September of 1998

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Cholera: no new cases

Health Disease

Sep 18, 1998 1 mins read 487 views
Shops cheating: survey

Bhutan - Trade

Sep 18, 1998 2 mins read 348 views
WWF to support two forestry projects

WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

Sep 18, 1998 1 mins read 264 views
Two monks arrested for pick-pocketing

Crime

Sep 18, 1998 0 mins read 327 views
Bangladesh ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Sep 18, 1998 1 mins read 0 views
Trade tightens ban on mustard oil

Bhutan - Trade

Sep 18, 1998 2 mins read 293 views
Denmark is committed to a long-term relationship

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Sep 18, 1998 4 mins read 341 views
Bumper harvest

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Sep 18, 1998 0 mins read 316 views
Ambassador

Bhutan- India

Sep 18, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Chairman of Cabinet to address UN

Foreign Affairs

Sep 18, 1998 0 mins read 320 views
Deputy Chief of Indian army visits Bhutan

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Sep 18, 1998 1 mins read 333 views
IMF/World Bank meet

World Bank

Sep 18, 1998 0 mins read 324 views
Heating gadgets

Bhutan - Trade

Sep 18, 1998 0 mins read 359 views
Sports

Sport

Sep 18, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
BOC to restructure football federation

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 325 views
Student awarded scholarship by Cuban President

Awards

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 290 views
Schizophrenic patient commits suicide

Health/Doctors/Patients

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 303 views
Taekwondo: the rough road to the Asiad

Sport

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 297 views
Getting rid of plastic wastes in the capital

City Corporation

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 299 views
Thimphu unusually wet this season

Meteorology-Climate/Weather

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 335 views
First aid course brings enthusiasts together

Indigenous Hospital

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 320 views
Druk Pol takes league title after penalty shoot-out

Sport

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 334 views
UNDP helps start Tang dairy farm

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Sep 11, 1998 2 mins read 306 views
A valuable error

Letters to the Editor

Sep 11, 1998 2 mins read 332 views
The deeper truth

Letters to the Editor

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 328 views
Multiple benefits

Editorial

Sep 11, 1998 3 mins read 332 views
Bhutanese archers bring home medal

Awards

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 331 views
School gets donation

Disabled

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 294 views
Mistletoe: another tree nemesis

Forest Damages

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 320 views
Robbed the second time

Crime

Sep 11, 1998 0 mins read 322 views
Drug addicts caught red-handed

Crime

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 286 views
Alternate use for Thimphu waste

City Corporation

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 328 views
Archery Range

Sport

Sep 11, 1998 0 mins read 327 views
Bhutan Posts recalls stamp

Bhutan-Post

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 324 views
New film: simpler the better

Feature Film

Sep 11, 1998 2 mins read 378 views
Bhutan attends Non-Aligned summit

Non-Aligned

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 327 views
Lottery: bigger prizes for bigger haul

Lottery

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 289 views
Agriculture Ministry bans timber export

Forest Timber/ Firewood

Sep 11, 1998 3 mins read 327 views
Court sentences 13 for gold smuggling

Judiciary

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 343 views
New markets bring fresh hope for apple exporters and growers

Exports

Sep 11, 1998 1 mins read 303 views
BHU at Buli

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Sep 11, 1998 0 mins read 374 views
Trained

Dzongkhags

Sep 11, 1998 0 mins read 317 views
Foreign Secretary

Foreign Affairs

Sep 11, 1998 0 mins read 312 views
WHO meeting

WHO (World Health Organisation)

Sep 11, 1998 0 mins read 381 views
Bhutan ranked 155th

UNDP

Sep 11, 1998 0 mins read 342 views
AIDS versus condom: Health festival

Health-HIV/AIDS

Sep 04, 1998 1 mins read 298 views
Bangalore performance wasn't bad: coach

Sport

Sep 04, 1998 1 mins read 333 views
Trashigang town takes football trophy

Sport

Sep 04, 1998 1 mins read 331 views
Youths train for Asian tennis circuit

Sport

Sep 04, 1998 1 mins read 281 views
Bhutan attends SAARC Trade fair

SAARC Activities

Sep 04, 1998 1 mins read 372 views
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