April of 1999

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Dzi buyers implicated

Crime

Apr 30, 1999 1 mins read 566 views
Blessing

Editorial

Apr 02, 1999 1 mins read 776 views
The health sector pledges to fulfill royal aspirations

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Apr 02, 1999 1 mins read 538 views
Milk cooperative grapples with a dilemma of survival

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Apr 02, 1999 4 mins read 595 views
Tala Project fuels unprecedented growth of Gedu town

Hydro Project

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 579 views
Archery

Archery

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 0 views
"It (Bhutan) is almost magical"

Personalities

Apr 02, 1999 1 mins read 549 views
Environmental awareness in Samdrup Jongkhar

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Apr 02, 1999 1 mins read 539 views
WIE: lifting socio-economic status of people in lower Kheng

National Women Association (NWA)

Apr 02, 1999 2 mins read 629 views
Checking the cheque problem

Tashi Commercial Corporation

Apr 02, 1999 2 mins read 587 views
Dzongkha : a losing battle ?

Letters to the Editor

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 568 views
Fighting rabies: waste could be reduced

Letters to the Editor

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 582 views
Bad taste

Editorial

Apr 02, 1999 2 mins read 598 views
Dr. Michael Aris, the doyen of Bhutan studies, passes away

Diseased Personalities

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 675 views
A day at the Paro Tshechu

Tshechu

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 501 views
An exhibition of Zhemgang's traditional craft

Exhibition

Apr 02, 1999 3 mins read 675 views
Windfall for BCCL share holders

BCCL (Bhutan Carbide and Chemical Ltd.)

Apr 02, 1999 2 mins read 551 views
Towards efficiency & effectiveness

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Apr 02, 1999 1 mins read 556 views
Je Khenpo begins Wang, Lung and Thri in Trashigang

Wang

Apr 02, 1999 2 mins read 538 views
Archery

Archery

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 0 views
Cabin charges

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 541 views
Religious fund

Religion

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 582 views
Gas price

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 517 views
Painting

Bhutan - Tradition

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 630 views
National Assembly to start

National Assembly

Apr 02, 1999 0 mins read 631 views
Real estate : RICB goes for aestheticism

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 563 views
RBG wins inter-wing trophy

Archery

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 521 views
Boy dies in hotel room

Narcotics/Drugs

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 514 views
Sherubtse College unveils plans for Silver Jubilee celebrations

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 540 views
New apple disease: will it be as bad as the market?

Agriculture/Horticulture

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 547 views
Escalating referral costs worry health officials

Health/Doctors/Patients

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 559 views
It's dirt, not climate

Viewpoints

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 542 views
Civil service : efficiency and causes

Viewpoints

Apr 09, 1999 5 mins read 557 views
Sorchen prepares to battle the onslaught of monsoon

Landslides and Floods

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 495 views
Introducing systems for safe drinking water

Water Supply Scheme

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 546 views
149 households electrified in Thimphu & Paro

Power

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 548 views
How to fight rice blast

Agriculture/ Crops

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 539 views
Permanent bridge over the Bhur river

Bridges

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 558 views
His Holiness blesses Trashigangpas

Wang

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 535 views
Internet is on

Computer/Internet

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 541 views
Ashi Sangay Choden inspires health workers and patients

Health/Doctors/Patients

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 526 views
Indian Foreign Minister in Bhutan

Bhutan- India

Apr 09, 1999 2 mins read 586 views
Transport strengthened

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 09, 1999 0 mins read 541 views
Chimi elected

Home Affairs

Apr 09, 1999 0 mins read 688 views
Wind damage

Meteorology-Climate/Weather

Apr 09, 1999 0 mins read 547 views
Burglary

Crime

Apr 09, 1999 0 mins read 0 views
Wang Lung in Bumthang

Wang

Apr 09, 1999 0 mins read 520 views
The world focuses on the old

WHO (World Health Organisation)

Apr 09, 1999 1 mins read 534 views
More Bhutanese women lured into prostitution

Social Problem (Bhutan)

Apr 09, 1999 4 mins read 831 views
What confusion?

Editorial

Apr 09, 1999 3 mins read 591 views
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