April of 1999

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Dzi buyers implicated

Crime

Apr 30, 1999 1 mins read 483 views
Blessing

Editorial

Apr 02, 1999 1 mins read 639 views
The health sector pledges to fulfill royal aspirations

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Apr 02, 1999 1 mins read 442 views
Milk cooperative grapples with a dilemma of survival

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Apr 02, 1999 4 mins read 489 views
Tala Project fuels unprecedented growth of Gedu town

Hydro Project

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 471 views
Archery

Archery

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 0 views
"It (Bhutan) is almost magical"

Personalities

Apr 02, 1999 1 mins read 461 views
Environmental awareness in Samdrup Jongkhar

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Apr 02, 1999 1 mins read 456 views
WIE: lifting socio-economic status of people in lower Kheng

National Women Association (NWA)

Apr 02, 1999 2 mins read 532 views
Checking the cheque problem

Tashi Commercial Corporation

Apr 02, 1999 2 mins read 500 views
Dzongkha : a losing battle ?

Letters to the Editor

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 472 views
Fighting rabies: waste could be reduced

Letters to the Editor

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 480 views
Bad taste

Editorial

Apr 02, 1999 2 mins read 475 views
Dr. Michael Aris, the doyen of Bhutan studies, passes away

Diseased Personalities

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 542 views
A day at the Paro Tshechu

Tshechu

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 408 views
An exhibition of Zhemgang's traditional craft

Exhibition

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 516 views
Windfall for BCCL share holders

BCCL (Bhutan Carbide and Chemical Ltd.)

Apr 02, 1999 2 mins read 458 views
Towards efficiency & effectiveness

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 02, 1999 1 mins read 457 views
Je Khenpo begins Wang, Lung and Thri in Trashigang

Wang

Apr 02, 1999 2 mins read 448 views
Archery

Archery

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 0 views
Cabin charges

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 447 views
Religious fund

Religion

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 464 views
Gas price

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 422 views
Painting

Bhutan - Tradition

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 493 views
National Assembly to start

National Assembly

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 523 views
Real estate : RICB goes for aestheticism

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 456 views
RBG wins inter-wing trophy

Archery

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 413 views
Boy dies in hotel room

Narcotics/Drugs

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 404 views
Sherubtse College unveils plans for Silver Jubilee celebrations

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 447 views
New apple disease: will it be as bad as the market?

Agriculture/Horticulture

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 468 views
Escalating referral costs worry health officials

Health/Doctors/Patients

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 462 views
It's dirt, not climate

Viewpoints

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 427 views
Civil service : efficiency and causes

Viewpoints

Apr 09, 1999 5 mins read 458 views
Sorchen prepares to battle the onslaught of monsoon

Landslides and Floods

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 415 views
Introducing systems for safe drinking water

Water Supply Scheme

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 447 views
149 households electrified in Thimphu & Paro

Power

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 425 views
How to fight rice blast

Agriculture/ Crops

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 428 views
Permanent bridge over the Bhur river

Bridges

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 460 views
His Holiness blesses Trashigangpas

Wang

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 400 views
Internet is on

Computer/Internet

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 421 views
Ashi Sangay Choden inspires health workers and patients

Health/Doctors/Patients

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 436 views
Indian Foreign Minister in Bhutan

Bhutan- India

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 502 views
Transport strengthened

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 09, 1999 0 mins read 439 views
Chimi elected

Home Affairs

Apr 09, 1999 0 mins read 561 views
Wind damage

Meteorology-Climate/Weather

Apr 09, 1999 0 mins read 416 views
Burglary

Crime

Apr 09, 1999 0 mins read 0 views
Wang Lung in Bumthang

Wang

Apr 09, 1999 0 mins read 411 views
The world focuses on the old

WHO (World Health Organisation)

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 450 views
More Bhutanese women lured into prostitution

Social Problem (Bhutan)

Apr 09, 1999 4 mins read 579 views
What confusion?

Editorial

Apr 09, 1999 3 mins read 479 views
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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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