June of 1990

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World Cup quarter-finals to begin

Sport

Jun 29, 1990 3 mins read 362 views
National Football tournament

Sport

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 446 views
Fourth marathon win by Tobgay

Sport

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 341 views
Nangkha Farm of NASEPP affected

Agriculture Activities

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 451 views
Demonstration on old and new methods of potato growing

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 396 views
Bhutan attends Watershed Management Workshop

Water Supply Scheme

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 418 views
Ambassador visits Gidakom

Bhutan- India

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 449 views
Training on hotel management

Tourism

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 473 views
Disease infected seedlings burnt

Agriculture/Insecticide/Disease

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 368 views
Dzongkha grammar workshop concludes

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 400 views
Donations for Gidakom Hospital

Royalties

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 378 views
Bhutan attends surveyors conference

Survey

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 367 views
Teaching, a noble profession

Education-Policy/Planning/Conference Workshop

Jun 29, 1990 2 mins read 517 views
ICSE results: improved overall percentage

Education-BBE

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 578 views
Schools handed over

Education- Schools

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 453 views
Chirang wins archery match

Sport

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 345 views
Indian delegates visit Chukha

Visitors

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 330 views
Farmers attend field day

Agriculture Activities

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 364 views
Scooter knocks a student

Accident

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 378 views
Boy swept away by river at Gomdar

Accident

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 382 views
Boat topples killing one

Accident

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 371 views
All schools in Samchi inspected

Education

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 383 views
Save forests and live in safe towns

Letters to the Editor

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 384 views
Confused by change

Letters to the Editor

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 378 views
Does fixed meat price apply to other districts?

Letters to the Editor

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 399 views
Prevent animals from dirtying colony

Letters to the Editor

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 367 views
Bank cheque drafts found at Lungtenzampa

Letters to the Editor

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 357 views
More services needed

Letters to the Editor

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 350 views
What is the intention?

Letters to the Editor

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 358 views
Wrong criterion

Letters to the Editor

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 388 views
No stipend for summer months

Letters to the Editor

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 389 views
No swimming in rivers

Letters to the Editor

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 454 views
BDFC workshop draws many participants

Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (BDFC)

Jun 29, 1990 2 mins read 369 views
Public warned to watch food and water

Health Disease

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 373 views
Taxes increased

Revenue and Custom

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 364 views
Junior College to begin at YHS

Education- Institutions

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 390 views
New Kurje Temple consecrated

Consecration

Jun 29, 1990 6 mins read 405 views
Corporations delinked

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jun 29, 1990 1 mins read 403 views
SAARC exchange

SAARC Activities

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 374 views
Heavy rains

Landslides and Floods

Jun 29, 1990 0 mins read 374 views
Potato growers trained

Agriculture Activities

Jun 22, 1990 0 mins read 394 views
Chukha dzongda visits Bongo and Tala primary schools

Dzongkhags

Jun 22, 1990 1 mins read 379 views
Chukha to have a better drainage system

Dzongkhags

Jun 22, 1990 0 mins read 399 views
Artificial insemination for yaks

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Jun 22, 1990 0 mins read 390 views
Training on seed production

Agriculture Activities

Jun 22, 1990 0 mins read 366 views
Village Health Workers trained in Paro

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Jun 22, 1990 0 mins read 395 views
Farmers learn modern methods of farming

Agriculture Activities

Jun 22, 1990 1 mins read 409 views
Training on rice production

Agriculture Activities

Jun 22, 1990 1 mins read 387 views
Doctors discuss problems at the clinical meet

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Jun 22, 1990 1 mins read 362 views
Asparagus cultivation

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Jun 22, 1990 0 mins read 386 views
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