October of 1998

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Artist takes Johnnie Walker Golf Tournament

Golf

Oct 23, 1998 2 mins read 346 views
Duran Cup: Bhutan draws with Indian navy

Sport

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 500 views
Bullding sports leaders

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 374 views
Tourist succumbs to "mountain sickness"

Tourism

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 323 views
IFAD: 20 years in Bhutan

Dzongkhags

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 385 views
Food prices escalate in Phuentsholing

Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB)

Oct 23, 1998 2 mins read 375 views
Man takes gun on Druk Air

Crime

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 414 views
Lhuntse celebrates World Food Day

International Day

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 352 views
BIC to identify tax payers

Revenue and Custom

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 414 views
Judiciary to streamline legislation

Judiciary

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 353 views
SAF Games

South Asian Federation Games (SAFG)

Oct 23, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Millennium meet

UNDP

Oct 23, 1998 0 mins read 378 views
SAARC

SAARC Activities

Oct 23, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Verdict

Judiciary

Oct 23, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Kaloen

Royal Advisory Council (RAC)

Oct 23, 1998 0 mins read 356 views
An uphill task to ease power problem in Samdrup Jongkhar town

Dzongkhags

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 354 views
How compatible is western education with work in Bhutan?

Education

Oct 16, 1998 4 mins read 366 views
Students oust national players

Sport

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 419 views
Archery is back in Trashigang

Sport

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 410 views
Schools triumph in volleyball meet

Education- Schools

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 346 views
Kanglung hosts schools' sport festival

Education- Schools

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 327 views
Farmers earn from potatoes

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 399 views
Who will protect BOB clients?

Letters to the Editor

Oct 16, 1998 3 mins read 337 views
Guards needed

Letters to the Editor

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 331 views
Security : a necessity

Editorial

Oct 16, 1998 3 mins read 376 views
Health targets service forces for family planning campaign

Health Family Planning

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 362 views
Police learn public relations

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 395 views
Tigers counted in survey

Forest Natural Conservation

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 396 views
WFP Representative presents credentials

WFP (World Food Program)

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 337 views
Phuentsholing police arrest prostitutes

Social Problem (Bhutan)

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 433 views
lDDCP lauded

Health Nutrition Programme

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 354 views
Bhutan at the UN General Assembly

Bhutan - UN

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 351 views
Paro Goenkhang robbed

Crime

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 368 views
Poverty run

UNDP

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 379 views
Chimi elected

National Assembly

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Project Authorities review Tala, Kurichu, and Dungsam

Projects

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 334 views
Taktshang contribution

Monasteries

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 353 views
Nepal delegation

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 411 views
SAARC meet

SAARC Summit

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Mass participation in amateur athletics

Athletic (A-Z)

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 407 views
Graduates raise funds for youth causes

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 354 views
New rules in archery

Sport

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 423 views
The Thimphu Tshechu holidays ; festivities galore

Tshechu

Oct 09, 1998 5 mins read 393 views
Bhutanese cultural odyssey; a confluence of desires

Viewpoints

Oct 09, 1998 6 mins read 395 views
To kill, or not to...

Editorial

Oct 09, 1998 3 mins read 335 views
Apple season not successful

Agriculture/Horticulture

Oct 09, 1998 2 mins read 336 views
Cooking oil shortage

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 327 views
Food prices up in Thimphu

Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 366 views
Losing money at BOB counter

Bank of Bhutan (BOB)

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 351 views
Phensedyl seized

Crime

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 381 views
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