February of 1996

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Three killed, 13 injured in accident

Accident

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 732 views
Wholesale arrangement not healthy

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 701 views
Maximum retail price : not working

Bhutan - Trade

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 668 views
Mountain water on sale

Bhuatn Agro-Industries

Feb 02, 1996 2 mins read 671 views
Misuse of vehicles

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 677 views
Woman sentenced

Crime

Feb 02, 1996 0 mins read 857 views
An industrial centre without residents, and residents without a road

Bhutan - Trade

Feb 02, 1996 3 mins read 856 views
Cities are the future

UN Agencies

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 635 views
Urban housing : problems and solutions

Housing

Feb 02, 1996 4 mins read 756 views
Building a town

City Corporation

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 730 views
Bangladesh ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 793 views
Ladakhis come to learn from Bhutan

Visitors

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 642 views
Caught

Crime

Feb 02, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Nature clubs

Education-Teacher

Feb 02, 1996 0 mins read 816 views
Concert

Drama

Feb 02, 1996 0 mins read 828 views
Bonds

Royal Stock Exchange Of Bhutan(RSEB)

Feb 02, 1996 0 mins read 715 views
Felicitation

His Majesty

Feb 02, 1996 0 mins read 956 views
Slow progress on Trashigang bridge

Bridges

Feb 02, 1996 2 mins read 570 views
Uniforms should not change

Letters to the Editor

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 624 views
Developing a town (from the City Corporation)

Letters to the Editor

Feb 02, 1996 2 mins read 646 views
Broadcasting

Letters to the Editor

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 735 views
Family planning

Letters to the Editor

Feb 02, 1996 0 mins read 831 views
Fair price not fair

Letters to the Editor

Feb 02, 1996 0 mins read 635 views
Rents not suitable

Letters to the Editor

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 623 views
EVS to be taught in more schools

Education- CAPSS

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 564 views
Agriculture looks for alternatives

Agriculture Irrigation

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 646 views
Black-Necked Cranes

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 743 views
Fire destroys Paro house

Accident

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 703 views
Reviving an identity

Editorial

Feb 02, 1996 3 mins read 593 views
World Food Programme buys food from FCB

WFP (World Food Program)

Feb 02, 1996 0 mins read 543 views
No information on missing man

Lost and Fund

Feb 02, 1996 1 mins read 669 views
Bhutanese teachers on education tour

Education-Teacher

Feb 09, 1996 1 mins read 717 views
Soft drink production ends dry spell

Companies

Feb 09, 1996 1 mins read 575 views
Small businesses resist closure

Shops

Feb 09, 1996 1 mins read 665 views
Caring for the disabled

Disabled

Feb 09, 1996 1 mins read 597 views
Private buyers evade tax on imports

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB)

Feb 09, 1996 2 mins read 585 views
Welfare committees provide multiple benefits for members

Welfare Tshogpas

Feb 09, 1996 4 mins read 599 views
Bhutanese teachers to continue visiting Japan

Bhutan- Japan

Feb 09, 1996 1 mins read 661 views
Boy killed in khuru accident

Accident

Feb 09, 1996 1 mins read 637 views
Constable arrested for attempted burglary

Crime

Feb 09, 1996 1 mins read 648 views
Stock exchange becomes independent

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Feb 09, 1996 1 mins read 603 views
Men charged for killing

Crime

Feb 09, 1996 0 mins read 649 views
Common examination results

Education-BBE

Feb 09, 1996 3 mins read 855 views
Culture & environment

Viewpoints

Feb 09, 1996 4 mins read 621 views
Preparing for death

Editorial

Feb 09, 1996 3 mins read 604 views
Sudden rise in chhorten robberies

Crime

Feb 09, 1996 2 mins read 570 views
Finnish ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Feb 09, 1996 1 mins read 689 views
Six killed, all injured in bus accident

Accident

Feb 09, 1996 1 mins read 553 views
Additional flights

Druk Air

Feb 09, 1996 0 mins read 617 views
Purchase

WFP (World Food Program)

Feb 09, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
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Recents

Matsutake price picks up again

Sangay Shamu was priced at Nu 2,000 per kilogramme for Class A mushrooms and Nu 1,800 per kilogramme for Class B this year. Last year, Class A mushrooms fetched only Nu 1,800 per kilogramme.

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The vanishing trade of Drukor

Drukor usually began by late October and continued for four months. As they moved from village to village collecting grain, highlanders took about a week in each place to gather grain and exchange dairy products.

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