January of 1998

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Bhutan lotteries sell well in India<br>

Lottery

Jan 29, 1998 1 mins read 551 views
Duty on electronic goods<br>

Revenue and Custom

Jan 29, 1998 0 mins read 616 views
New RCSC member<br>

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jan 29, 1998 0 mins read 553 views
Health conference<br>

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Jan 29, 1998 0 mins read 604 views
Zonal administration on trial<br>

Home Affairs

Jan 08, 1998 1 mins read 497 views
A talk by Sogyal Rimpoche

Viewpoints

Jan 02, 1998 4 mins read 604 views
Managing Bhutan

Letters to the Editor

Jan 02, 1998 1 mins read 548 views
Corporatisation : sustainable?

Editorial

Jan 02, 1998 1 mins read 465 views
Celebrations

Editorial

Jan 02, 1998 1 mins read 587 views
Lhakhang robbed in Haa

Crime

Jan 02, 1998 1 mins read 509 views
Woman kills roommate

Crime

Jan 02, 1998 1 mins read 582 views
Bhutanese man killed near border

Crime

Jan 02, 1998 1 mins read 650 views
Found dead

Accident

Jan 02, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Paro hospital: towards better health

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Jan 02, 1998 2 mins read 741 views
Phuntsholing on line

Telecommunication Department

Jan 02, 1998 2 mins read 588 views
His Majesty promotes four Secretaries as Deputy Ministers

Promotion

Jan 02, 1998 3 mins read 528 views
First baby

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Jan 02, 1998 0 mins read 518 views
Promoted

Promotion

Jan 02, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Felicitations

His Majesty

Jan 02, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Terrorists rob Haa farmer

Terrorist

Jan 02, 1998 0 mins read 521 views
Boar attack

Accident

Jan 02, 1998 0 mins read 552 views
Ministry clarifies

Home Affairs

Jan 02, 1998 0 mins read 618 views
Lemon grass oil supplements rural income<br>

Factories A-Z

Jan 30, 1998 4 mins read 509 views
Five additional geogs for Mongar dzongkhag

Dzongkhags

Jan 30, 1998 2 mins read 569 views
Education facilities in Mongar to be further strengthened<br>

Planning

Jan 30, 1998 3 mins read 533 views
Mongar Dzongkhag's health-coverage impressive<br><br>

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Jan 30, 1998 3 mins read 533 views
Trekking too expensive

Tourism

Jan 30, 1998 2 mins read 523 views
Sports camp for students

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Jan 30, 1998 1 mins read 564 views
Teachers as scoutmasters

Education-Scout

Jan 30, 1998 1 mins read 505 views
Dzongkha standards poor

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Jan 30, 1998 1 mins read 503 views
"Our water is clean" says Calcutta company

Letters to the Editor

Jan 30, 1998 2 mins read 509 views
Private sector "benefits" are unrealistic

Letters to the Editor

Jan 30, 1998 3 mins read 579 views
Nowhere to live<br>

Letters to the Editor

Jan 30, 1998 2 mins read 542 views
House owners absent

Editorial

Jan 30, 1998 2 mins read 508 views
India celebrates Republic Day

Bhutan- India

Jan 30, 1998 1 mins read 0 views
Kurichu Power Project makes steady progress

Hydro Project

Jan 30, 1998 4 mins read 506 views
Foreign cuisine<br>

Bhutan - Trade

Jan 30, 1998 0 mins read 549 views
His Majesty chairs Eighth Plan meeting in Mongar

WITH a budget outlay that is more than the total allocation for the three previous plans combined together, the Eighth Five Year Plan is set to be a...

Jan 31, 1998 11 mins read 522 views
RCSC implements National Assembly resolution<br>

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jan 30, 1998 2 mins read 549 views
Jubilee celebrations

Bhutan-Sri Lanka

Jan 30, 1998 0 mins read 521 views
Cranes

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Jan 30, 1998 0 mins read 547 views
Organised parking

City Corporation

Jan 30, 1998 0 mins read 573 views
New DG for WHO

WHO (World Health Organisation)

Jan 30, 1998 0 mins read 590 views
Construction boom time: the great contradiction<br>

Construction Development Board (CDB)

Jan 23, 1998 6 mins read 502 views
Nearly 20,000 children immunised

Health Immunization

Jan 23, 1998 1 mins read 536 views
Training GYT members for geog development

Home Affairs

Jan 23, 1998 1 mins read 482 views
Grace period attracts occupants<br>

Bhutan - Trade

Jan 23, 1998 1 mins read 532 views
Tax: Let's wait & see

Revenue and Custom

Jan 23, 1998 2 mins read 527 views
Bhutan's bottled water cheaper

Letters to the Editor

Jan 23, 1998 1 mins read 547 views
Birds at the sewerage plant

Letters to the Editor

Jan 23, 1998 1 mins read 514 views
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