May of 1999

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Basketball : laying a foundation

Sport

May 28, 1999 1 mins read 512 views
Tennis : revamping an image

Tennis

May 28, 1999 3 mins read 554 views
Archery: a training facility, medallists awarded cash

Archery

May 28, 1999 2 mins read 570 views
Boxing: introducing "new blood"

Sport

May 28, 1999 2 mins read 467 views
Corrigendum

Hydro Project

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 937 views
PCAL declares 30 per cent dividend, unprofitable ventures closed

Penden Cement Authority Ltd. (PCAL)

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 608 views
South Korea-Bhutan cooperation may expand

Bhutan - Korea

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 614 views
Healthy City concept introduced

WHO (World Health Organisation)

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 580 views
New UN representative presents credentials

UN Agencies

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 549 views
Taxi meters: the concept is yet to be accepted

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

May 07, 1999 3 mins read 688 views
New bridge in Dagana

Bridges

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 580 views
Wang

Wang

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 740 views
Mongar prepares to tap Kurichu Project potential

Dzongkhags

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 581 views
Farmers and their role in the ecosystem

National Environment Commission (NEC)

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 552 views
Haa Golf: was Ap Chhundu involved?

Golf

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 561 views
Thimphu police solve four theft cases

Crime

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 504 views
Information technology strategy

Computer/Internet

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 476 views
AID/HIV check up for labourers

Letters to the Editor

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 515 views
We should declare our assets

Letters to the Editor

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 554 views
Are we too few ?

Letters to the Editor

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 588 views
Who's business ?

Editorial

May 07, 1999 3 mins read 544 views
Silver Jubilee commemorative walk from Sunkosh to Daga Dzong

Education- Student

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 512 views
Improved VHF wireless set up to combat crime

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 494 views
Fight stepped up against malaria in southern dzongkhags

Health Malaria Control

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 504 views
Fighting Gid disease

Animal Husbandry Disease

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 506 views
College names centre after Father Mackey

Sherubtse College and Graduates

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 523 views
Environmental assessment of projects should be compulsory

National Environment Commission (NEC)

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 494 views
Bhutan must balance tradition and modernisation

Bhutan - Tradition

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 0 views
Land compensation rates revised

Government Department

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 519 views
Bhutan will host SAARC Summit

SAARC Summit

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 548 views
Attempted robbery at Chendebji

Monasteries

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 525 views
Tennis and archery

Sport

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 488 views
Reshuffle

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 548 views
NTTA

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 0 views
Tobacco banned

Narcotics/Drugs

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 631 views
Wang and lung

Wang

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 517 views
Bhutan to strengthen technical education

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 520 views
Gold for Bhutan

Archery

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 534 views
Obituary

Diseased Personalities

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 773 views
Private sector emphasised

Private Sector

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 500 views
Bilateral projects running smooth

Hydro Project

May 14, 1999 2 mins read 553 views
Vehicle numbers to be written in Dzongkha

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 564 views
MPs look at Bhutan-German cooperation

Bhutan - Germany

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 545 views
Tala Project grapples with dangerous slides

Hydro Project

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 478 views
BDFC gets fund to meet its Eighth Plan rural credit commitments

Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (BDFC)

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 510 views
New town to emerge from Tala Project

Hydro Project

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 486 views
Students meet in Holland

Education- Student

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 478 views
Rehabilitated Taklai project will increase farm productivity

Agriculture Irrigation

May 14, 1999 2 mins read 481 views
Farmers learn RNR policies

Agriculture Activities

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 520 views
Bridge to make life easier, safer for people

Bridges

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 573 views
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