December of 1999

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New Golf Champion

Golf

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 572 views
Youths get into sporting spirit

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Dec 24, 1999 1 mins read 472 views
Safety first

Archery

Dec 24, 1999 2 mins read 555 views
Bumthang community schools need libraries : Dzongda

Dzongkhags

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 465 views
Zhemgang: learning to stand on own feet

Dzongkhags

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 480 views
Candle factory struggles to survive

Factories A-Z

Dec 03, 1999 3 mins read 544 views
Engineers taught to build eco-friendly roads

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Dec 03, 1999 2 mins read 477 views
Board exams: stricter the better ?

Education-BBE

Dec 03, 1999 2 mins read 505 views
Judiciary discusses draft procedure code

Judiciary

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 447 views
Leased land hampers environmental control

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 596 views
Samtse concludes a successful health campaign

Health- Conference/Workshop/Meeting

Dec 03, 1999 2 mins read 459 views
Boys hospitalised with electric burns

Accident

Dec 03, 1999 0 mins read 520 views
Counselling to be emphasised for HIV/AIDS control

Health-HIV/AIDS

Dec 03, 1999 2 mins read 471 views
A night at the hospital emergency room

Health/Doctors/Patients

Dec 03, 1999 3 mins read 517 views
Systematic planning and maintenance: key to efficient workplace

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 473 views
Leprosy work to continue

Health Disease

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 525 views
TAB trainings for Bumthang hoteliers

Tourism

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 440 views
Poverty still matter of concern : FAO

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Dec 03, 1999 2 mins read 490 views
BNB: better prepared than sorry

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Dec 03, 1999 2 mins read 474 views
UNDP, Helvetas, RGOB sign milestone agreement

UNDP

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 451 views
Some business licenses are confusing

Letters to the Editor

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 455 views
Why can't internet be cheaper ?

Letters to the Editor

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 452 views
A teacher is harassed : no support received

Letters to the Editor

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 478 views
Internet not utilised

Editorial

Dec 03, 1999 3 mins read 447 views
BCCI chimi cons business community

BCCI (Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Dec 03, 1999 1 mins read 475 views
Bhutan and West Bengal discuss border issues

Bhutan- India

Dec 03, 1999 2 mins read 494 views
Danish-Bhutan cooperation, a model

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Dec 03, 1999 2 mins read 411 views
Kurim

Dratshang

Dec 03, 1999 0 mins read 510 views
Currency

Bhutan - Finance

Dec 03, 1999 0 mins read 540 views
Attacked

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Dec 03, 1999 0 mins read 484 views
Observers

SAARC Summit

Dec 03, 1999 0 mins read 446 views
Robbed

Crime

Dec 03, 1999 0 mins read 0 views
Power cuts in Thimphu

Power

Dec 10, 1999 1 mins read 578 views
Police investigates Phuentsholing death

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Dec 10, 1999 1 mins read 486 views
Emission control to start next year

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Dec 10, 1999 1 mins read 442 views
Water: less wastage but old problems persist

City Corporation

Dec 10, 1999 2 mins read 459 views
Tang community taught to take over farm

Animal Husbandry Institution

Dec 10, 1999 2 mins read 448 views
Foresters take a look at Bhutan's broadleaved forests

Forest Planning/Policy Conference/Meeting

Dec 10, 1999 1 mins read 506 views
Juveniles arrested for shop-lifting, pick-pocketing

Crime

Dec 10, 1999 1 mins read 406 views
Volunteers' Day observed in Bhutan

Volunteers

Dec 10, 1999 1 mins read 441 views
Japanese grant for the National Referral Hospital

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Dec 10, 1999 1 mins read 470 views
NTTA paves way to certify workers

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

Dec 10, 1999 2 mins read 494 views
Man found dead near helipad

Royal Bhutan Army (RBA)

Dec 10, 1999 0 mins read 450 views
36,453 children immunised

Health Immunization

Dec 10, 1999 1 mins read 429 views
Mandarin yield in eastern dzongkhags no better

Agriculture/Horticulture

Dec 10, 1999 1 mins read 461 views
Poor Mandarin harvest leaves exporters, growers in despair

Agriculture/Horticulture

Dec 10, 1999 2 mins read 387 views
Land use data more accurate and timely with remote sensing

Bhutan - Geological Survey

Dec 10, 1999 1 mins read 444 views
RICB, BOB ready to take on the millennium bug

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Dec 10, 1999 3 mins read 394 views
Government enforces complete ban on second-hand cars

Government Department

Dec 10, 1999 2 mins read 459 views
Encouraging interior shops

Letters to the Editor

Dec 10, 1999 0 mins read 583 views
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