November of 1997

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Paro dzongkhag routed by FIs in archery finals

Archery

Nov 21, 1997 1 mins read 323 views
Follow-up study on telecom projects

Telecommunication Department

Nov 21, 1997 2 mins read 359 views
Legal trainees awarded certificates

Judiciary

Nov 21, 1997 1 mins read 415 views
Buying frenzy for Bangladesh goods

Business

Nov 21, 1997 1 mins read 408 views
EC projects doing well

International Assistance

Nov 21, 1997 2 mins read 349 views
Public conned by bogus taxis

Letters to the Editor

Nov 21, 1997 1 mins read 372 views
Input crunch turns honey making venture sour

Letters to the Editor

Nov 21, 1997 1 mins read 370 views
AIDS sufferers should not be ostracised

Letters to the Editor

Nov 21, 1997 3 mins read 389 views
Think twice before plugging in

Letters to the Editor

Nov 21, 1997 0 mins read 424 views
Uniformity

Editorial

Nov 21, 1997 2 mins read 398 views
Bhutan exhibition in Austria draws record visitors

Exhibition

Nov 21, 1997 2 mins read 355 views
Education given high importance in Trongsa

Education-Policy/Planning/Conference Workshop

Nov 21, 1997 5 mins read 373 views
Trongsa Dzong to be renovated during the Eighth Plan<br>

Dzongs

Nov 21, 1997 6 mins read 379 views
Guru Dorji Droley image installed at Pang Karpo

Consecration

Nov 21, 1997 1 mins read 377 views
Charged

Crime

Nov 21, 1997 0 mins read 0 views
Child dies

Accident

Nov 21, 1997 0 mins read 398 views
Kurim in the east

Dratshang

Nov 21, 1997 0 mins read 416 views
Arrested

Embezzlement/Gambling

Nov 21, 1997 0 mins read 0 views
Traditional architecture flourishes in Bumthang valley

Bhutan - Tradition

Nov 28, 1997 6 mins read 419 views
Coordination key to fixing stipends

Letters to the Editor

Nov 28, 1997 1 mins read 450 views
Druk Air's business class: not worth the money

Letters to the Editor

Nov 28, 1997 1 mins read 500 views
Listening: a responsibility

Editorial

Nov 28, 1997 3 mins read 377 views
Bumthang's potato production to be doubled in the Eighth Plan

Agriculture/Horticulture

Nov 28, 1997 4 mins read 380 views
His Majesty explains national policies to students of Jakar High School

Speaking to the 590 students of Jakar High School on November 17, His Majesty th...

Nov 29, 1997 4 mins read 410 views
Dairy farming: a promising source of income for Bumthang farmers

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Nov 28, 1997 3 mins read 408 views
Bumthaps look forward to another successful Five Year Plan

With the Seventh Five Year Plan concluded more successfully than in most other dzongkhags, the people of Bumthang are l...

Nov 29, 1997 10 mins read 413 views
Vehicle donated

Bhutan- India

Nov 21, 1997 0 mins read 368 views
Home delivery

Bhutan-Post

Nov 28, 1997 0 mins read 511 views
World AIDS Day

International Day

Nov 28, 1997 0 mins read 0 views
Girl dies

Accident

Nov 28, 1997 0 mins read 634 views
Prayers

Monasteries

Nov 28, 1997 0 mins read 606 views
Tunnel delayed

Hydro Project

Nov 28, 1997 0 mins read 421 views
Tala authority decides on infrastructure and contract works

Hydro Project

Nov 28, 1997 1 mins read 355 views
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