost revenue to 60 percent

Jun 23, 2006 1 mins read 337 views
"Rural electrification plan, Samtse not consulted"

National Assembly

Jun 23, 2006 2 mins read 290 views
No money for southern highway

National Assembly

Jun 23, 2006 1 mins read 316 views
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