October of 2006

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Moenlam Chhenmo concludes today

Wang

Oct 31, 2006 0 mins read 418 views
Town planning spurs land buying frenzy

Dzongkhags

Oct 31, 2006 2 mins read 475 views
More tourists in Trashigang

Tourism

Oct 31, 2006 2 mins read 444 views
Who should be allotted plots?

Dzongkhags

Oct 31, 2006 3 mins read 450 views
PERSON IN ME

Personalities

Oct 31, 2006 2 mins read 499 views
Harvesting the old way

Agriculture/ Crops/Mushroom

Oct 31, 2006 2 mins read 456 views
Learning from Singapore

Bhutan- Singapore

Oct 31, 2006 2 mins read 499 views
Breaking the silence

Health-HIV/AIDS

Oct 31, 2006 2 mins read 481 views
Clearing cellular clogging

Bhutan- Telecom

Oct 31, 2006 2 mins read 454 views
Rule inconsistent

Kuensel

Oct 31, 2006 1 mins read 481 views
Are we safe?

Kuensel

Oct 31, 2006 1 mins read 458 views
2008: lots to do

Kuensel

Oct 31, 2006 1 mins read 459 views
Too late?

Editorial

Oct 31, 2006 2 mins read 481 views
Accident kills one

Accident

Oct 31, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
Man arrested for rape

Crime

Oct 31, 2006 1 mins read 442 views
Election coverage regulations

Election Commission

Oct 31, 2006 2 mins read 361 views
Valuable apple

Exports

Oct 31, 2006 2 mins read 348 views
SAARC cultural meet

SAARC Activities

Oct 27, 2006 0 mins read 455 views
Changzamtog workshop relocation finalised

City Corporation

Oct 27, 2006 2 mins read 403 views
Real economic growth 6.5 percent in 2005

Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)

Oct 27, 2006 2 mins read 428 views
Heading towards a JAM ?

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Oct 27, 2006 4 mins read 435 views
Lightning cuts off Zhemgang

Dzongkhags

Oct 27, 2006 1 mins read 397 views
Minor sexually assaulted

Crime

Oct 27, 2006 1 mins read 427 views
New horizons for the Bhutanese media

Telecommunication Department

Oct 27, 2006 2 mins read 404 views
Rapist at large

Crime

Oct 27, 2006 2 mins read 439 views
Ten Sports should be back

Letters to the Editor

Oct 27, 2006 1 mins read 429 views
We care for our members: NPPF

Letters to the Editor

Oct 27, 2006 2 mins read 433 views
DUDES clarifies

Letters to the Editor

Oct 27, 2006 1 mins read 382 views
Roads needed

Letters to the Editor

Oct 27, 2006 1 mins read 430 views
We are happy

Editorial

Oct 27, 2006 2 mins read 400 views
24 officials in court

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Oct 27, 2006 2 mins read 391 views
Four companies to bid for cellular license

Telecommunication Department

Oct 27, 2006 2 mins read 549 views
Gang fight victim?

Crime

Oct 27, 2006 1 mins read 375 views
1949 treaty to be reviewed

Speaking to the Bhutanese media yesterday, the Indian foreign secretary, Mr. Shivshankar Menon, said that there was a need to review the 1949 treaty of friendship between India and Bhutan to make it more contempora...

Oct 28, 2006 2 mins read 456 views
Siddique takes Bhutan Open

Sport

Oct 24, 2006 1 mins read 422 views
Yangphel style makes eastern comeback

Sport

Oct 24, 2006 1 mins read 396 views
Getting closer to WTO membership

WTO (World Trade Organisation)

Oct 24, 2006 2 mins read 467 views
Wang

Wang

Oct 24, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Kerosene: still an essential commodity

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Oct 24, 2006 2 mins read 343 views
Paying rent to study

Education- Student

Oct 24, 2006 2 mins read 435 views
Concrete buildings out

Dzongkhags

Oct 24, 2006 2 mins read 400 views
The way of the bow

Sport

Oct 24, 2006 2 mins read 457 views
Private scholarships

Private Sector

Oct 24, 2006 0 mins read 515 views
Averting HIV epidemics in Asian and Pacific countries

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Oct 24, 2006 1 mins read 415 views
Going commercial

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Oct 24, 2006 2 mins read 414 views
The benefits of early transfer orders

Letters to the Editor

Oct 24, 2006 1 mins read 412 views
On fuel adulteration and others

Letters to the Editor

Oct 24, 2006 3 mins read 430 views
Who are our leaders?

Editorial

Oct 24, 2006 2 mins read 491 views
Urban land rates revised

Lhengye Zhungtsho

Oct 24, 2006 0 mins read 455 views
His Majesty conferred Conservation Leadership Award

Her Royal Highness Ashi Sonam Dechan Wangchuck accepted the 2006 J. Paul Getty Conservation Leadership Award on behalf of His Majesty the King and the people of Bhutan at a function hosted by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) at the Smithsonian Centre in Washington D.C. on October 17.

Oct 25, 2006 1 mins read 415 views
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Fitness is not defined by body size or age

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The tourism paradox

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High-value tourism, low-value jobs?

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Tying the loose ends of GST reform

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Making GST work past early hiccups

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Amochu quarriers call for flood walls after millions in losses

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Train Smart, Not Hard

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Punishment is not prevention

Jan 26, 2026 4 mins read 2,015 views
Strengthening the third sector

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Why selective privatisation in healthcare makes sense

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Agencies must be held accountable for financial irregularities

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Recents

Best Class 10 results of the past three years

The Class 10 results declared today are the best of the past five years. This is the first time in five years that the pass percentage of the Bhutan Council for School Examination and Assessment (BCSEA) has increased drastically compared to the previous year.

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