September of 1996

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Festival (A-Z)

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 294 views
Postal Act approved<br>

Bhutan-Post

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 359 views
Festival to promote traditional artisans, arts and crafts <br>

Handicraft

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 289 views
Mission<br>

Bhutan - Finance

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 271 views
Theatre

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 350 views
Australian aid

Bhutan-Australia

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Course

Institutions

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 307 views
Illegal immigrants stopped

Immigration/Census

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 301 views
Historical nunnery under renovation in Punakha

Nunneries

Sep 20, 1996 4 mins read 264 views
A growing appetite for publications

Books

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 310 views
Illegal frequencies to be stopped

Telecommunication Department

Sep 20, 1996 2 mins read 281 views
Regulators sold at illegal rates

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 271 views
Financial institutions need professionalism

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Sep 20, 1996 2 mins read 289 views
Conjunctivitis attack

Health Disease

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 286 views
"Shorter highway" not advisable

Letters to the Editor

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 328 views
The tourism debate

Viewpoints

Sep 20, 1996 4 mins read 323 views
Artisans: left behind ?

Editorial

Sep 20, 1996 3 mins read 294 views
Vishwakarma Puja celebrated

Festival (A-Z)

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 0 views
Armed terrorists rob villages

Terrorist

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 318 views
Developing a Dzongkha-English Dictionary

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 325 views
Population : a major concern

UNFPA

Sep 20, 1996 2 mins read 285 views
Bhutan's economy doing well, say experts<br>

Bhutan - Finance

Sep 20, 1996 2 mins read 272 views
Giant tumour removed

Health Disease

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 304 views
Surge of a dormant disease, Kala Azar

Health Disease

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 302 views
Tax collection being streamlined

Revenue and Custom

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 288 views
Students learn sanitation

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 305 views
Financiers being trained

Bhutan - Finance

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 280 views
Towards free trade

SAARC Activities

Sep 20, 1996 2 mins read 332 views
Lams appointed

Dratshang

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 395 views
Urban development being refined

Urban Development

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 330 views
Festival aims to promote Bhutan's artistic heritage

Handicraft

Sep 20, 1996 1 mins read 318 views
Sign boards

Government Department

Sep 20, 1996 0 mins read 311 views
Archery

Archery

Sep 20, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Serto

Dzongs

Sep 20, 1996 0 mins read 522 views
Car imports

Bhutan - Finance

Sep 20, 1996 0 mins read 339 views
Football

Sport

Sep 20, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Eloping couple found in Yoesipang

Social Problem (Bhutan)

Sep 27, 1996 0 mins read 331 views
Training to be related to work

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 349 views
Graduates complete orientation

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 325 views
Record sales for Emporium

Handicraft

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 310 views
Let's be nice to tourists

Viewpoints

Sep 27, 1996 3 mins read 276 views
Adolescent smoking

Letters to the Editor

Sep 27, 1996 2 mins read 359 views
A tip for teachers

Letters to the Editor

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 353 views
Saving lives

Editorial

Sep 27, 1996 2 mins read 312 views
Agriculture Ministry and KPS Ties in archery finals

Archery

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 253 views
Singapore holiday for Johnnie Walker

Golf

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 323 views
Thimphu takes first nationwide football trophy

Sport

Sep 27, 1996 3 mins read 287 views
Thimphu lottery ticket wins Maruti Zen

Lottery

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 283 views
Agreement on soil survey and land resources

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 291 views
Hit-and-run driver arrested

Accident

Sep 27, 1996 1 mins read 360 views
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