August of 1999

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India's 46th Independence Day celebrated

Bhutan- India

Aug 20, 1999 1 mins read 449 views
Bhutanese team unsuccessfull

Olympics

Aug 13, 1999 1 mins read 516 views
Training referees

Sport

Aug 13, 1999 1 mins read 614 views
Olympic Solidarity: supporting sports

Olympics

Aug 13, 1999 2 mins read 652 views
Golf : Back to Back victory

Golf

Aug 13, 1999 2 mins read 522 views
Efforts continue to protect Matsutake

Agriculture/Horticulture

Aug 06, 1999 2 mins read 459 views
Tourism industry: major developments expected

Tourism

Aug 06, 1999 2 mins read 577 views
Apple prices fixed

Agriculture/Horticulture

Aug 06, 1999 1 mins read 488 views
Driver education important for road safety

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Aug 06, 1999 1 mins read 585 views
Learning new skills

Education- Student

Aug 06, 1999 1 mins read 520 views
Teachers take oath of allegiance

Religion

Aug 06, 1999 0 mins read 498 views
IT sector on the road to development

Computer/Internet

Aug 06, 1999 6 mins read 522 views
His Holiness appoints two new lams

Appointed

Aug 06, 1999 1 mins read 529 views
Health awareness through music

Health Policy

Aug 06, 1999 1 mins read 502 views
NRTI graduates: contributing to the workforce

Institutions

Aug 06, 1999 2 mins read 694 views
Druknet trudges on

Computer/Internet

Aug 06, 1999 2 mins read 423 views
Entrepreneur of the Year

Private Sector

Aug 06, 1999 1 mins read 591 views
Her Majesty Ashi Sangay meets students in Thimphu schools

Education- Student

Aug 06, 1999 2 mins read 445 views
Alternative for unclaimed lottery prize

Letters to the Editor

Aug 06, 1999 1 mins read 488 views
Bhutan's development commendable

Letters to the Editor

Aug 06, 1999 1 mins read 430 views
Support for dog pound

Letters to the Editor

Aug 06, 1999 0 mins read 499 views
What a visitor saw

Letters to the Editor

Aug 06, 1999 2 mins read 476 views
Unemployment... now ?

Editorial

Aug 06, 1999 3 mins read 442 views
Model bridge underway

Bridges

Aug 06, 1999 1 mins read 449 views
Expertise for vital power sector

Bhutan-Australia

Aug 06, 1999 1 mins read 470 views
77th session of the National Assembly concludes

National Assembly

Aug 06, 1999 3 mins read 444 views
Monastic school

Monastic School

Aug 06, 1999 0 mins read 489 views
Young ambassadors

Bhutan-Embassies

Aug 06, 1999 0 mins read 448 views
Burglary

Crime

Aug 06, 1999 0 mins read 608 views
Road block

Roads

Aug 06, 1999 0 mins read 628 views
Condolence

Bhutan- India

Aug 06, 1999 0 mins read 524 views
Glacial expedition leaves for Lunana

Lake

Aug 13, 1999 1 mins read 496 views
Multi-sectoral approach to population control

Health Family Planning

Aug 13, 1999 2 mins read 430 views
Change in tourism trends

Tourism

Aug 13, 1999 2 mins read 508 views
Police officers educated on new chargesheet

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Aug 13, 1999 1 mins read 516 views
Lhadrip Ugen Lhendrup: between religion and art

Bhutan - Tradition

Aug 13, 1999 5 mins read 472 views
Wangdue villages electrified

Power

Aug 13, 1999 1 mins read 452 views
Phuentsholing's truck frenzy: where will it end?

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB)

Aug 13, 1999 3 mins read 442 views
Dead body found

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Aug 13, 1999 1 mins read 730 views
Location important for bridges

Bridges

Aug 13, 1999 2 mins read 542 views
Burglary and theft cases drop

Crime

Aug 13, 1999 1 mins read 463 views
Improving reading habits in children

Education- Student

Aug 13, 1999 1 mins read 573 views
Standardising genetic records

National Plant Protection Centre (NPPC)

Aug 13, 1999 2 mins read 527 views
Jaigaon gets a face lift

Bhutan- India

Aug 13, 1999 2 mins read 437 views
The problems of urbanisation

Letters to the Editor

Aug 13, 1999 2 mins read 464 views
Educating our youth

Letters to the Editor

Aug 13, 1999 3 mins read 475 views
Media momentum

Editorial

Aug 13, 1999 3 mins read 505 views
Timber prices still high

Forest Timber/ Firewood

Aug 13, 1999 2 mins read 462 views
Tashi lays off workers

Tashi Commercial Corporation

Aug 13, 1999 2 mins read 584 views
Developments for Thimphu & Phuentsholing

Housing

Aug 13, 1999 2 mins read 518 views
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Hailstorm damages crops and property in Sarpang

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