September of 1996

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Cultural evening for Thimphu

Bhutan- Japan

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 586 views
Mushroom becomes a cash crop, but may be picked to extinction<br>

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Sep 06, 1996 4 mins read 607 views
Tour guides: eyes of the visitor

Tourism

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 589 views
Khuru picks up momentum

Sport

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 605 views
Toilets: urban problem

City Corporation

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 761 views
Incentives would help

Letters to the Editor

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 666 views
Study cost confused with technical assistance

Letters to the Editor

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 666 views
Phuentsholing needs a taekwondo facility for enthusiasts

Letters to the Editor

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 654 views
Do we still need the drozum?

Letters to the Editor

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 641 views
Parents, children need you!

Letters to the Editor

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 645 views
Decisions... decisions

Editorial

Sep 06, 1996 3 mins read 0 views
37 complete Dzongkha secretarial training

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 842 views
Extension links briefed on Rice Blast

Agriculture/Insecticide/Disease

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 612 views
Junior football

Sport

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 684 views
Phuentsholing taxis moved

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 626 views
14 learn wiring

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 649 views
"Hippies" under custody<br>

Crime

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 636 views
Poaching ring uncovered

Forest Poaching

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 586 views
Cousins charged after stabbing

Crime

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 595 views
Illegal activities up in the mountains<br>

Forest Damages

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 540 views
No more second-hand and reconditioned vehicles<br>

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Sep 06, 1996 1 mins read 587 views
Sewerage project concluded, wrangling begins<br>

Urban Sewerage

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 536 views
Plan talks "smooth and successful", say Bhutan and India <br>

Bhutan- India

Sep 06, 1996 2 mins read 526 views
Killed<br>

Crime

Sep 06, 1996 0 mins read 562 views
Bank<br>

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Sep 06, 1996 0 mins read 599 views
Burglary<br>

Crime

Sep 06, 1996 0 mins read 636 views
Football<br>

Sport

Sep 06, 1996 0 mins read 626 views
Police arrest men with explosives<br>

Explosives (Bomb)

Sep 06, 1996 0 mins read 562 views
A friend patient

Health/Doctors/Patients

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 542 views
Film highlights social impact of alcoholism<br>

Feature Film

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 663 views
Healthy weekend recreation a last ?

Private Sector

Sep 13, 1996 3 mins read 566 views
SAARC meeting on tourism and media<br>

Tourism

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 554 views
Job information for youth<br>

Education-Youth/Counselling/Deliquesce

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 542 views
Towards quality service<br>

Tourism

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 564 views
Urban sanitation<br>

Health Disease

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 583 views
A family squbble<br>

Crime

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 593 views
Postings should come with incentives<br>

Letters to the Editor

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 575 views
A welcome facility to buildings<br>

Letters to the Editor

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 556 views
Basketball is being encouraged<br>

Letters to the Editor

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 556 views
Tuitions : a burden

Letters to the Editor

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 597 views
Towards arbitration

Editorial

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 573 views
Thimphu dominates dzongkhag football<br>

Sport

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 545 views
TT tournament attracts 150 players

Tennis

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 528 views
Taekwondo<br>

Sport

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 582 views
US$ 270,000 for trainings<br>

UNDP

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 587 views
Woman commits suicide

Crime

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 0 views
Medicine shortage inevitable

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Sep 13, 1996 2 mins read 580 views
Meat prices in Thimphu uncontrolled

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 577 views
RIM moves at last

Institutions

Sep 13, 1996 0 mins read 562 views
Pressures on Bhutan

Bhutan-Switzerland

Sep 13, 1996 1 mins read 623 views
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