October of 1995

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Government officials punished

Crime

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 575 views
Better mandarin (orange) prices expected

Agriculture/Horticulture

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 626 views
Emission levels high, says expert

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Oct 27, 1995 2 mins read 541 views
Eclipse warnings

Astrological College

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 597 views
Kiran Humagai and Jigme Wangmo win national tennis championship

Tennis

Oct 27, 1995 2 mins read 537 views
Occupational Safety and Health workshop

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Oct 27, 1995 2 mins read 598 views
Shingkhar connected by road

Roads

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 580 views
MTI reinforces meat regulations

Bhutan - Trade

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 614 views
Moral education will help students

Letters to the Editor

Oct 27, 1995 2 mins read 568 views
Express mail service charges are high

Letters to the Editor

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 667 views
UN needs change

Editorial

Oct 27, 1995 2 mins read 566 views
Dzongkha proficiency should be rewarded

Letters to the Editor

Oct 27, 1995 2 mins read 580 views
UN 50th anniversary celebration concludes with addresses by world leaders

International Day

Oct 27, 1995 5 mins read 601 views
Mason falls to death

Accident

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 590 views
Awareness campaigning in Trashigang on Rice Blast

Agriculture/Insecticide/Disease

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 514 views
Woman dies from excessive consumption of alcohol

Diseased Personalities

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 457 views
Bhutan celebrates UN anniversary

International Day

Oct 27, 1995 2 mins read 535 views
Potato auction in the east stalled

Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB)

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 519 views
Bhutan at General Assembly

Bhutan - UN

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 479 views
Reciprocity

Bhutan - Netherlands

Oct 27, 1995 0 mins read 540 views
Truck parts taken

Terrorist

Oct 27, 1995 0 mins read 502 views
Woman chimi

Dzongkhags

Oct 27, 1995 0 mins read 538 views
Hand grenades found

Explosives (Bomb)

Oct 27, 1995 1 mins read 493 views
Education and High Court select graduates

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Oct 20, 1995 2 mins read 497 views
Bhutan returns from Bank/IMF meet<br>

Conferences

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 513 views
Hawkers moved from parts of town

City Corporation

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 455 views
His Holiness to conduct blessings

Wang

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 509 views
New city traffic restrictions announced

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Oct 20, 1995 3 mins read 493 views
Imtrat mela

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 584 views
Alipur Duars team wins Gomtu football

Sport

Oct 20, 1995 2 mins read 550 views
Workshop on traditional handicrafts

Handicraft

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 451 views
A letter from TATA

Letters to the Editor

Oct 20, 1995 2 mins read 563 views
MRP needs to be enforced

Letters to the Editor

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 543 views
Grasshoppers may be locusts

Letters to the Editor

Oct 20, 1995 2 mins read 515 views
Farewell, Son of Bhutan

Editorial

Oct 20, 1995 2 mins read 487 views
Peon arrested trying to encash stolen cheque<br>

Crime

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 477 views
World Food Day celebrated in Pemagatsel

WFP (World Food Program)

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 476 views
Total eclipse of the sun

Astrological College

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 554 views
It's influenza season, say doctors<br>

Health Disease

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 516 views
UN: leaders of nations to get 5 minutes each<br>

Bhutan - UN

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 491 views
Postal staff benefit from APPTC training

Bhutan-Post

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 516 views
Bhutanese officials learn about Rice Blast

Agriculture/Insecticide/Disease

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 520 views
Father William Mackey passes away

Diseased Personalities

Oct 20, 1995 2 mins read 609 views
Stray dogs dispute

Dzongkhags

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 546 views
Flood forecast

Telecommunication Department

Oct 20, 1995 1 mins read 535 views
Stolen<br>

Crime

Oct 20, 1995 0 mins read 487 views
Thimphu Town Committee tackles land discrepancies

City Corporation

Oct 20, 1995 3 mins read 520 views
NAM meet

Non-Aligned

Oct 20, 1995 0 mins read 498 views
Absconded

Crime

Oct 20, 1995 0 mins read 512 views
Post and Telegraph Division to become a corporation

Bhutan-Post

Oct 13, 1995 2 mins read 506 views
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