May of 1990

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Are the Thimphu bars "a phase" for the youth?

Alcohol

May 18, 1990 3 mins read 293 views
Disease outbreak<br>

Health Disease

May 18, 1990 0 mins read 330 views
Suspicious fire

Accident

May 18, 1990 0 mins read 394 views
No Tobacco Day<br>

International Day

May 18, 1990 0 mins read 287 views
Bridges landed in Samchi

Bridges

May 18, 1990 1 mins read 365 views
Three killed in truck accident

Accident

May 18, 1990 1 mins read 507 views
Bangladesh ambassador completes tenure

Bhutan-Bangladesh

May 18, 1990 2 mins read 0 views
New software training

Computer/Internet

May 28, 1990 0 mins read 385 views
The finals: Inter-school Table Tennis tournament

Sport

May 11, 1990 2 mins read 289 views
Development banking: the need to understand their approach<br>

Letters to the Editor

May 11, 1990 2 mins read 348 views
All is not lost<br>

Crime

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 361 views
Blackneck cranes spotted in Dagana

Letters to the Editor

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 354 views
Stoves should be sold separately<br>

Letters to the Editor

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 328 views
Courses wanted in Dzongkha

Letters to the Editor

May 11, 1990 0 mins read 339 views
Pre-primary students wanted<br>

Letters to the Editor

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 335 views
Bridge not very safe at times

Letters to the Editor

May 11, 1990 0 mins read 374 views
Bus time-tables should be displayed<br>

Letters to the Editor

May 11, 1990 0 mins read 319 views
Punakha holds annual cattle show

Animal Husbandry Livestock

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 391 views
Hut washed away

Landslides and Floods

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 393 views
Distillation plants installed<br>

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 392 views
Rural credit scheme benefits farmers<br>

Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (BDFC)

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 361 views
Bumthang ahead in health activities

Health Activities

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 338 views
New planting machine demonstrated

Dzongkhags

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 341 views
Training programmes for farmers<br>

Agriculture Activities

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 395 views
Potato cultivators

Agriculture/Horticulture

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 347 views
Thimphu dzongkhag DYT meeting<br>

Dzongkhags

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 319 views
Lightning kills six cows

Accident

May 11, 1990 0 mins read 350 views
Bhutan's GDP: On the increase

Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)

May 11, 1990 2 mins read 374 views
Training for farmers at Khangma<br>

Agriculture Activities

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 358 views
Guenkhang renovated after 307 years

Monasteries

May 11, 1990 0 mins read 398 views
Family planning campaign

Health Family Planning

May 11, 1990 0 mins read 337 views
J1CA Vice President visits Bhutan

International Organisations

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 389 views
Credentials presented

Bhutan - UN

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 497 views
Murder and robberies in Pagli and Chengmari

Crime

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 342 views
WFP coordination meeting<br>

WFP (World Food Program)

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 362 views
FAO regional conference

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

May 11, 1990 2 mins read 0 views
ADB continues support<br>

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

May 11, 1990 1 mins read 382 views
Officials more aware environmentally

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

May 11, 1990 3 mins read 369 views
New chairman for WC

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

May 11, 1990 0 mins read 389 views
Additional Japanese grant<br>

Bhutan- Japan

May 11, 1990 0 mins read 316 views
Norwegian ambassador receives farewell audience

The government of the Kingdom of Norway will provide an additional grant assistance of 1.9 million Norwegian Kroners (Nu. 5.71 million) to the Bhutan Ca...

May 12, 1990 1 mins read 360 views
Tournarnent to begin soon<br>

Sport

May 04, 1990 0 mins read 301 views
Tennis tournament

Sport

May 04, 1990 0 mins read 0 views
"Please bear with us," Department of Power<br>

Letters to the Editor

May 04, 1990 1 mins read 335 views
Why the rental income tax was abolished

Letters to the Editor

May 04, 1990 1 mins read 525 views
Taxi fare increased<br>

Letters to the Editor

May 04, 1990 0 mins read 374 views
Kangpara Primary School thanks the dungkhag

Letters to the Editor

May 04, 1990 0 mins read 360 views
Training for mustard growers<br>

Agriculture Activities

May 04, 1990 1 mins read 319 views
Kanglung farmers to get loan for potato and seed fertilisers

Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (BDFC)

May 04, 1990 0 mins read 359 views
Punakha cattle show

Animal Husbandry Livestock

May 04, 1990 0 mins read 375 views
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