October of 1998

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Artist takes Johnnie Walker Golf Tournament

Golf

Oct 23, 1998 2 mins read 553 views
Duran Cup: Bhutan draws with Indian navy

Sport

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 750 views
Bullding sports leaders

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 588 views
Tourist succumbs to "mountain sickness"

Tourism

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 510 views
IFAD: 20 years in Bhutan

Dzongkhags

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 580 views
Food prices escalate in Phuentsholing

Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB)

Oct 23, 1998 2 mins read 556 views
Man takes gun on Druk Air

Crime

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 560 views
Lhuntse celebrates World Food Day

International Day

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 557 views
BIC to identify tax payers

Revenue and Custom

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 578 views
Judiciary to streamline legislation

Judiciary

Oct 23, 1998 1 mins read 560 views
SAF Games

South Asian Federation Games (SAFG)

Oct 23, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Millennium meet

UNDP

Oct 23, 1998 0 mins read 636 views
SAARC

SAARC Activities

Oct 23, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Verdict

Judiciary

Oct 23, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Kaloen

Royal Advisory Council (RAC)

Oct 23, 1998 0 mins read 552 views
An uphill task to ease power problem in Samdrup Jongkhar town

Dzongkhags

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 565 views
How compatible is western education with work in Bhutan?

Education

Oct 16, 1998 4 mins read 605 views
Students oust national players

Sport

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 636 views
Archery is back in Trashigang

Sport

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 595 views
Schools triumph in volleyball meet

Education- Schools

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 549 views
Kanglung hosts schools' sport festival

Education- Schools

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 535 views
Farmers earn from potatoes

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 646 views
Who will protect BOB clients?

Letters to the Editor

Oct 16, 1998 3 mins read 582 views
Guards needed

Letters to the Editor

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 534 views
Security : a necessity

Editorial

Oct 16, 1998 3 mins read 566 views
Health targets service forces for family planning campaign

Health Family Planning

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 600 views
Police learn public relations

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 583 views
Tigers counted in survey

Forest Natural Conservation

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 587 views
WFP Representative presents credentials

WFP (World Food Program)

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 516 views
Phuentsholing police arrest prostitutes

Social Problem (Bhutan)

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 647 views
lDDCP lauded

Health Nutrition Programme

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 538 views
Bhutan at the UN General Assembly

Bhutan - UN

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 556 views
Paro Goenkhang robbed

Crime

Oct 16, 1998 1 mins read 587 views
Poverty run

UNDP

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 550 views
Chimi elected

National Assembly

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Project Authorities review Tala, Kurichu, and Dungsam

Projects

Oct 16, 1998 2 mins read 563 views
Taktshang contribution

Monasteries

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 536 views
Nepal delegation

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 656 views
SAARC meet

SAARC Summit

Oct 16, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Mass participation in amateur athletics

Athletic (A-Z)

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 607 views
Graduates raise funds for youth causes

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 584 views
New rules in archery

Sport

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 744 views
The Thimphu Tshechu holidays ; festivities galore

Tshechu

Oct 09, 1998 5 mins read 628 views
Bhutanese cultural odyssey; a confluence of desires

Viewpoints

Oct 09, 1998 6 mins read 608 views
To kill, or not to...

Editorial

Oct 09, 1998 3 mins read 571 views
Apple season not successful

Agriculture/Horticulture

Oct 09, 1998 2 mins read 548 views
Cooking oil shortage

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 573 views
Food prices up in Thimphu

Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 581 views
Losing money at BOB counter

Bank of Bhutan (BOB)

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 553 views
Phensedyl seized

Crime

Oct 09, 1998 1 mins read 578 views
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