September of 1996

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Cultural evening for Thimphu

Bhutan- Japan

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 441 views
Mushroom becomes a cash crop, but may be picked to extinction<br>

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Sep 06, 1996 4 mins read 432 views
Tour guides: eyes of the visitor

Tourism

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 473 views
Khuru picks up momentum

Sport

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 470 views
Toilets: urban problem

City Corporation

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 621 views
Incentives would help

Letters to the Editor

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 524 views
Study cost confused with technical assistance

Letters to the Editor

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 505 views
Phuentsholing needs a taekwondo facility for enthusiasts

Letters to the Editor

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 475 views
Do we still need the drozum?

Letters to the Editor

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 488 views
Parents, children need you!

Letters to the Editor

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 508 views
Decisions... decisions

Editorial

Sep 06, 1996 3 mins read 0 views
37 complete Dzongkha secretarial training

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 625 views
Extension links briefed on Rice Blast

Agriculture/Insecticide/Disease

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 492 views
Junior football

Sport

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 532 views
Phuentsholing taxis moved

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 486 views
14 learn wiring

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 467 views
"Hippies" under custody<br>

Crime

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 460 views
Poaching ring uncovered

Forest Poaching

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 421 views
Cousins charged after stabbing

Crime

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 460 views
Illegal activities up in the mountains<br>

Forest Damages

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 410 views
No more second-hand and reconditioned vehicles<br>

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 432 views
Sewerage project concluded, wrangling begins<br>

Urban Sewerage

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 405 views
Plan talks "smooth and successful", say Bhutan and India <br>

Bhutan- India

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 372 views
Killed<br>

Crime

Sep 06, 1996 0 mins read 415 views
Bank<br>

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Sep 06, 1996 0 mins read 448 views
Burglary<br>

Crime

Sep 06, 1996 0 mins read 460 views
Football<br>

Sport

Sep 06, 1996 0 mins read 470 views
Police arrest men with explosives<br>

Explosives (Bomb)

Sep 06, 1996 0 mins read 429 views
A friend patient

Health/Doctors/Patients

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 393 views
Film highlights social impact of alcoholism<br>

Feature Film

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 505 views
Healthy weekend recreation a last ?

Private Sector

Sep 13, 1996 3 mins read 426 views
SAARC meeting on tourism and media<br>

Tourism

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 434 views
Job information for youth<br>

Education-Youth/Counselling/Deliquesce

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 421 views
Towards quality service<br>

Tourism

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 397 views
Urban sanitation<br>

Health Disease

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 437 views
A family squbble<br>

Crime

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 441 views
Postings should come with incentives<br>

Letters to the Editor

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 430 views
A welcome facility to buildings<br>

Letters to the Editor

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 417 views
Basketball is being encouraged<br>

Letters to the Editor

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 422 views
Tuitions : a burden

Letters to the Editor

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 421 views
Towards arbitration

Editorial

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 411 views
Thimphu dominates dzongkhag football<br>

Sport

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 400 views
TT tournament attracts 150 players

Tennis

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 394 views
Taekwondo<br>

Sport

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 416 views
US$ 270,000 for trainings<br>

UNDP

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 452 views
Woman commits suicide

Crime

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Medicine shortage inevitable

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 419 views
Meat prices in Thimphu uncontrolled

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 425 views
RIM moves at last

Institutions

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 418 views
Pressures on Bhutan

Bhutan-Switzerland

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 476 views
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