November of 1987

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City Corporation looks for parking spaces

Letters to the Editor

Nov 27, 1987 1 mins read 631 views
Erratic power 'a plague'

Letters to the Editor

Nov 27, 1987 1 mins read 586 views
Lottery winners

Letters to the Editor

Nov 27, 1987 0 mins read 658 views
Lesson will bring a green revolution

Letters to the Editor

Nov 27, 1987 1 mins read 762 views
Stenography remains an indispensable tool

Viewpoints

Nov 27, 1987 2 mins read 625 views
What value I place on the flora and fauna of my country

Competition (A-Z)

Nov 27, 1987 4 mins read 728 views
Training on smokeless stoves

Dzongkhags

Nov 27, 1987 1 mins read 593 views
Meeting looks at youth

International Convention

Nov 27, 1987 2 mins read 615 views
His Majesty meets farmers

His Majesty - National Tour

Nov 27, 1987 0 mins read 621 views
Progressive farmers awarded prizes

His Majesty the King awarded prizes to 18 farmers and 11 agricultural workers in Paro for the successful plantation of the No. 11 rice variety this season.

Nov 28, 1987 4 mins read 606 views
Bhutan attends SAF Games

South Asian Federation Games (SAFG)

Nov 20, 1987 2 mins read 576 views
Agriculture has failed as a school subject in many countries

Letters to the Editor

Nov 20, 1987 2 mins read 674 views
Lessons to learn from school cooperatives

Letters to the Editor

Nov 20, 1987 1 mins read 619 views
Doomed for lack of lights?

Letters to the Editor

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 657 views
Nature is being well looked after

Letters to the Editor

Nov 20, 1987 1 mins read 569 views
Girls' schools supported

Letters to the Editor

Nov 20, 1987 1 mins read 527 views
Programme times needed

Letters to the Editor

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 718 views
Female nurses wanted

Letters to the Editor

Nov 20, 1987 1 mins read 529 views
Ways of preserving the environment and wildlife of Bhutan

Competition (A-Z)

Nov 20, 1987 2 mins read 646 views
Tiger - my favorite animal

Competition (A-Z)

Nov 20, 1987 1 mins read 633 views
If I were a bird

Letters to the Editor

Nov 20, 1987 1 mins read 544 views
Two workshops study efficient use of fertilizers

Agriculture Activities

Nov 20, 1987 1 mins read 583 views
Optical company provides new service

Health Activities

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 541 views
Premature triplets die

Health Mother and Child Programme

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 546 views
Khaling hydro plant now in use

Hydro Project

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 603 views
Dept experiments with solar greenhouse

Science/ Technology

Nov 20, 1987 1 mins read 534 views
Visiting magician entertains Bhutan

Associations

Nov 20, 1987 1 mins read 723 views
Wangdi DYT<br>

Dzongkhags

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 541 views
Sports medicine conference

Sport

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 507 views
Schools meet

Education-Scholarships

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 577 views
Paro farmers to receive prizes

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 608 views
Agencyships cancelled

Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB)

Nov 20, 1987 1 mins read 501 views
Bhutanese exports to be encouraged

Exports

Nov 20, 1987 1 mins read 522 views
Workshop

Agriculture

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 0 views
Meeting on youth

UN Agencies

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 565 views
Dratshang to move

Dratshang

Nov 20, 1987 0 mins read 526 views
Supplement SAARC

SAARC Summit

Nov 13, 1987 11 mins read 599 views
BBS not clear

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 0 mins read 0 views
Healthy exercise

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 0 mins read 573 views
Wildlife protected

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 0 mins read 566 views
Promote weaving

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 0 mins read 595 views
Car parks inadequate

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 1 mins read 585 views
Lottery

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 0 mins read 0 views
Houses without services

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 1 mins read 553 views
Introduce improved methods

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 1 mins read 533 views
Girls' colleges not needed

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 0 mins read 507 views
Take it like a man

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 1 mins read 562 views
Appoint capable Gups

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 1 mins read 696 views
FCB aware of problems with agents

Letters to the Editor

Nov 13, 1987 1 mins read 539 views
New Gups take oath

Dzongkhags

Nov 13, 1987 0 mins read 559 views
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