May of 1999

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Financial sector spurs economic growth

Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 434 views
Another adieu to Bhutan

Letters to the Editor

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 403 views
Should we wait till 2000 for the internet ?

Letters to the Editor

May 14, 1999 2 mins read 391 views
Receipts: necessary ?

Letters to the Editor

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 437 views
Unscrupulous businessmen bring in illegal labourers

Letters to the Editor

May 14, 1999 2 mins read 439 views
Whose loss ?

Editorial

May 14, 1999 3 mins read 448 views
Reconstruction of the Taktshang Monastery

Monasteries

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 395 views
Time for indoor sports

Sport

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 402 views
Bar license: tempting no more

Bhutan - Trade

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 405 views
Cloud over newly formed Tshokpa

Welfare Tshogpas

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 621 views
Artificial Insemination breakthrough

Animal Husbandry Livestock

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 453 views
SDA back on track

Bhutan - Netherlands

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 448 views
ARSP delegates visit Bhutan

Bhutan- India

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 539 views
Efficient governance

Government Department

May 14, 1999 2 mins read 354 views
Eastern Command chief visits Bhutan

Bhutan- India

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 0 views
Dhaka flight

Druk Air

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 439 views
Cultural show

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 583 views
Two injured

Accident

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 457 views
Cement shortage

Penden Cement Authority Ltd. (PCAL)

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 420 views
Bomb thrown

Explosives (Bomb)

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 493 views
Caretaker killed

Crime

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 602 views
A focus on corruption

Crime

May 21, 1999 2 mins read 357 views
Europe Day celebrated

Bhutan-European Countries

May 21, 1999 2 mins read 384 views
South Asia Fund discussed

Bhutan-Asia

May 21, 1999 2 mins read 442 views
Plenty to do : GIS report

Salary

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 372 views
CHPC generates 20 billion units of power

Hydro Project

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 397 views
Opening Bhutan to foreign investment

Bhutan - Trade

May 21, 1999 2 mins read 429 views
Tshamdra Goemba Lam

Dratshang

May 21, 1999 0 mins read 444 views
Pemaling village receives electricity

Power

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 410 views
Thongdroel at Petsheling Goemba

Festival (A-Z)

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 396 views
Brother Quinn passes away

Diseased Personalities

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 399 views
High School for Sarpang Dzongkhag

Education- Schools

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 398 views
Bhutan at the World Health Assembly

WHO (World Health Organisation)

May 21, 1999 2 mins read 402 views
PIT

Letters to the Editor

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 481 views
Editorial is unpalatable

Letters to the Editor

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 430 views
Bhutan - making way for tomorrow

Viewpoints

May 21, 1999 4 mins read 365 views
The values of dialogue

Editorial

May 21, 1999 3 mins read 533 views
Reading week in Paro

Education- Student

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 350 views
Learning values through films

Festival (A-Z)

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 393 views
Rural police arrest two burglars

Crime

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 437 views
Telephone: one more digit

Telecommunication Department

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 418 views
U.S. ambassador sees common interests

Bhutan-Embassies

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 391 views
Neten appointed for Trashiyangtsi rabdey

Dratshang

May 21, 1999 0 mins read 400 views
Television on June 2

Television (TV)

May 21, 1999 1 mins read 413 views
Bilateral cooperation moves ahead

Bhutan- India

May 21, 1999 2 mins read 382 views
Caretaker killed, lhakhang robbed

Monasteries

May 21, 1999 0 mins read 376 views
Lozey competition

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

May 21, 1999 0 mins read 385 views
Wrestling

Sport

May 21, 1999 0 mins read 539 views
New gups & chimis

Home Affairs

May 21, 1999 0 mins read 383 views
Road to close

Roads

May 21, 1999 0 mins read 483 views
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When the watchdog has no teeth

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Recents

Fourth thromde elections set for July 15

The dhamngoi zomdu (candidate selection meetings) for Thrompon candidates will begin for the fourth local government elections of Thimphu and Phuentsholing Thromde Tshogdes, scheduled for July 15, according to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB).

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Drayang closure to remain permanent

More than two years after promising to review the closure of drayangs, the government has ruled out the possibility of reviving the entertainment venues, signalling a definitive end to an industry that once formed a significant part of the country’s nightlife economy.

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