May of 1995

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Workshop

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

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Water meters

City Corporation

May 19, 1995 0 mins read 0 views
DDC shifts

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

May 19, 1995 0 mins read 275 views
Woman beaten

Terrorist

May 19, 1995 0 mins read 354 views
Dantak Mela

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

May 19, 1995 0 mins read 258 views
Review highlights UNICEF successes

UNICEF

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 262 views
Armed terrorist caught<br>

Terrorist

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 223 views
YHS students dominate table tennis tournament

Tennis

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 278 views
Golf season begins with IMTRAT tournament

Golf

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 303 views
Japan presents 200 Dzongkha typewriters

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 252 views
Planners should be conscious of environment

National Environment Commission (NEC)

May 12, 1995 3 mins read 303 views
EC project benefits agriculture

Agriculture Activities

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 394 views
Robbery in Thimphu

Crime

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 278 views
What next?

Letters to the Editor

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 463 views
Alcoholism and its bad effects

Viewpoints

May 12, 1995 4 mins read 420 views
Towards new technology

Editorial

May 12, 1995 3 mins read 339 views
Workshop aims at rationalising drug use in Bhutan

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 290 views
Bhutan elected to WHO executive board

WHO (World Health Organisation)

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 318 views
Bus mishap kills one

Accident

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 330 views
Seven women raped. and houses looted in Tsirang

Crime

May 12, 1995 3 mins read 270 views
Protecting national heritage

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

May 12, 1995 1 mins read 316 views
UN Run

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

May 12, 1995 0 mins read 362 views
Two anti-national prisoners escape from Chamgang jail

Crime

May 12, 1995 0 mins read 366 views
National Assembly

National Assembly

May 12, 1995 0 mins read 0 views
Stabbed

Crime

May 12, 1995 0 mins read 291 views
Armed terrorist comes from refugee camp

Terrorist

May 05, 1995 1 mins read 260 views
Armed robbery

Terrorist

May 05, 1995 0 mins read 0 views
Semtokha school dominates singing competition

Drama

May 05, 1995 2 mins read 283 views
Suspended bridge for S/Jongkar

Bridges

May 05, 1995 0 mins read 231 views
HLDP meets Doegar in khuru finals

Sport

May 05, 1995 1 mins read 273 views
Hydrology and observers

Power

May 05, 1995 1 mins read 296 views
Books localised for Bhutanese education system

Education- CAPSS

May 05, 1995 3 mins read 311 views
Vegetation under pressure

Letters to the Editor

May 05, 1995 1 mins read 283 views
Whose folly, and who pays the price?

Letters to the Editor

May 05, 1995 1 mins read 309 views
BBPL is not sick

Letters to the Editor

May 05, 1995 1 mins read 272 views
Passbook complexities

Letters to the Editor

May 05, 1995 1 mins read 259 views
SAARC takes a stride

Editorial

May 05, 1995 3 mins read 279 views
His Majesty attends SAARC summit

His Majesty the King said that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which was formed in 1985, had generated a great deal of hope among the people of South Asia. His Majesty...

May 06, 1995 1 mins read 246 views
His Majesty addresses the SAARC summit in New Delhi

His Majesty

May 05, 1995 4 mins read 284 views
His Majesty holds discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Adhikari

An hour-long meeting between His Majesty the King and Nepal’s Prime Minister, Mr. Manmohan A...

May 06, 1995 2 mins read 254 views
SAPTA represents economic breakthrough for SAARC

SAARC Activities

May 05, 1995 4 mins read 261 views
Eid-ul-Azha

Bhutan-Bangladesh

May 05, 1995 0 mins read 403 views
Shares

Bhutan - Trade

May 05, 1995 0 mins read 0 views
UN meetings

UN Agencies

May 05, 1995 0 mins read 326 views
Shot

Crime

May 05, 1995 0 mins read 298 views
Sports

Golf

May 05, 1995 0 mins read 0 views
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