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 559 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 567 views
World AIDS Day

International Day

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 571 views
Nepal's ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 526 views
A glimpse of the "glimmer man"

Feature Film

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 406 views
Bhutan to focus on mental and emotional disorders

Health/Doctors/Patients

Dec 05, 1997 8 mins read 459 views
New Bhutan website launched

Foreign Affairs

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 488 views
Fluctuations yes, burnouts no

Power

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 528 views
Inadequate support for forest research

Forest Planning/Policy Conference/Meeting

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 425 views
Posts to upgrade facilities

Bhutan-Post

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 490 views
New tariffs: for better or for worse?

Telecommunication Department

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 558 views
Inadequate privacy

Letters to the Editor

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 429 views
Druk Air is conscious of its social responsibility

Letters to the Editor

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 446 views
The AIDS lesson

Editorial

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 434 views
Promoting dzongkha through dramas

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 433 views
Eight petroleum outlets fined after surprise checks

Bhutan - Trade

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 408 views
RIM, ESCAP's new member

Institutions

Dec 05, 1997 1 mins read 427 views
Biogas a cheaper alternative

Bhutan - Trade

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 477 views
Officials prepare for boundary talks

Bhutan-China

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 509 views
Terrorists raid 16 houses

Terrorist

Dec 05, 1997 3 mins read 399 views
Senior U.S. cabinet member visits Bhutan

Bhutan - USA

Dec 05, 1997 2 mins read 453 views
WWF Rep awarded

Awards

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 423 views
International Volunteers' Day

International Day

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 413 views
Fatal shot

Crime

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 422 views
Consecration ceremony

Consecration

Dec 05, 1997 0 mins read 375 views
No duty free vehicles

Bhutan - Finance

Dec 12, 1997 0 mins read 456 views
Improving urban infrastructure

Government Department

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 399 views
RCSC selects 15 graduates

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 390 views
Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche's yangsi installed

Religious Personalities

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 390 views
BTF broadens focus to overall green sector

Bhutan Trust Fund (BTF)

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 414 views
Two new EU projects in the pipeline

Agriculture Activities

Dec 12, 1997 2 mins read 510 views
The Bhutanese woman has come a long way

National Women Association (NWA)

Dec 12, 1997 4 mins read 453 views
Friendship across culture

Volunteers

Dec 12, 1997 2 mins read 419 views
Documenting white water rafting

Tourism

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 439 views
Education via the radio

Education- CAPSS

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 442 views
Wild deer released above Yosepang

Forest Social/Project/ Afforestation

Dec 12, 1997 0 mins read 445 views
Indian Ambassador presents books to college

Books

Dec 12, 1997 0 mins read 463 views
Petroleum company clarifies discrepancy

Letters to the Editor

Dec 12, 1997 2 mins read 467 views
What price ethics?

Editorial

Dec 12, 1997 2 mins read 423 views
Learning to cook the Japanese way

Bhutan - Trade

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 436 views
Table Tennis players lack goal

Tennis

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 378 views
Towards uniform legal documentation

Judiciary

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 401 views
Committee discusses decentralisation project

Institutions

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 427 views
Digital telecom systems for the western grid

Telecommunication Department

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 421 views
New dratshang for Bjakar

Dratshang

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 452 views
Temporary jobs for students

Education- Student

Dec 12, 1997 2 mins read 497 views
Terrorists raid gup's house in Bara

Terrorist

Dec 12, 1997 1 mins read 434 views
Consecration

Consecration

Dec 12, 1997 0 mins read 0 views
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