December of 1997

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His Majesty celebrates National Day with the people of Trashigang

ADDRESSING more than 20,000 people who gathered in Trashigang to celebrate National Day on Decembe...

Dec 20, 1997 5 mins read 684 views
Golf

Golf

Dec 20, 1997 0 mins read 0 views
Golf

Golf

Dec 13, 1997 0 mins read 0 views
New RBG recruits take Oath of Allegiance

Royal Bodyguard (RBG)

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 674 views
World AIDS Day

International Day

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 679 views
Nepal's ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 646 views
A glimpse of the "glimmer man"

Feature Film

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 503 views
Bhutan to focus on mental and emotional disorders

Health/Doctors/Patients

Dec 05, 1997 8 mins read 554 views
New Bhutan website launched

Foreign Affairs

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 592 views
Fluctuations yes, burnouts no

Power

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 627 views
Inadequate support for forest research

Forest Planning/Policy Conference/Meeting

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 540 views
Posts to upgrade facilities

Bhutan-Post

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 598 views
New tariffs: for better or for worse?

Telecommunication Department

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 658 views
Inadequate privacy

Letters to the Editor

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 525 views
Druk Air is conscious of its social responsibility

Letters to the Editor

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 540 views
The AIDS lesson

Editorial

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 551 views
Promoting dzongkha through dramas

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 528 views
Eight petroleum outlets fined after surprise checks

Bhutan - Trade

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 499 views
RIM, ESCAP's new member

Institutions

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 606 views
Biogas a cheaper alternative

Bhutan - Trade

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 568 views
Officials prepare for boundary talks

Bhutan-China

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 596 views
Terrorists raid 16 houses

Terrorist

Dec 05, 1997 3 mins read 490 views
Senior U.S. cabinet member visits Bhutan

Bhutan - USA

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 559 views
WWF Rep awarded

Awards

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 539 views
International Volunteers' Day

International Day

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 501 views
Fatal shot

Crime

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 530 views
Consecration ceremony

Consecration

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 454 views
No duty free vehicles

Bhutan - Finance

Dec 12, 1997 0 mins read 558 views
Improving urban infrastructure

Government Department

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 498 views
RCSC selects 15 graduates

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 491 views
Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche's yangsi installed

Religious Personalities

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 486 views
BTF broadens focus to overall green sector

Bhutan Trust Fund (BTF)

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 527 views
Two new EU projects in the pipeline

Agriculture Activities

Dec 12, 1997 2 mins read 634 views
The Bhutanese woman has come a long way

National Women Association (NWA)

Dec 12, 1997 4 mins read 549 views
Friendship across culture

Volunteers

Dec 12, 1997 2 mins read 516 views
Documenting white water rafting

Tourism

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 530 views
Education via the radio

Education- CAPSS

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 538 views
Wild deer released above Yosepang

Forest Social/Project/ Afforestation

Dec 12, 1997 0 mins read 526 views
Indian Ambassador presents books to college

Books

Dec 12, 1997 0 mins read 559 views
Petroleum company clarifies discrepancy

Letters to the Editor

Dec 12, 1997 2 mins read 571 views
What price ethics?

Editorial

Dec 12, 1997 2 mins read 531 views
Learning to cook the Japanese way

Bhutan - Trade

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 509 views
Table Tennis players lack goal

Tennis

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 465 views
Towards uniform legal documentation

Judiciary

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 498 views
Committee discusses decentralisation project

Institutions

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 523 views
Digital telecom systems for the western grid

Telecommunication Department

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 528 views
New dratshang for Bjakar

Dratshang

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 548 views
Temporary jobs for students

Education- Student

Dec 12, 1997 2 mins read 609 views
Terrorists raid gup's house in Bara

Terrorist

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 508 views
Consecration

Consecration

Dec 12, 1997 0 mins read 0 views
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