August of 2000

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Tala : six dead

Landslides and Floods

Aug 11, 2000 1 mins read 324 views
No food shortage despite road blocks

Agriculture

Aug 11, 2000 2 mins read 417 views
A week after the floods : 31 still missing

Landslides and Floods

Aug 11, 2000 3 mins read 363 views
Kuensel bureau

Judiciary

Aug 11, 2000 0 mins read 385 views
Gid disease control

Animal Husbandry Disease

Aug 11, 2000 0 mins read 334 views
Fund-raisers

Visitors

Aug 11, 2000 0 mins read 341 views
India's Independence Day

Bhutan- India

Aug 11, 2000 0 mins read 349 views
City bus: popular but poor return

City Corporation

Aug 18, 2000 2 mins read 373 views
A `tiring' wait for LPG

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 334 views
Indian community celebrates Independence Day

Bhutan- India

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 408 views
Reading habit picking up among students

Education- Student

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 337 views
Electricity for the Tango monastic community

Power

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 315 views
Poor makeshift sheds behind poor apple quality

Agriculture/Horticulture

Aug 18, 2000 2 mins read 335 views
UNV provides IT experts to government ministries

Visitors

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 352 views
Creating entrepreneurs

Business

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 483 views
Thimphu puts up fashion shows for altruistic causes

Fashion Show

Aug 18, 2000 2 mins read 410 views
Towards uniform road rules

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Aug 18, 2000 2 mins read 467 views
Trashigang: cable TV's latest domain?

Television (TV)

Aug 18, 2000 3 mins read 329 views
Vegetable production in high altitudes

Agriculture/Horticulture

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 381 views
The ordeal at Jumjha

Landslides and Floods

Aug 18, 2000 3 mins read 374 views
Pesticides act

Act

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 329 views
Cheques: legal backing

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 345 views
Discrimination?

Letters to the Editor

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 386 views
Beware of pickpockets!

Letters to the Editor

Aug 18, 2000 2 mins read 376 views
Army recruitment : a view

Letters to the Editor

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 362 views
Phuentsholing: lessons to be learned

Letters to the Editor

Aug 18, 2000 1 mins read 351 views
Working together

Editorial

Aug 18, 2000 3 mins read 427 views
Three convicted in kerosene case

Crime

Aug 18, 2000 2 mins read 383 views
Archery

The Yangphel Open Archery Tournament 2000

Aug 18, 2000 0 mins read 708 views
Dzongkha debate

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Aug 18, 2000 0 mins read 369 views
Prayers for flood victims

Dratshang

Aug 18, 2000 0 mins read 429 views
Sherubtse college offers computer degree

Computer/Internet

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 388 views
Ministers discuss regional health development

Health Policy

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 339 views
Kuwait's ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan - Foreign Relation

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 400 views
Four compete in Shumar gup election

Home Affairs

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 383 views
Bhutanese to learn crafts, skills in Korea

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 386 views
CBS, City Corporation, develop a public park at Langjuphakha

National Park

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 375 views
"Best value for the price you pay"

Bhutan - Trade

Aug 25, 2000 2 mins read 314 views
A division established to ensure construction quality

Construction Development Board (CDB)

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 379 views
Experts chalk out ideas to develop Dzongkha

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 387 views
Food court: fast and cheap food?

Private Sector

Aug 25, 2000 2 mins read 356 views
Bhutanese consume 2.4 million bottles of soft drinks a year

Alcohol

Aug 25, 2000 2 mins read 353 views
Rain disrupts water supply in Tingtibi

Water Supply Scheme

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 364 views
Good scope for weaving in upper Kheng

Handicraft

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 326 views
Meat price hike

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 357 views
Handicapped student copes with life at Sherubtse

Disabled

Aug 25, 2000 3 mins read 365 views
Look after Shangri-la

Letters to the Editor

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 331 views
Boost agriculture

Letters to the Editor

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 455 views
More dzongkha teachers needed

Letters to the Editor

Aug 25, 2000 1 mins read 414 views
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